This essential guide to the language for the Deaf contains over 2,500 commonly used signs with an invaluable introduction. It is the only dictionary of New Zealand Sign Language in print.
This lively and accessible book brings the history of the Treaty up to date, with wide-ranging illustrations. Claudia Orange (author of the best-selling Treaty of Waitangi) is an acknowledged authority.
An Unsettled History
Treaty Claims in New Zealand Today
Alan Ward
$34.99
Alan Ward writes lucidly about the history behind the claims arising from the Treaty of Waitangi. His account reveals a treaty made and then repeatedly breached. The impact of the past upon the present has rarely been analysed to such immediate purpose.
New Zealand stands at the crossroads, facing crucial choices. This is a book about what we were promised, where we are now, and what might yet be – a book intended to provoke discussion about the country’s future.
Away from Home (OP)
The Story of Victoria House
Frances Porter
$29.99
For over nearly a century, Victoria House has offered a space for Wellington students to extend their lives. Drawing on conversations with former residents and on carefully preserved records, Frances Porter has written a lively history.
Boundary Markers (OP)
Land Surveying and the Colonisation of New Zealand
Giselle Byrnes
$39.99
Early land surveyors stood at a particular point in New Zealand’s colonisation, implementing its principles on the ground and acting as mediators between cultures. Their work is examined in this groundbreaking research, which throws new light on the complexities and contradictions of this period of the country’s history.
Once again, Lloyd Geering responds to the concerns of contemporary religion, with a clarity that belies the depth of knowledge he draws on. Readers will welcome these thought-provoking words from an international scholar.
Counting for Nothing
What Men Value and What Women are Worth
Marilyn Waring
$39.99
Women’s work fuels the economies of every country in the world, yet no value is placed on this labour. Marilyn Waring explores the implications of discounting the work of half of the world’s population. ‘[She] demystifies both national and international economics…’ Gloria Steinem
Dancing on Our Bones
New Zealand, South Africa, Rugby and Racism
Trevor Richards
$39.99
The Springbok tour of 1981 is writ large in New Zealand’s history. But there had been protest ever since the Springboks first toured in 1921. Written by a protagonist in the anti-apartheid movement, this is a vivid account of how New Zealand people confronted both the government and the New Zealand Rugby Football Union, and won.
Encircled Lands
Te Urewera, 1820-1921
Judith Binney
$89.99
In 1896 the Ureweras became the only legally recognised tribal enclave in Aotearoa New Zealand. After it was abolished in 1921-22, its existence, its history and even the name of Rohe Potae as used for the Urewera
became largely forgotten – except in local memory.
Encircled Lands recovers this lost history.
This account of a region in transformation makes a significant contribution to New Zealand history – pertinent today as the Waitangi Tribunal’s Hauraki report on the iwi’s loss of land in the nineteenth century is released. Paul Monin’s exhaustive research documents the story in impressive detail, making a painful history accessible to all kinds of New Zealanders. This award-winning history was first published in 2001 as This Is My Place: Hauraki Contested, 1769–1875.
Histories, Power and Loss (OP)
Uses of the Past – A New Zealand Commentary
P.G. McHugh (ed), Andrew Sharp (ed)
$39.99
Histories, Power and Loss is a book about what people do when they produce histories about the past. Lawyers, political philosophers, and historians write here of legal claims and constitutional doubt; they tell particular stories; they document some of the Treaty claims process, and debate its consequences. These essays are philosophical, narrative, provocative, and challenging.
I Shall Not Die (OP)
Titokowaru’s War, New Zealand 1868–1869
James Belich
$39.99
Titokowaru was one of New Zealand’s greatest leaders, who worked in both peace and war to save the Taranaki people from European invasion in the nineteenth century. This narrative by James Belich is history at its most compelling. Winner of the Adam Award in 1990.
Reprint under consideration.
In the Lifetime of a Goat (OP)
Writings, 1984–2000
Marilyn Waring
$34.99
Marilyn Waring’s Listener columns have provided a lively commentary on international issues, feminist debates, New Zealand politics, and (by no means least) life on the farm. New writing frames this selection of her best work from the last two decades.
