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Following his groundbreaking work on income inequality, Max Rashbrooke examines how wealth shapes New Zealand experience.

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Historian Rowan Light offers a series of case studies about local debates about history in New Zealand. These provisional judgements of the past illuminate aspects of what it means to remember and why it matters.

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Written by Maori from diverse disciplines, this book brings together writing on the big questions about the role of Maori, tikanga and matauranga in shaping science and technological innovation.

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'The idea of Maori privilege continues to be deployed in order to constrain Maori aspirations and maintain the power imbalance that colonisation achieved in the nineteenth century.' The 'idea of Maori privilege', is deeply embedded in New Zealand culture.

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2014 was the hottest year since record keeping began back in 1880. Against this historic backdrop, acclaimed Radio New Zealand science writer Veronika Meduna explores our future in a warmer world.

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Poverty is not the result of individual failure or misfortune. It is a productof the design of our economic and institutional systems. Pakukore bringstogether leading thinkers and practitioners to expose the systemic nature ofpoverty in Aotearoa and explore pathways for change.

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Aotearoa New Zealand is grappling with tough economic questions.Inequality is rising, the cost of living is biting, and many feel left behind.Despite talk of recovery and progress, theres a growing sense that thesystem isnt working at least, not for everyone.

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What happens when a leading New Zealand scientist (and frequent traveler) rules out flying for a year From overnight buses to epic train journeys, Shaun Hendy's experiences speak to our desire to do something - anything - in the face of growing climate anxiety.

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Fair Borders draws together academic and nonacademic writers to discuss whether New Zealand's immigration policy offers a 'fair go' to those just arriving, and to those who arrived a long time ago.

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Award-winning New Zealand writer Paula Morris talks about coming home and being home, of nostalgia and memory and belonging.

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Battles over oil and mining developments in New Zealand are fierce and polarised.

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One of the most urgent questions in contemporary New Zealand: how should we transform the welfare state The answer, Jonathan Boston argues, lies in a comprehensive package of reforms covering the benefit system, family assistance, child support, housing, and health care.

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In this timely BWB Text, Nicola Gaston scrutinises the sexism afflicting the discipline of science.

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Where we live impacts our wellbeing - and so is a crucial element in public policy. This book provides an analysis of the research thus far and points to ways in which we can improve everyone's wellbeing through an awareness of the influence of geography.