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Based on the acclaimed RNZ podcast series, and including new material, The 9th Floor by journalists Guyon Espiner and Tim Watkin presents in-depth interviews with five former Prime Ministers of New Zealand.

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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.

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The Big Smoke is the first comprehensive history of the pursuit of city life in New Zealand, presenting a dynamic and heavily illustrated account from 1840 to 1920.

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New Zealander Mel Bunce is a young lecturer at the acclaimed Department of Journalism at City, University of London. Her fresh analysis draws on the latest international research and interviews with leading journalists.

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The world is heating up beyond the capacity of some countries to cope. Entire populations of Pacific Islands are at risk, jeopardising the sovereign rights of these countries and the security of the region. This book explores what a just response to climate change displacement in the Pacific could look like.

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Some scientists prepare for such a moment for decades.

New Zealands pandemic response delivered one of the lowest Covid-19 health burdens in the world, thanks to early elimination and high vaccination rates.

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From 1906 to 1925 Quail Island was the site of New Zealand's leprosy colony. It was a place that some people wanted to forget, but its stories are worth remembering: among them are stories of remarkable generosity and selfessness, as well as of violence and great suffering.

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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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In a world saturated with information, how can we know what to trust when it comes to the science that affects our everyday lives

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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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A writer of penetrating insight, Martin Edmond explores the intersections of past and present in the lives of four extraordinary individuals. Their stories combine, in the hands of this award-winning writer, to a moving reflection upon New Zealands place in the world, then and now.

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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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The FIRE economy - finance, insurance and real estate - is now the world's principal source of wealth creation. Its rise has transformed our political, economic and social landscapes.

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Taken from the multi-award-winning Tangata Whenua, this Text weaves together evidence from numerous sources to people the ancient past: to offer readers a sense of the lives of Maori ancestors as they voyaged through centuries toward the South Pacific.

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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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A diverse range of economists and commentators address the relevance of Thomas Piketty's 'Capital in the Twenty-First Century' for New Zealand.