A Tohunga’s Natural World: Plants, gardening and food
Paul Moon

In this remarkable sequel to his ground-breaking Tohunga: Hohepa Kereopa (2003), historian Dr Paul Moon again travels deep into Tuhoe territory – and deep into its past – to uncover a wealth of material. This time he reveals his discussions with Hohepa Kereopa on traditional plants, cultivation, gardening, foods, medicines, and other aspects of the natural Maori world. This book is indispensable for anyone with an interest in customary Maori life, and provides a unique perspective on the work of a great tohunga at the height of his powers.

1-877378-04-6  NZ$29.99
230x152mm, 152pp, ppr, photographs

After Me Came The Berlin Wall: Lies, Spies and Journalism

Mervyn Cull

“The world is full of writers straining hard to be funny and failing, whereas Merv Cull achieves his gentle whimsy with such apparent ease. This book is full of anecdotes that tell you a lot about our time. It's beautifully written, informative and so often very amusing.”
~ Gordon McLauchlan

1-877378-09-7       $29.99
230x152mm, 208pp, b/w photographs, ppr

An Albatross Too Many
James McNeish

Life in the remote community of Te Kuaka. ‘It’s a marvellous story…so much of New Zealand in it; the real New Zealand of small Maori and Pakeha communities; and it is written unsurpassingly well. My heartfelt congratulations.’ Michael King

0-908990-55-3 $24.99
210x148mm, 240pp, paperback

Colin McCahon: The Man and the Teacher
Agnes Wood

The life of this iconic New Zealand artist and the influence he had on those he worked with and those he taught.

0-908990-45-6 $39.99
240x190mm, 160pp, ppr b/w
and colour photos

Dark Sun: Te Rapunga and the Quest of George Dibbern

Erika Grundmann

The remarkable story of self-confessed ‘vagabond’ George Dibbern who roamed the Pacific for thirty years from Vancouver to Hobart, interrupted only by internment as a foreign national on Somes Island in Wellington harbour in both World Wars. ‘If you live in harmony with life,’ he wrote, ‘life will take care of you.’

0-908990-93-6   NZ$49.99
240 x 165mm, 544pp, ppr with flaps,
100 black and white photographs

Fletchers

Paul Goldsmith

This centennial history sets the company’s history in the broadest political and economic context. It traces the many dilemmas its leaders faced as they searched for growth and responded to the relentless challenges of business: slumps, credit squeezes, marauding governments and asset strippers, capricious policy makers, demanding customers, internal arguments, fleet-footed new competitors and changing investor attitudes.

978-1-877378-35-5    $49.99
240 x 165mm, 392pp, hardback, illustrated

Fronting up: Classic New Zealand Magazine Covers

Richard Wolfe

Fronting up is a rich, large-format sample of more than 100 classic magazine covers, all reproduced in full colour and all drawn from the extensive archives of the Auckland Museum Library.

1-877378-06-2   $49.99
260 x 282mm, 112pp, ppr with flaps,
full colour throughout

Gallipoli Diary
Lieutenant-Colonel Dr Percival Fenwick

A remarkable and moving first-hand diary account of the Gallipoli campaign with photographs taken by the author.

0-908990-66-9 $29.99
190x225mm, 104pp, ppr, b&w photos

Henry Cooper of Auckland Grammar School

Andrew Mason

Sir Henry Cooper (1909–1990) is probably best remembered now as a dynamic and dedicated headmaster of Auckland Grammar School, which he raised to the pre-eminent position it occupies today. But he also played a leading role in the development of the University of Auckland and of the Woolf Fisher educational trust for nearly 30 years.

1-877378-03-8  NZ$49.99
230 x 152mm, 472pp, hardback, b&w photographs

Hobson: Governor of New Zealand 1840-1842
Paul Moon

Essential reading for anyone with an interest in New Zealand’s early history and implications of the Treaty of Waitangi.

0-908990-54-5 $34.99
210x148mm, 320pp, ppr

Hone Heke: Nga Puhi Warrior
Paul Moon

A captivating account of the life of Hone Heke, first to sign the Treaty of Waitangi, then feller of the flagpole who at one stage seemed to hold the future of the young colony in his hand.

0-908990-76-6 $29.99
230x152mm, 184pp, ppr

Houses in Africa
Alma Hromic

This revealing and often amusing memoir follows the author’s life from her family’s arrival in Zambia in the 1970s from Yugoslavia to Swaziland and then South Africa.