In/visible Sight
The Mixed-Descent Families of Southern New Zealand
Angela Wanhalla
$39.99
Angela Wanhalla starts her story with the mixed-descent community at Maitapapa, Taieri, where her great-grandparents, John Brown and Mabel Smith, were born. A community emerges from the records, re-casting history and identity in the present.
Last Words
Approaches to Death in New Zealand's Cultures and Faiths
Margot Schwass (ed)
$29.99
Last Words looks at ways of acknowledging death in different cultures and religions. It includes sections on: cultures and faiths; Maori perspectives; facing death; and grief. Co-published with the Funeral Directors Association, the book is written for professionals (nurses, chaplains, the police, funeral directors) and the general reader.
‘This penetrating narrative, with its grace, clarity, sensitivity and stark honesty, is the equal of her poems. We are immeasurably in her debt.’ New Zealand Books
The three volumes of this remarkable autobiography – Hot October, Bonfires in the Rain, A Quick World – are published here as one.
Lauris Edmond published her first book of poems in 1975, and won many awards (including the Commonwealth Poetry Prize in 1985). This definitive edition includes her best work, selected and introduced by the poet and critic K.O. Arvidson.
Letters on the Go
The Correspondence of Suzanne Aubert
Jessie Munro (ed)
$69.99
Highly articulate in both French and English, Suzanne Aubert wrote copious letters throughout her long life. The correspondence selected here reflects every aspect of her interests – her rich friendships, her challenges to the church hierarchy, her engagement with politicians on behalf of the poor, her relationships with the Sisters of the religious congregation that she founded.
W.H. Oliver, a central figure in New Zealand’s intellectual landscape, reflects here on the decades of his own life, and the history that has shaped him. Looking for the Phoenix was shortlisted for the Montana Award 2002.
New Zealand Abroad (OP)
The Story of VSA’s Work in Africa, Asia and the Pacific
Trevor Richards, Margot Schwass
$59.99
New Zealand Abroad marks forty years of volunteer commitment in developing countries. Packed with over 300 full colour photographs, this book brings a vibrant and fascinating history to life.
New Zealand Pregnancy Book
A guide to pregnancy, birth and a baby's first three months (3rd edition)
Sue Pullon, Cheryl Benn
$54.99
The New Zealand Pregnancy Book has been used by thousands of parents since it was first published in 1991. Its ongoing popularity reflects the demand for a comprehensive book written expressly for New Zealanders. This new edition offers modern parents and their families a wonderful insight into what pregnancy and childbirth looks like in the twenty-first century.
Ngāi Tahu
A Migration History
Te Maire Tau (ed), Atholl Anderson (ed)
$69.99
Te Maire Tau writes: ‘I first came across the Carrington typescript in 1987 when, as an under-graduate, I was researching our tribe’s history in the Alexander Turnbull Library. Reading the text, I was captured for the rest of the day. Besides the exhilaration that historians always feel on coming across an old and little known manuscript, the story that Carrington told read differently from the standard histories of Ngāi Tahu written by nineteenth-century scholars…’
People of the Eye (OP)
Stories from the Deaf World
Rachel McKee
$39.99
In a language rarely translated to print, the ‘people of the eye’ tell their stories, bringing to life a world little known outside Deaf culture. The storytellers are old and young, and their lives reflect the diversity and commonality of Deaf experience.
Politics in the Playground
The World of Early Childhood in Postwar New Zealand
$39.99
A lively account of early childhood education and care in postwar New Zealand. This short history follows Helen May’s earlier study, Discovery of Early Childhood.
This title is now published by Otago University Press.
Prophetic Histories (OP)
The People of the Māramatanga
Karen Sinclair
$49.99
An oral history relating to the people of Te Ati Hauanui a Paparangi. Karen Sinclair spent three decades talking to and living with people of Māramatanga. Prophetic Histories brings their story to a wider audience.
Reclaiming the Future
New Zealand and the Global Economy
Jane Kelsey
$39.99
This remarkable analysis exposes the myths of globalisation, and opens wide the debate New Zealanders are seeking for the direction of their country in the twenty-first century.
Some Other Country
New Zealand’s Best Short Stories (3rd edition)
$24.99
Some Other Country has become established as a definitive collection of New Zealand short stories. Alongside much loved classics are stories by newer writers, and significant recent work. The editors, two highly respected critics, describe this selection as simply ‘the best we could find’.
