Author: Tayi Tibble. Reviewer: Kiri Piahana-Wong.

Rangikura is the fiery second collection by Tayi Tibble. These poems live in the space between the end of the world and a new day. They ask us to think about our relationship to desire and exploitation. They are both nostalgic for, and exhausted by, the pursuit of an endless summer.

June 2021 release

Author: Patricia Grace. Reviewer: Emma Espiner.

With photographs and quotes from her many, hugely loved books, Patricia Grace begins with her grandparents and parents and takes us through her childhood, her education, marriage and up to the present day in this touching and self-deprecating story of her life, the life of a writer, of a Māori woman and of a teacher.

May 2021 release

Author: Shilo Kino. Reviewer: TK Roxborogh (review translated by Parekura Pēwhairangi)

Niko lives in a small, rural town with a sacred hot spring – and a taniwha named Taukere. The government wants to build a prison over the taniwha’s home, and Niko’s grandfather is busy protesting. When he dies, it’s up to Niko to convince his community that the taniwha is real and stop the prison from being built.

October 2020 release

Vincent O’Sullivan. Nā Matariki Williams tēnei arotakenga. Nā Parekura Pēwhairangi i whakamāori.

20 October 2020 release

Author: Witi Ihimaera. Reviewer: T. K. Roxborogh.

From master storyteller Witi Ihimaera, a spellbinding and provocative retelling of traditional Maori myths for the twenty-first century.

October 2020 release

Author: Edited by Michelle Elvy, Paula Morris & James Norcliffe. Art editor David Eggleton. Reviewer: Kiran Dass.

Ko Aotearoa Tātou | We Are New Zealand bursts with new works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry and visual art created in response to the editors’ questions: What is New Zealand now, in all its rich variety and contradiction, darkness and light? Who are New Zealanders?

October 2020 release

Author: Various. Reviewer: Dionne Christian. Nā Hēmi Kelly i whakamāori.

Te wiki o te Reo Māori (Māori Language Week) was last month but how can we continue to make the Māori language strong? By reading these titles throughout the year.

Author: Monique Fiso. Reviewer: Lauraine Jacobs. Translation into te reo Māori: Hēmi Kelly.

Recently there’s been much discussion in erudite food circles about the New Zealand food story as writers, critics and chefs attempt to identify what our cuisine looks like to the world.
September 2020 release