0-908990-21-9 $24.99
210x148mm, 160pp, b/w photos, ppr

In Flanders Fields

The World War One Diary of Private Monty Ingram

“One of the most vivid, gripping and revealing diaries ever written by a New Zealand soldier of the First World War.”

Associate Professor Glyn Harper, Centre for Defence Studies, Massey University

1-877378-08-9         $39.99
230 x 152mm, 176pp, b/w photos throughout, cased, jacketed

In Step with Time
Diane Strevens

A history of the Sisters of St Joseph of Nazareth, Wanganui, New Zealand.

0-908990-74-X $34.99
232x166mm, 366pp, b/w phtos, ppr

Kirsa: A Mother’s Story
Robyn Jensen

The compelling story of the life and disappearance, in 1993, of Napier schoolgirl Kirsa Jensen, and the aftermath. It is a remarkable and detailed account of how a mother faces the ultimate nightmare.

0-908990-21-9 $24.99
210x148mm, 384pp, b/w photos, ppr

MacKillop Women
The Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart Aotearoa New Zealand 1883-2006

Diane Strevens

In 1883 three young Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart arrived in Temuka, South Canterbury, to teach in the parish school. One hundred years later, the Sisters of St Joseph - affectionately known as the ‘Brown Joes’ - were teaching in Catholic primary and secondary schools from Panguru in the north to Balclutha in the south. This is their story.

978-1-877378-23-2         $39.99
230 x 152mm, 356pp, ppr, illustrated

Ngapua: The Political Life of Hone Heke Ngapua, MHR
Paul Moon

Hone Heke Ngapua (1869-1909) was one of the foremost Maori leaders of the past two centuries. He received enormous recognition as an MP, working alongside Carroll, Ngata, and Seddon, and emerged as the country’s first pan-tribal Maori leader.

1-877378-02-X  NZ$39.99
230x152mm, 400pp, b/w photos, ppr

One of Ben’s
Maurice Shadbolt

Shadbolt’s first and bestselling volume of memoir. It is not just his story, it is also that of his felonious forbears and robust relatives – the first Shadbolts who arrived in New Zealand from Britain via the penal colonies of Australia. ‘Fast moving, tough, intimate and funny.’ The Australian

0-908990-19-7 $29.99
230x150mm, 328pp, b/w photos, ppr

Opo: The Hokianga Dolphin
Eric and Elizabeth Lee-Johnson

A best selection from Eric Lee-Johnson's unique photographic record of Opo and the Hokianga of the 1950s. While living there he photographed Opo throughout the summer while she played to the crowds and swam among delighted children and adults. The resulting photo-essay captures the atmosphere and magic of the time.

0-908990-22-7   NZ$19.99
230 x 185mm, 48pp, b/w photos, ppr

Oswald Blumhardt: New Zealand Plant Pioneer

Catherine Ballard

The fascinating story of Northland’s Oswald Blumhardt and his legendary Koromiko Nursery. Os had a lifelong interest in plants, in collecting, propagating and hybridising. To this end, he travelled extensively through Borneo, Thailand, Vietnam, New Guinea and Fiji camping in the lush high mountains and collecting seeds and other plant material to grow and hybridise in his nursery back home.

Puketutu and its People

Paul Goldsmith and Michael Bassett

Puketutu is the only significant island in the Manukau Harbour. Pioneer businessman Sir John Logan Campbell owned the island for nearly 50 years. Subsequent owners include Sir Henry Kelliher, a leading figure in Auckland’s business and social life. Puketutu is currently owned by the Sir Henry J Kelliher Charitable Trust and incorporates a luxurious function centre – many Aucklanders would have been guests at weddings and other events at the former Kelliher mansion set on beautifully landscaped grounds. This is a lively and beautiful tribute to this major landmark, written by two well known Auckland historians..

978-1-877378-25-6         $49.99
255 x 235mm, 116pp, cased, jacketed, illustrated

Rudi Gopas: A Biography
Chris Ronayne

A detailed and highly readable biography of this renowned New Zealand artist and art teacher.

0-908990-82-0 $49.99
240x190mm, 288pp, b/w photos, ppr

Saving the City
Margaret McClure

The History of the Order of the Good Shepherd and the Community of the Holy Name in Auckland, 1894-2000.

0-908990-85-5 $29.99
210x280mm, 152pp, b/w photos, ppr

Such Absolute Beginners

Ian Cross

Journalist, author, and broadcaster Ian Cross has made many splashes in New Zealand’s small pond and in this rich and rewarding memoir he reveals much of his life that would easily elude any would-be biographer.

