Author: Chanelle Haffenden

Unfortunately this isn't a fairy tale, it’s a raw, gut-wrenching yet courageous memoir of a young woman I am proud to call my sister.

May 2024

Authors: Kathryn Burnett

Yearning to write but keep putting off starting? This book will help you figure out where you want to be, the steps you need to take to get there - and what's getting in your way.

March 2024

Authors: Leonard Lambert Publisher: Cold Hub Press

In this deft collection, Leonard Lambert confronts mortality with poems at once moving and artless. We walk with him down the long corridor of memory knocking at the occasional door: opening some and interrogating the interior, pausing thoughtfully before others, and--being the trickster poet he often is--knocking loudly at a few, then skipping away.

20 May 2024

Author: Niki Bezzant Publisher: Penguin Books

Every woman's honest, healthy guide to eating, moving and feeling your best - for the rest of your life. Feel your best - for the rest of your life. The essential new book from bestselling health writer and trusted menopause advocate Niki Bezzant, author of This Changes Everything.

Author: Trace Moroney Publisher: EQ Publications

Having a positive mindset is when we search for, see, and appreciate the good in life. This ;feel good' book describes what a positive mindset is, what it isn't, and how to cultivate and nurture a more positive attitude about ourselves and the world around us.

Author: Helen Lloyd, Pippa Keel Publisher: Te Papa Press

FUN ACTIVITIES ABOUT TE PAPA AND THE TAONGA IT HOLDS An accessible and engaging activity book to write, draw and colour in. Explore our world-famous national museum through 30 activities including colouring-in, dot-todot, word search puzzles, crosswords and more.

Author: Rita Riccola Publisher: Upstart Press

Life can be challenging and when we feel over-stimulated and disconnected it is costly to our wellbeing. Dreaming of what-ifs and maybes in the future, while regretting and being trapped by our past means we are distracted from living life in the moment. Mindfulness trains the mind to be observant and responsive to the many challenges we face every day.

Editors: Alie Benge , Lil O'Brien, Kathryn van Beek Publisher: Massey University Press

Author: Maria Gill Publisher: Upstart Press

From award-winning writer Maria Gill, and illustrator Marco Ivancic, comes New Zealand's Endangered Dolphins. The North Island New Zealand dolphin (Popoto or Maui dolphin) is the most endangered dolphin in the world. The South Island New Zealand dolphin (Pahu or Hector's dolphin) is the smallest dolphin on the planet. Readers will learn more about these playful, intelligent and beautiful mammals…

Author: Robert Sullivan Publisher: Auckland University Press

After rejoining social media, Robert Sullivan wrote and posted a poem a day over two and a half months - the poems collected in Hopurangi-Songcatcher. Inspired by the cyclical energies of the Maramataka, these poems see the poet re-finding himself and his world…

9 May 2024

Authors: Harry Ricketts Publisher: Te Waka Herenga University Press

In First Things, Harry Ricketts chronicles his early life through the lens of 'firsts': those moments that can hold their detail and potency across a lifetime.

9 May 2024

Authors: Terence O’Brien Publisher: Te Waka Herenga University Press

Terence O'Brien was a born diplomat - urbane, clever, adaptable and hardworking, with a talent for strategy and negotiation. Although born in England, he was a loyal and dedicated New Zealander and spent most of his life working to improve the country's position internationally.

9 May 2024

Author: Tessa Keenan, Sadie Lawrence, romesh dissanayake Publisher: Auckland University Press

Distinctive, fresh and compellingly present, AUP New Poets 10 features three exciting new voices.

9 May 2024

Authors: Paul Moon Publisher: Te Papa Press

The photographer Ans Westra, who died in 2023, took hundreds of thousands of images over her long career. Together, those images constitute what is arguably a photo album of Aotearoa. Her dedication and determination sometimes came at a cost but she was focused and driven, overcoming a difficult childhood in the Netherlands and later complex adult relationships to forge her own path.

9 May 2024

Author: Rex Letoa Paget Publisher: Saufo’i Press

Manuali'i - Bird of the Gods - is an anchor to ancestors and to self. These poems are reminders of who you come from and who you are; compasses to constant new becomings. Questions for timekeepers and connections to universal powers. Being guided by messengers of the sky. Dancing on the delicate tightrope of here, the past, and an imagined future, Manuali'i dives into the heart of grief and loss and love; wraps a tongue around the soft grooves of Samoan words; and rides off into the distance on a Triumph Bonneville. In this dreamy debut, Rex Paget will have you reminiscing on past loves; dancing in the rain; and appreciating the depth and range of human emotion and connection.

9 May 2024

Authors: Keith Newman Publisher: Oratia Books

The Ratana movement gains national coverage every February as politicians make the pilgrimage to its headquarters near Whanganui, yet the history and workings of the religion are less widely recognised. In this new edition of his standard biography, Keith Newman reveals the life and times of Tahupotiki Wiremu Ratana and the movement he founded in 1918…

7 May 2024

Author: Xanthe White Publisher: Penguin Books

The bestselling, expert guide to growing your own vegetables organically. In this classic bestseller, expert landscape designer Xanthe White takes readers by the hand and walks them from backyard bombsite to productive vegetable garden in a single year.

May 2024 release

Author: Mandy Hager Publisher: One Tree House

Eighteen-year-old Grace has struggled all her life with her place in this family and in the world. Obviously of Asian descent, she has been unable to get the truth about her parentage from her mother, a woman who is struggling with her own demons, that date back to her life in Taiwan where she survived an earthquake while giving birth to Grace. The two were evacuated back to New Zealand, never to return

9 May 2024

Author: Roanne Barnes Hautapu Publisher: Atuanui Press

In 2013 Quinn Hautapu presented to hospital with the seemingly minor symptom of a limp arm, within a short time she was on a Life Flight to Wellington to work out the cause of a massive bleed on the brain. She was seven years old. A month later, after brain surgery and numerous scans, the Hautapu family was given the shocking news that Quinn had brain cancer. What followed was 12 months of the most intense, emotional and difficult time that a family can experience.

Author: Raewyn Peart Publisher: David Bateman

In 1971, there was little in the way of protection for Aotearoa New Zealand’s unique natural heritage. Progress was the imperative for government and councils, with the land, rivers and coasts simply seen as resources to be exploited. This is the story of how a small organisation took on the establishment and won.