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'A Matter of Fact' explores the science of communicating and presents innovative ways to talk effectively (and empathetically) about contentious information. The discussion is based on contemporary examples such as immunisation, the gender pay gap, and climate change.

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In an era of escalating global conflicts, this book challenges the conventional belief that nation-states need military forces to ensure their security and contribute to international peace.

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A policy-focused campaigner, reluctant to join a political tribe and uncomfortable with the combative attitudes and personal jockeying that politics seemed to entail, this is the story of one of New Zealand's most eminent political actors.

(Hardback)

In this captivating collection of essays, acclaimed Pacific scholar Damon Salesa takes us on a journey through the rich cultural and historical tapestry of the Pacific.

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In this BWB Text, microbiologist Siouxsie Wiles explores the looming crisis of antibiotic resistance and its threat to New Zealand.

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Martin Edmond's Barefoot Years is a memoir in which the author attempts to re-inhabit the lost domain of childhood.

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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.

(Hardback)

Forced labour haunts the streets we walk today and the spaces we take for granted.

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This wayfinding set of essays explores the overlap of being Samoan and a woman, as experienced 'from diaspora', by acclaimed writer and critic Lana Lopesi.

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Comrade tells a riveting story of labour activism and social change. Historian Cybele Locke recovers the relationships between communism and working class trade unionism during World War Two and the following decades.

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(Paperback)

Youth activism has been a defining feature of Aotearoa's recent political landscape. Amidst these unsettling political times haunted by climate change, colonisation, ongoing inequality and the upheaval of the pandemic, the political actions of young New Zealanders are a source of inspiration, challenge and renewal.

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History has rarely felt more topical or relevant as, all across the globe, nations have begun to debate who, how and what they choose to remember and forget. In this BWB Text, a team of five researchers, several from iwi invaded or attacked during the nineteenth-century New Zealand Wars, reflect on these questions of memory and loss locally.

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In From Paper to Platform, prominent New Zealand media scholar, Merja Myllylahti, scrutinises how major digital platforms exert ever-growing influence over news, journalism, our everyday lives, personal rights and access to information.

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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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This book tells the history of Maori travel and exploration, providing fresh light on a little known yet absorbing aspect of early New Zealand.

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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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(Hardback, New edition)

He Whakaputanga o te Rangatiratanga o Nu Tireni/The Declaration of Independence of New Zealand was signed by fifty-two rangatira from 1835 to 1839. It was a powerful assertion of mana and rangatiratanga.

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In her long-awaited book, Barbara Brookes, drawing on a wide variety of sources, traces the narratives of women's lives throughout New Zealand's history

(Paperback, 2nd New edition)

Straddling the Maori and European worlds of the 1860s, Titokowaru was one of New Zealand's greatest leaders. A brilliant strategist, he used every device to save the Taranaki people from European invasion.