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Urban Aotearoa
ed. David Batchelor and Bill McKay

A vision for beyond the 'quarter-acre dream'.

Philip MatthewsSeptember 18, 2024

Art Illustrated LGBTQIA+Māori Nonfiction Pasifika Photography Society

Sight Lines: Women and Art in Aotearoa
by Kirsty Baker

An impressive contribution to the 'continuing kōrero about and between female artists' in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Kelly Ana MoreySeptember 6, 2024

Art Essays Illustrated Literature Memoir Music Nonfiction Pasifika Photography Society

Pacific Arts Aotearoa
ed. Lana Lopesi

A journey through dozens of art forms and artists who 'powerfully assert Pacific identities on their own terms'.

Andrea LowDecember 22, 2023

Essays History Nonfiction Pasifika Society

An Indigenous Ocean: Pacific Essays
by Damon Salesa

A 'profound' and insightful book that traverses the 'biggest thing on earth'.

Amanda Sullivan LeeDecember 15, 2023

Children Graphic Memoir Illustrated Nonfiction Pasifika

Wot Knot You Got? Mophead’s Guide to Life
by Selina Tusitala Marsh

From 'a wonderful agony aunt for the country’s tamariki', a creative workbook on empowerment.

Ant SangDecember 13, 2023

Art Climate Gardens History Illustrated Māori Nature Nonfiction Pasifika

Flora: Celebrating Our Botanical World
ed. Carlos Lehnebach, Claire Regnault, Rebecca Rice, Isaac Te Awa and Rachel Yates.

The 'uniqueness and wonders of the plant world' celebrated in abundance.

Joyce CampbellDecember 8, 2023

History Māori Nonfiction Pasifika Society

Aftermaths: Colonialism, Violence and Memory in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific
ed. Angela Wanhalla, Lyndall Ryan and Camille Nurka

An essay collection that confronts the violence of the colonial past, and the perils of forgetting.

Maartje AbbenhuisApril 26, 2023

Biography Essays Māori Nonfiction Pasifika

Nine Lives: New Zealand Writers on Notable New Zealanders by Catherine Robertson, Lloyd Jones, Selina Tusitala Marsh, Pala Molisa, Paul Thomas, Elspeth Sandys, Stephanie Johnson, Malcolm Mulholland, Paula Morris and Greg McGee.

Reviewed by Sally Blundell

Sally BlundellDecember 22, 2021

Anthology Asian Essays Literary Fiction Māori Memoir Pasifika Poetry Short Stories Society

Ko Aotearoa Tātou: We Are New Zealand edited by Michelle Elvy, Paula Morris and James Norcliffe. Art editor, David Eggleton

Reviewed by Kelly Gardiner

Kelly GardinerNovember 4, 2020

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