Author: Philippa Werry. Publisher: Oratia Books.

With six books now published, The NZ Series is a valuable non-fiction resource for general readers and schools, introducing complex subjects in simple, concise terms. In this seventh volume, Philippa Werry recounts the stories and experience of migration to Aotearoa — from the first Polynesian arrivals to the Dawn Raids, from the New Zealand Company to ten-pound Poms, from Dutch and Dalmatian refugees to today’s Asian Kiwi communities.

14 November 2023

Author: Damon Salesa. Publisher: Bridget Williams Books.

In this captivating collection of essays, acclaimed Pacific scholar Damon Salesa takes us on a journey through the rich cultural and historical tapestry of the Pacific.

01 November 2023

Author: Benedict Collins. Publisher: HarperCollins NZ.

With dry wit and biting insight, journalist Benedict Collins takes us inside the evolution of meth in New Zealand. From ram raids for pseudoephedrine to our own cooks and gangs 'breaking bad', a visit to the Golden Triangle of meth production in South-East Asia, multimillion-dollar busts, and a moral panic that seeded a meth-testing scandal.

01 November 2023

Author: Te Rangi Hīroa (Sir Peter Buck). Publisher: Oratia Books.

Vikings of the Sunrise ranks as a masterpiece of Pacific studies. From the pen of one of the greatest Māori thinkers and writers of his generation, the settlement of the Pacific Ocean comes to life. Oratia Books is pleased to bring it back into print for modern readers as part of our NZ Classics series.

18 October 2023

Editors: Mark Amery, Amber Clausner and Sophie Jerram. Publisher: Massey University Press.

Written by leading New Zealand writers and thinkers, including Pip Adam and Chris Kraus, Urgent Moments demonstrates the vital role artists can play in the pressing discussions of our times.

12 October 2023

Editor: Jared Davidson. Author: Claudia Orange. Publisher: Bridget Williams Books (BWB Texts)

In 1840, more than 500 Māori leaders put their names to a significant new document: Te Tiriti o Waitangi or the Treaty of Waitangi. The history of this agreement is a remarkable one, told here in rich and compelling detail.

1 August 2023

Author: Shaneel Lal. Publisher: Allen & Unwin NZ.

One of Them is a stunning, heart-breaking yet defiant memoir by activist, model and social media sensation Shaneel Lal.

11 July 2023

Author/photographer: Robin Morrison. Publisher: Massey University Press.

A new edition of The South Island of New Zealand: From the road marks the return of a legendary New Zealand book.

09 March 2023

Author: Guyon Espiner. Publisher: Allen & Unwin NZ.

The Drinking Game is an incisive analysis of how our drinking culture is influenced by the government, media and big business, by investigative journalist Guyon Espiner.

28 February 2023

Author: Byron C Clark. Publisher: HarperCollins New Zealand.

This must-read new book maps New Zealand's alt-right underworld and unearths the roots of the occupation that ended in a violent protest on the grounds of Parliament.

15 February 2023

Author: Simon Wilson. Publisher: Massey University Press.

In 2022, HomeGround, the Auckland City Mission’s unique and visionary wrap-around social services complex, opened after being a dream for more than 20 years. Photographed by Mark Smith and with text by Simon Wilson, and Professor Deidre Brown and Dr Karamia Muller of the University of Auckland’s School of Architecture, this book represents an enduring record of a remarkable building built for a remarkable organisation.

01 December 2022

Editors: Brian Moloughney and Duncan Campbell. Publisher: Massey University Press.

December 2022 is the 50th anniversary of formal diplomatic relations between the People’s Republic of China and New Zealand. This collection of 50 texts, written by diplomats and poets, politicians and academics, students and businesspeople, reflects on personal experiences of China during the last half century.

01 December 2022

Editors: Tapu Misa & Gary Wilson. Publisher: Bridget Williams Books (BWB Texts)

A thought-provoking set of leading Maori, Pasifika, and Tangata Tiriti writers combine in this stirring BWB Text from celebrated digital magazine e-Tangata.

10 October 2022

Authors: Jo Willis and Brigitta Baker. Publisher: Massey University Press.

Adopted is the powerful and honest account of two of the thousands of children affected by closed adoption in Aotearoa New Zealand, from 1950 to the mid 1970s.

11 August 2022

Author: Roger Horrocks. Publisher: Atuanui Press.

A Book of Seeing is for everyone who would like to delve deeper into their experience of seeing.

08 August 2022

Author: Roger Horrocks. Publisher: Atuanui Press.

Culture in a Small Country provides a remarkably wide-ranging but in-depth account of the arts in New Zealand. Combining new perspectives on the past with a unique view of the situation today during the pandemic, this is essential reading for everyone with an interest in the arts.

08 August 2022

Author: Sarah Jane Barnett. Publisher: Otago University Press.

After Sarah Jane Barnett had a hysterectomy in her 40s, a comment by her doctor that she wouldn’t be “less of a woman” prompted her to investigate what the concept of womanhood meant to her. Part memoir, part feminist manifesto, part coming-of-middle-age story, Notes on Womanhood is the result.

30 June 2022

Author: Philip S Morrison. Publisher: Bridget Williams Books.

This books points to ways in which we can improve everyone’s wellbeing through an awareness of the influence of geography.

13 December 2021 release

Editor: David Riley. Publisher: Reading Warrior.

Students from Kedgley Intermediate worked with teacher-author David Riley to tell stories of the inspirational alumni who have attended their school.

8 December 2021 release