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Helene Wong writes eloquently of her New Zealand childhood, student life in the 1960s, coming of age in Muldoon's New Zealand, and coming to terms with 'being Chinese'.

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This BWB Text asks that we fundamentally rethink Aotearoa's role in the world, offering practical ideas grounded in progressive values and evidence from a range of contributors.

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The events surrounding the trial of Professor Lloyd Geering for heresy in the late 1960s were unprecedented in New Zealand history. They are vividly described here by the man at the very centre of the controversy.

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This book is about the economic contribution of migration to and from New Zealand, one of the most frequently discussed aspects of the debate.

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Max Rashbrooke goes beyond anecdote and ideology, delving deep into the latest research about the sweeping changes made to the public services that shape our lives together. What he unearths is startling, suggesting that the market-based reforms have often been a failure, and that classic government action is surprisingly effective.

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Could millions of jobs soon be eliminated by artificial intelligence and robots From driverless cars to digital assistants, it seems the world of work is on the cusp of a technological revolution that is generating hopes and fears alike. But are the robots really knocking at the door And what does all this mean for New Zealanders

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In this BWB Text, Rachel Buchanan tells her own, deeply personal story of Parihaka.

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Award-winning New Zealand poet Glenn Colquhoun is also a doctor who works with struggling young people at the margins, painfully aware of the limits of his role. In this BWB Text he offers penetrating insight into the little he feels he is able to achieve as a GP and youth worker. It is, he says, a song of redemption.

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Fourteen migrant taxi drivers talk about their lives - where they came from and why they came here, what it was like to settle in New Zealand, how they got into the taxi business, and how they see this country and its people.

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Ngai Tahu leader Sir Tipene O'Regan reflects on what happens in Treaty settlement negotiations behind the scenes, and clashes between current ideologies and Maori identity.

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A multi-disciplinary work encompassing history, marine science, archaeology and visual culture, New Zealand and the Sea explores New Zealand's varied relationship with the sea, challenging the conventional view that history unfolds on land.

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Hannah August integrates interview material, statistics, science and cultural commentary in order to demonstrate why we need to talk differently about the 'man drought'.

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K. Emma Ng shines light onto the persistence of anti-Asian sentiment in New Zealand. Her anecdotal account is based on her personal experience as a second-generation young Chinese-New Zealand woman and those of other young Asian-New Zealanders.

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For many years the Pacific's leading novelist, poet and academic, Albert Wendt ventures into fascinating and deeply personal new territory.

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New Zealand has been one of the world's heaviest users of pesticides, including some contaminated with dioxin, a notorious toxic chemical. In this BWB Text a leading epidemiologist uses the example of dioxin to illustrate how badly New Zealand handles problems of environmental pollutants, and why we can do better.

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In this BWB Text Johnson explores her elusive and ambivalent feelings about the sunburnt country.

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As governments in New Zealand and abroad continue to explore how best to tackle major social problems, this book is essential for people seeking to understand social policy in the twenty-first century.

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Tangata Ngai Tahu, Volume Two remembers and celebrates the rich and diverse lives of the people of Ngai Tahu. Spanning time, geography and kaupapa, some fifty biographies bring Ngai Tahu into the present.

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Drawn from the landmark publication, Tangata Whenua: An Illustrated History (2014), Te Ao Hou covers the Mori history of the nineteenth century.

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Drawn from the landmark publication, Tangata Whenua: An Illustrated History (2014), Te Ao Hurihuri brings the history up to the present.

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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.