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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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This exceptional analysis of the English text of the Treaty of Waitangi represents a major reassessment in our understanding of this foundational document. Historian and lawyer Ned Fletcher provides important new insights into how and why the Treaty was signed, and why ultimately it was not honoured.

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This memoir provides a rare first-hand look at the pressures and challenges faced by those who dare to raise their voices, especially when debating issues as crucial as the health and future of New Zealands waterways.

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Tmati Te Ito Ngmoke, a renowned Taranaki prophet, played a significant role in colonial New Zealands political landscape. This book uncovers his story and impact on Aotearoas history.

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Spanning nearly two centuries from first contact through to settlement and apology, this major work focuses on the human impact of the war in the Waikato, its origins and aftermath.

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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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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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This is an autobiographical account of Marilyn Waring's extraordinary years in parliament. She tells the story of her journey from being elected as a new National Party MP in a conservative rural seat to being publicly decried by the Prime Minister for her `feminist anti-nuclear stance' that threatened to bring down his government.

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The Treaty of Waitangi/Te Tiriti o Waitangi is a central document in the history of Aotearoa New Zealand. This lively account tells the story of the Treaty/Te Tiriti from its signing in 1840, through the debates and struggles of the nineteenth century, to the gathering political momentum of recent decades.

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The Treaty of Waitangi | Te Tiriti o Waitangi is a fully revised and updated edition of An Illustrated History of the Treaty of Waitangi, including new material. It brings the Treaty's history to life with a richly informative narrative and a wonderful range of photographs, maps and illustrations (now in full colour).

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In 1893 New Zealand became the first country in the world with universal suffrage: all New Zealand women now had the right to vote. This achievement owed much to an extraordinary document: the 1893 Women's Suffrage Petition.

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'Presently, someone in the wealthiest 1 per cent of adults - now a roughly 40,000-strong club - has a net worth 68 times that of the average New Zealander.' Too Much Money is the story of how wealth inequality is changing Aotearoa New Zealand.

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A search for new ways to talk about race in Aotearoa New Zealand brought together this powerful group of scholars, writers and activists. Attempts to confront racism and racial violence often stall against a failure to see how power works through race, across our modern social worlds.

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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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With new illustrations, maps and colourful biographies of key figures, The Welcome of Strangers is an enriching narrative of southern Mori traditions and peoples.

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Between 130,000 and 285,000 New Zealand children live in poverty: these alarming figures are widely discussed, yet often poorly understood. Jonathan Boston and Simon Chapple look hard at the questions, and identify some real options for action.

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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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Are our governments living up to the promises they make when they ratify human rights treaties Do all New Zealanders get to fully enjoy the rights they're entitled to Much as we may not like to admit it, the answer in many cases is no.

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In this book ten women, who have come to New Zealand through three decades from the 1960s, speak in depth about growing up in their first countries, and their lives in New Zealand.

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Morgan Godfery is one of New Zealand's most energising young thinkers. In just a few years he has become a leading voice in the country's social and political life. This curated selection brings together the best of Godfery's writing. Read together, the collection charts the emergence of a significant New Zealand voice.