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To graft something is to fix two things together like tree branches or skin in order to heal or grow something new, and appropriately the poems in Graft attempt to bring things together - ideas, cultures, and people.

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Reclaiming a language is a slow-burning process, both deeply personal and intricately connected to the socio-economic, historical and political conditions in which we live.

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These original, insightful essays by a raft of historians, writers, and other prominent figures reflect on various forms of remembering and remembering, what we have cherished and valued, forgotten and ignored, constructed and reframed.

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Tells a story that reveals the life of New Zealand's first female attorney. This title delves deep into Ethel Benjamin's personal and professional histories, answering questions about her familial life and some of her more controversial legal decisions. It portrays Ethel's determination, hard work, mental ability, and can-do attitude.

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Brian Turner's ongoing love affair with his Central Otago home lies at the heart of his rich and compelling new collection of poems.

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We dont need your whataboutery and moral prevarication. Its time to stand up and own your own culpability, complicity and . . . but I joke

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A travel book, an autobiographical novel, and a free-floating meditation on Europe and the Antipodes, this personal memoir begins with its narrator suspended in the salty, tideless waters of the Mediterranean.

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Revisiting historical events and using them as a starting point for an exploration of love and humanity, acclaimed young poet Amy Brown tells the astonishing stories of six candidates for sainthood in this new collection. The Odour of Sanctity explores the possibility of sainthood and salvation in a spellbinding epic poem for modern times.

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A tribute to the invaluable role John Dunmore played in advancing the historical knowledge of, and scholarly interest in the region, this collection celebrates the work of a man who was raised in France and Britain, emigrated to New Zealand in 1950, and pursued a distinguished career as academic, publisher, and writer.

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The previously unpublished poems in this collection record the immediate impact of James Baxter's first serious love affair. It was a relationship that affected him profoundly and to which he returned time and time again in his later work. Poems to a Glass Woman is published for the 40th anniversary of Baxter's death.

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In Reading on the Farm, Lydia Wevers uses the library on Brancepeth Station in the Wairarapa, its staff and users as the ground for an extended reflection on the meaning of books, reading and intellectual life in colonial New Zealand.

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An overview of the changing structures of New Zealand labour law that culminated in the Employment Relations Act of 2000, this study provides a thorough analysis of the current state of the law as it affects areas such as the contract of employment, collective bargaining, security of employment, and trade unions.

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Remembering Gallipoli tells the story of Gallipoli in the words of the soldiers who fought there, taken from interviews towards the end of their lives. Immediate, vivid and engrossing, it is an important record of a pivotal moment in New Zealand's history.

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A cautionary tale of one of New Zealand's most popular radio broadcasters, this narrative tells the life story of Reverend Colin Scrimgeor, whose successful radio show brought comfort and hope to thousands of people during the Great Depression but was cut short when he began to taunt his political masters.

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Searches for Tradition presents case studies drawn from a broad spectrum of genres, cultures and historical periods, from investigations of New Zealands colonial music to fresh consideration of Lilburns legacy, from corners of the jazz scene to the contemporary revitalization of taonga poro.

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Drawing on an extensive range of new material, this study explores the ignored history of early colonial Maori children and their schools. This comprehensive account incorporates voices of the Maori themselves on schooling, including many that have remained hidden in earlier studies, and gives them new prominence and a place to tell their story.

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Funny, startling, poignant, illuminating, and always succinct, this anthology celebrates the many moods and forms of the short poem and demonstrates its power in holding our attention.

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Maria McMillan's incredibly vivid second full poetry collection takes in mountains and cities, dragons and daughters, hope and wish fulfilment, demolition and renewal.

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In this new collection of poetry from Kate Camp, written during a writers residency in Berlin, she grapples with being away from her homeland, offering readers sharp, lyrical stories and philosophical adventures in a foreign land.