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Evidence presented in this BWB Text by ecologist Mike Joy demonstrates that intensive dairy farming has degraded our freshwater rivers, streams and lakes to such a degree that we face an environmental crisis.

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Kake charts the recent resurgence of contemporary papakainga on whenua Maori. Reframing Maori housing as a Treaty issue, she envisions a future where Maori are supported to build businesses and affordable homes on whanau, hapu or Treaty settlement lands.

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In the wake of Covid-19, this timely edited collection emphasises the importance of nurturing and fortifying emotional, social and societal connections in contemporary Aotearoa.

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This vital book is a call to action: to reduce online harm, to protect the integrity of our digital lives and to uphold democratic participation and inclusion.

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Today, many people hope that the shift to a wellbeing approach - moving beyond narrow economic indicators when assessing New Zealand's progress - will mean women's work is finally valued fairly. But what does Marilyn Waring make of it This short book provides an essential assessment of wellbeing economics from a leading feminist scholar.

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It was not long ago that students were dismissed as apathetic. Yet, today, a new generation of young political actors is making waves in New Zealand and around the world. Sylvia Nissen considers what it means to be a political actor from the perspective of students today.

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The celebrated digital magazine e-Tangata is home to some of the most incisive and profound commentary on life in New Zealand. The best of these are collected together here into this BWB Text by the magazine's editors, Tapu Misa and Gary Wilson.

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Editors Tapu Misa and Gary Wilson bring together a second selection of the best of celebrated digital magazine e-Tangata, home to some of the most incisive and profound commentary on life in New Zealand.

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New Zealander Mel Bunce is a young lecturer at the acclaimed Department of Journalism at City, University of London. Her fresh analysis draws on the latest international research and interviews with leading journalists.

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The world is heating up beyond the capacity of some countries to cope. Entire populations of Pacific Islands are at risk, jeopardising the sovereign rights of these countries and the security of the region. This book explores what a just response to climate change displacement in the Pacific could look like.

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What do the economics of decolonisation mean for the future of Aotearoa This question drives the work of Matthew Scobie and Anna Sturman as they explore the complex relationship between tangata whenua and capitalism.

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In a world saturated with information, how can we know what to trust when it comes to the science that affects our everyday lives

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Taken from the multi-award-winning Tangata Whenua, this Text weaves together evidence from numerous sources to people the ancient past: to offer readers a sense of the lives of Maori ancestors as they voyaged through centuries toward the South Pacific.

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In August 2016, contamination of the Havelock North water supply with sheep faeces hospitalised forty-five people and left at least three dead. Eminent public health researcher David Skegg argues that the campylobacter outbreak was not a random event, but rather the result of a fundamental weaknesses in our country's health infrastructure.

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In 1843, the New Zealand Company settlement of Nelson was rocked by the revolt of its emigrant labourers. By putting violence and class conflict at the centre, this fascinating microhistory upends the familiar image of colonial New Zealand.

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A diverse range of economists and commentators address the relevance of Thomas Piketty's 'Capital in the Twenty-First Century' for New Zealand.

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In a book that is both deeply personal and highly political, Melani Anae recalls the radical activism of Auckland's Polynesian Panthers - the movement modelled on the US Black Panther Party 'but without guns'.

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Our climate is changing, in ways that will have long-term impacts for us and for our children. Ralph Chapman identifies the actions that are urgent and critical for the creation of a green economy and a sustainable future.

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Despite our agrarian mythology, Aotearoa New Zealand is overwhelmingly a country of urban dwellers.