Author: Dr Hine Elder. Reviewer: Siena Yates.

In Wawata: Moon Dreaming, Dr Hinemoa Elder, author of Aroha, New Zealand's top-selling non-fiction title of 2021, shows us how to reclaim intimacy with others, with ourselves, and with our planet using the energies of Hina, the Maori moon.

October 2022 release

Author: Various. Reviewer: Dionne Christian.

Stunning Matariki stories will keep young and old alike entertained and enthralled.

May & June 2022 release

Interview: Te Ataakura Pewhairangi for Kei te aha ngā kararehe? What are the animals doing? and Ko wai kei te papa tākaro? Who is at the playground? (Massey University Press)

Te Ataakura Pewhairangi: “I would like to see more high-quality resources available for those on their language journey.”

July 2021 & June 2022 release

Authors: Stacey Morrison & Jeremy Sherlock. Reviewer: Dione Joseph.

Kia Kaha celebrates 100 individuals whose journeys can be shared with our tamariki — in a small but significant way we are changing the way we as a nation remember our heroes.

September 2021 release

Authors: Wayne Ngata, Anne Salmond, Natalie Robertson, Amiria Salmond, Monty Soutar, Billie Lythberg, James Schuster and Conal McCarthy. Reviewer: Kennedy Warne.

From 1919 to 1923, at Sir Apirana Ngata’s initiative, a team from the Dominion Museum travelled to tribal areas across Te Ika-a-Māui The North Island to record tikanga Māori (ancestral practices) that Ngata feared might be disappearing. Reading Hei Taonga mā ngā Uri Whakatipu, Treasures for the Rising Generation: The Dominion Museum Ethnological Expeditions 1919–1923 feels like being a part of the expeditions themselves. The range of what was recorded is astonishing. As well as more obvious cultural expressions such as various types of song, haka, chant and poi dance, along with examples of weaving, carving and cooking, there were less well known practices such as string games, divination rites, the making and setting eel traps, the use of cord drills, the manufacture of stone implements and the making of fire.

November 2021 release

A Visual Extract from: Atua by Gavin Bishop (Penguin Random House)

October 2021 release

Author: Ataria Sharman. Reviewer: Dan Rabarts.

A day that starts out like any other turns into a journey to another world and a desperate quest to save our own, in Ataria Sharman’s fast-paced Hine and the Tohunga Portal.

August 2021 release

Author: Gavin Bishop. Reviewer: Emma and Nico Espiner.

Acclaimed author/illustrator Gavin Bishop releases two books, Atua: Māori Gods and Heroes and Koro/Pops, destined to become treasured friends.

September 2021 releases

Authors: Hilary & John Mitchell. Reviewer: Peter Simpson.

Some of the most familiar portraits of the famous mid-19th century Māori leaders are now known to be originally the work of one Isaac Coates. This book will be an invaluable reference work with appeal to readers interested in art history, Māori history and the culture of early European settlement.

August 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: Nic Lowe. Reviewer: Kennedy Warne.

Uprising is about walking as a form of knowing. Raised in the shadow of New Zealand’s Southern Alps, Nic Low grew up on mountain stories from his family’s European side. Years later, a vision of the Alps in a bank of storm clouds sparked a decade-long obsession with comprehending how his Māori ancestors knew that same terrain.

July 2021 release

Authors: Francis & Kaiora Tipene.

Following on from their bestseller, Life as a Casketeer, Francis and Kaiora Tipene share how they bring the traditional values of tikanga Maori into day-to-day living and show how it shapes their lives juggling five sons, three businesses and a television show - all while sustaining a life filled with joy and connection.

June 2021 release

Author: Jeff Evans. Reviewer: Sarah Ell.

Ten navigators — the late Hec Busby, Piripi Evans and Jacko Thatcher from Aotearoa New Zealand; Peia Patai and Tua Pittman from the Cook Islands; and Kālepa Baybayan, Shorty Bertelmann, Nainoa Thompson, `Onohi Paishon and Bruce Blankenfeld from Hawai`i — share the challenges and triumphs of traditional wayfinding based on the deep knowledge of legendary navigator Mau Piailug.

10 June 2021 release

Edited by: Linda Waimarie Nikora and Jacinta Ruru. Reviewer: Dr Atakohu Middleton. Translation: Parekura Pēwhairangi.

In this transformative book, 24 Māori academics share their personal journeys, revealing what being Māori has meant for them in their work. Their perspectives provide insight for all New Zealanders into how mātauranga is positively influencing the Western-dominated disciplines of knowledge in the research sector.

28 February 2021 release

Editor: Carolyn Hill. Publisher: The Landscape Foundation.

Architectural designer, writer, and housing advocate Jade Kake on contributing to The Landscape Foundation's first publication, Kia Whakanuia Te Whenua - People Place Landscape.

March 2021 release

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

20 October 2020 release

Edited by: Linda Waimarie Nikora and Jacinta Ruru. Reviewer: Dr Atakohu Middleton.

In this transformative book, 24 Māori academics share their personal journeys, revealing what being Māori has meant for them in their work. Their perspectives provide insight for all New Zealanders into how mātauranga is positively influencing the Western-dominated disciplines of knowledge in the research sector.

28 February 2021 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: Vincent O’Sullivan. Reviewer: Nā Matariki Williams tēnei arotakenga. Translator: Nā Parekura Pēwhairangi i whakamāori.

With the subtitle of ‘A Biographical Portrait’, The Dark is Light Enough presents a full image of a man who is remembered by friends and whānau as supremely generous and intensely focused in his artistic pursuits.

20 October 2020 release

Author: Hirini Kaa. Reviewer: Peter Lineham.

This ground-breaking book explores the emergence of Te Hāhi Mihinare – the Māori Anglican Church. Hirini Kaa vividly describes the quest for a Māori Anglican bishop, the translation into te reo of the prayer book, and the development of a distinctive Māori Anglican ministry for today’s world.

November 2020 release