New Zealand

Jake Whyte has always loved being out in nature. Growing up with a single mum in a small town means money’s tight, but when he discovers an injured piglet while out for a run one day, he gets...

A must-have natural science activity book for young New Zealanders and their families. From experiments and observation to conservation and mindfulness, this appealing, activity-packed book stimulates curious minds and encourages children to relate to the natural world around...

Expertly curated, and showcasing images taken between 1850 and 2025, this book is an essential reference that honours artistic legacies and explores our identity as a nation. Together these photographs tell stories about life in this country from...

In 1975, a makeshift museum opened on a farm in the tussocked hills of the Māniatoto region of Central Otago. The main feature of this new attraction was the more than 220 high-end fashion garments on display. It...

The islands of Aotearoa New Zealand were once inhabited by birds. Shrieking, warbling, tinkling, booming. Poised, strutting, gliding, dancing in scribbled loops through the air. Forest, river, marsh, mountain, ocean, shore-everything charged with their mauri, life force.Across centuries,...

A Simple Guide for NZ Gardeners Completely revised edition of the old classic, this is everything a new gardener needs. Packed with tips and techniques, planning charts, and places to record notes, it’s a handy resource of trusted,...

For this 75th anniversary edition of Poetry Aotearoa Yearbook, editor Tracey Slaughter rounds up essential new poetry, reviews and essays from both established and emerging New Zealand poets. Another packed issue, #60 showcases the raw and vital in 138...

The gannet, or takapu, must set off through the skies to find food for her chick. When she spots a feeding frenzy far below, she needs to act fast. Will she plunge through the waves in time?Can she...

Nelson, New Zealand, 1869. Ginny Yang is on the run from her murderous, Chinese hating Father. Newly widowed and with child, Ginny has to fight to have any sort of future for herself and her unborn child.

A new edition of the bestselling 2024 memoir by a former NZSAS commander, on serving in Afghanistan over four deployments and operating at the edge of his limits 'Frighteningly, devastatingly real.' - The Post In 2011, following the...

The bestselling biography of cartoonist Murray Ball, creator of Footrot Flats. In Murray Ball: A Cartoonist's Life, Murray's son Mason Ball shares all the hits and misses and long years of hard graft that went into what would...

The gripping untold story of Britain's first Antarctic expedition -- a daring journey that launched the legendary careers of Scott and Shackleton. Before Robert Falcon Scott's tragic race to the South Pole and Ernest Shackleton's legendary Endurance, there...

When Alice was fifteen, her father killed Mia Heywood in their lakefront cottage before vanishing into the trees.At least that's what the locals think happened.More than a decade later, Alice has lost her job as a journalist, she's...

Art Deco glamour, a Cuban crime queen and a grammar-obsessed killer collide in the #1 best-selling Bookshop Detectives’ high-stakes final instalment. The Bookshop Detectives are on the case! Booksellers Garth and Eloise Sherlock (and their cowardly dog, Stevie) have...

In this Australia and New Zealand follow-up to our original Wine Trails, we introduce secret gems in destinations such as the Clare Valley, Margaret River, Hawkes Bay, Tamar Valley, Matakana and Marlborough. * In-the-know, regional wine experts introduce...

From the author of Other Halves (1982) which won both the Wattie Book of the Year Award and the New Zealand Book Award for Fiction and sold more than 20,000 copies. It’s the early 1990s in Timaru, and...

Mike Munro spent nearly 22 years working inside the political domain in Wellington. He reported on politics from the parliamentary press gallery for 10 years and then switched to the dark side, becoming the only person to serve...

As a rumour spreads about a teacher sleeping with a student, a group of teenage girls are jolted into new awareness of their own vertiginous sexuality. Ripples move outward in unexpected directions: the saxophone teacher directs the girls...

Our Olympic Legends, profiling New Zealand's greatest Olympians, covers a vast range of our sports heroes, from the belatedly acknowledged 1900 water polo player Victor Lindberg to the super-talented Zoi Sadowski-Synnott and her teammates 126 years later at...

Got questions about KiwiSaver but not sure who to ask? Maybe you're wondering how much you need to invest, what sort of fund you should be in, or perhaps just how the scheme really works in the first...

In this major work, the leading Maori political scientist Dominic O'Sullivan draws on theories of republicanism and the commonwealth to challenge understandings of Te Tiriti as a partnership between races, or between Maori people and the Crown. O'Sullivan...

The explosive, definitive book on how a far-right terrorist managed to escape detection and why we have failed to learn the lessons from Christchurch's shocking mosque murders

A melting glacier gives up its secrets, a man is murdered in his ritzy beachside home, and the Christchurch detectives get to work. Two mysteries, two separate investigations... or are they? A handful of Christchurch rich listers start...

The Chief and the Empire uncovers the extraordinary true tale of Te Tai Tokerau rangatira Te Pahi - the first influential Maori leader to cross the Tasman - whose curiosity about the Pakeha world forged alliances, saved lives, and...