This title is now published by Victoria University Press.
Te Haurapa
An Introduction to Researching Tribal Histories and Traditions
$17.99
Te Haurapa offers an introduction to researching tribal histories and traditions. It provides advice on oral history interviews, working in libraries and archives, and much more. A discussion about history and the Maori tribal world includes proposals for retaining tribal histories and traditions.
Te Kerikeri 1770-1850
The Meeting Pool
Judith Binney (ed)
$34.99
Acting as a ‘meeting pool’ for Maori and European in the early nineteenth century, the Kerikeri Basin is today one of the country’s major heritage sites. This richly illustrated collection of essays tells a vivid story of a crucial place in New Zealand history.
Telling Stories
Indigenous History and Memory in Australia and New Zealand
$39.99
Recent decades have seen a tremendous upsurge of interest among the indigenous peoples of Australia and New Zealand in their history. Telling Stories looks at the place of life stories and of memory: who tells life stories and for what purpose; the politics of land claims; and the way language impacts on research and writing.
The Cartwright Papers
Essays on the Cervical Cancer Inquiry of 1987–88
Joanna Manning (ed)
$39.99
The Cartwright Report established that research conducted, without the consent of the patients, at National Women's Hospital was unethical. Twenty years on, participants in the Inquiry and other commentators write thoughtful essays.
The Fabric of Welfare
Voluntary Organisations, Government, and Welfare in New Zealand, 1840-2005 (2007)
Margaret Tennant
$49.99
Throughout history, the 'welfare of the people' has been a contested area. Is it the responsibility of the state? The churches? The extended family? Organised charities or informal community groups? The Fabric of Welfare is about the many points of contact between voluntary welfare and government social services, and the complex pattern woven by these different threads.
The Legacy of Guilt
A Life of Thomas Kendall
Judith Binney
$49.99
A detailed account of Thomas Kendall’s extraordinary life by award-winning historian Judith Binney, this book was first published in 1968. This edition has a new introduction, providing a contemporary perspective at a time when Maori–Pakeha relations are to the fore.
The Shaping of History (OP)
Essays from the New Zealand Journal of History, 1967–1999
Judith Binney (ed)
$49.99
The New Zealand Journal of History was founded by Sir Keith Sinclair in 1967. This remarkable selection of essays by some of the country’s leading historians reflects his vision – that the journal would enable the new shapes of the country’s history to emerge.
Highly illustrated and simply expressed, The Story of a Treaty provides a concise background to the Treaty for high school students and general readers. Another reliable text from award-winning author Claudia Orange.
The Story of Suzanne Aubert
(2nd edition)
Jessie Munro
$49.99
This beautifully written story of a radical nun who founded a religious congregation sold thousands of copies when it won the Book of the Year award in the Montana Book Awards in 1997. Unusually, it simultaneously won the E. H. McCormick Award for the best first book of non-fiction.
New Zealand’s bestselling history of the Treaty. This authoritative text won the Goodman Fielder Wattie Book of the Year Award, 1988, providing a foundation for many years of scholarly research and writing on Treaty history.
The Waitangi Tribunal was established in 1975 to hear claims by Maori against the Crown arising under the Treaty. This book brings together the work of leading historians, lawyers, and analysts to offer a detailed review of the Tribunal’s place in contemporary New Zealand.
The World to Come
From Christian Past to Global Future
Lloyd Geering
$34.99
In one of his most controversial books, Lloyd Geering argues that the Christian era is coming to an end. But he also offers hope, with a view of global consciousness that places ‘the world to come’ in our hands.
Tomorrow’s God (OP)
How We Create Our Worlds
Lloyd Geering
$34.99
In this popular forerunner to The World to Come, Lloyd Geering looks at the way we construct meaning and, in particular, how ‘God’ is a central symbol in human understanding. He shows how the Christian tradition may lead towards a new world of comprehension, one that is essential in the twenty-first century.
Understanding Children’s Development
(4th edition)
Anne Smith
$39.99
This is a New Zealand text on child development, with a strong emphasis on the local context. The fourth edition of this established classic has been completely revised, introducing new theoretical concepts.
"I am my life story, as yet still open-ended and unfinished...thus to find out who I am, I must recall the story of my life as clearly and honestly as I can."
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