All New Books

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The Cats of Pāia Street

Author: Amiria Stirling. Publisher: Huia Publishers.

This story takes a sneak peek at the hidden lives and adventures of cats Brucie, and Naki, and little dog Wuruhi.

1 March 2022 release

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Ko tōku Māmā te Kuini o te Rori

Author / Illustrator /Translator: Jennifer Beck / Lisa Allen / Kawata Teepa. Publisher: Huia Publishers.

This book is the te reo Māori edition of My Mum is the Queen of the Road.

1 March 2022 release

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Tāngata Ngāi Tahu / People of Ngāi Tahu: Volume Two

Authors: Helen Brown; Michael Stevens; Ta Tipene O'Regan. Publisher: Bridget Williams Books.

Tāngata Ngāi Tahu, Volume Two remembers and celebrates the rich and diverse lives of the people of Ngāi Tahu. Spanning time, geography and kaupapa, some fifty biographies bring Ngāi Tahu into the present.

March 2022 release

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Author: Alan Roddick. Publisher: Otago University Press.

Writing from the eighth and ninth decades of his life, Alan Roddick’s third collection of poetry, Next, examines the past, observes the present and speculates on the future.

28 February 2022 release

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Going to Town: High Street Motueka

Author: Carol Dawber; Motueka and Districts Historical Association. Publisher: Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand.

Historical photographs of homes, businesses, public buildings, parades and events in High Street Motueka 1860-2000s, with detailed captions, bibliography and index

26 February 2022 release

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The Little Lambs’ Great New Zealand Easter Activity Book

Author: Yvonne Mes. Illustrator: Aleksandra Szmidt. Publisher: Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand.

Get creative with this wonderful Easter activity book full of mazes, dot-to-dots, and loads more games and activities to complete and colour in!

22 February 2022 release

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Te Taonga Huna o Awatea

Author /Translator: Fraser Smith / Piripi Walker. Publisher: Huia Publishers.

This is the Māori language edition of Awatea’s Treasure.

15 February 2022 release

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Burnout to Brilliance: Redefining peak performance

Author: Jess Stuart. Publisher: Inspire Publishing.

Learn how to achieve peak performance without burning out in the process. The fifth inspiring book by Jess Stuart.

16 February 2022 release

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Ko Whetū Toa raua ko Tangata Tūmatarau

Author / Illustrator /Translator: Steph Matuku / Katharine Hall / Kararaina Uatuku. Publisher: Huia Publishers.

This is the Māori language edition of Whetū Toa and the Magician.

15 February 2022 release

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Tiare Tangaroa me te Taipō Moana

Author / Illustrator /Translator: T.K. Roxborogh/ Phoebe Morris / Kanapu Rangituria. Publisher: Huia Publishers.

This is the Māori language edition of Charlie Tangaroa and the Creature from the Sea.

15 February 2022 release

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Awatea rātou ko te Kapa Kawa

Author / Translator: Fraser Smith / Piripi Walker. Publisher: Huia Publishers.

This is the Māori language edition of Awatea and the Kawa Gang.

15 February 2022 release

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Shelter: A novel

Author: Douglas Lloyd Jenkins. Publisher: David Bateman Ltd.

An intense love story and a love song to a city's vanishing past, Shelter depicts the myriad complexities of male relationships, the possibilities offered by chance encounters and the exquisite beauty of friendship - and a home - found in unexpected places.

14 February 2022 release

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In Amber's Wake

Author: Christine Leunens. Publisher: David Bateman Ltd.

Set in New Zealand during the fast-changing, tumultuous 1980s era of the anti-nuclear movement, Springbok rugby tour protests, and the bombing of the Rainbow Warrior, this romantic drama is as unpredictable as it is powerful and heartfelt.

14 February 2022 release

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The Surgeon's Brain

Author: Oscar Upperton. Publisher: Te Herenga Waka University Press.

From the author of New Transgender Blockbusters comes a breathtaking, multilayered work that meditates on the life of Dr James Barry.

February 2022 release

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Museum

Author: Frances Samuel. Publisher: Te Herenga Waka University Press.

Like freewheeling thought experiments, Samuel’s poems blur the lines between material and immaterial, natural and supernatural, to funny and surreal effect.

February 2022 release