978-1-877378-15-7            $29.99
230 x 152mm, 160pp, b/w & colour photographs, ppr

The Edges of Empires

Paul Moon

… an elegant and compelling read, a fresh and engaging analysis that gives lie to the myth that the 1850s were some kind of ‘golden age’ in New Zealand’s history. Moon’s book … prises open the complex arrangement of competing interests, challenges and pressures on both Maori and … quite literally on the edge of two great empires.
Professor Giselle Byrnes, Department of History, Waikato University

978-1-877378-26-3      $34.99
230 x152, 240 pages, paperback, illustrated

The Logans: New Zealand’s Greatest Boatbuilding Family
Robin Elliott, Harold Kidd

A rare insight into this complex family of Scottish origin, its brilliant individuals and to the times when they were turning out the very best yachts and launches in the Southern hemisphere. Details of every known Logan vessel.

0-908990-75-8 $49.99
260x282mm, 144pp, b/w photos, ppr

The Myers
Paul Goldsmith and Michael Bassett

The Myers is a sweeping study of four generations of the Myers family. It moves from Prussian Poland to the goldfields of Ballarat to bankruptcy in the South Island and then to a growing fortune in beer and liquor.

978-1-877378-13-3 $49.99
240 x 165mm, 432pp, b/w and colour photographs, cased, jacketed

The Path to the Treaty of Waitangi / Te Ara Ki Te Tiriti
Paul Moon

Presents compelling evidence that the British Crown did not intend to rule Maori, and that Maori never consented to be ruled by the British Crown.

0-908990-83-9 $29.99
230x152mm, 232pp, ppr

The Struggle for Tamaki Makaurau
The Maori Occupation of Auckland to 1820

Paul Moon

Maori Auckland is synonymous with Ngati Whatua, or so it seems. However, there is a much longer and far more contentious history of the area which challenges this assumption, and raises the possibility of several other tribes staking a claim for dominion over Auckland.

Touch Compass:
Celebrating Integrated Dance

Michele Powles

Touch Compass is an exceptional dance company and this beautifully illustrated book celebrates and chronicles the first decade of the company's achievements.

978-1-877378-17-1            $34.99
230 x 185mm, 136pp, colour and b/w photographs, paperback with flaps

Trevor Moffitt: A Biography

Chris Ronayne

“Trevor Moffitt in my opinion is one of New Zealand’s greatest artists. He’s got the X factor in spades [and he] has indelibly portrayed and cast a ‘New Zealand way of life’ in oils.”
~ Warwick Henderson

1-877378-10-0        $49.99
240x185mm, 228pp, b/w photographs and colour reproductions, paperback with flaps

Vintage New Zealand Launches:
A Winkelmann Portfolio
Harold Kidd and Robin Elliott

This is a stunning collection of photographs of early powerboats and launches taken from the mid 1890s to the late 1920s by renowned maritime photographer Henry Winkelmann. The wide range of images shows a variety of craft, some utterly obscure, some quite famous, from elegant launches and humble working boats to dashing early speedboats. All capture the essence of the boat, the place and the time.

0-908990-96-0  NZ$49.99
260 x 282mm, 108pp, b/w photos, ppr

Waiting for the Revolution
James Edwards

The story of the James Edwards, the eldest of eight children brought up in numbing poverty in the Depression and the son of Jim Edwards leader of Auckland’s unemployed and imprisoned in 1932 for leading the Auckland Riots.

0-908990-51-0 $24.99
230x148mm, 160pp, ppr

Way Back Then, Before We Were Ten

Graeme Lay

In this wonderful collection of stories and memoir from childhood twenty-six distinguished New Zealand writers evoke memories of their early years. Their stories and memoirs resonate with love and betrayal, friendship and disloyalty, elation and anxiety. The writing features parents and teachers, peers, siblings and other relatives, the loveable and the unloveable. There are wondrous discoveries of the natural and cultural world and glimpses into the enigmatic realm that is adulthood.

978-1-877378-31-7     $34.99
230 x 152mm, 208pp, paperback

We Won, You Lost. Eat That!
A Political History of Tax in New Zealand since 1840

Paul Goldsmith

As politicians struggle with the temptations that the power of taxation dangles before them and taxpayers respond to frequent changes in methods and levels of taxation, the battles have been fiercely fought. Auckland biographer and historian Paul Goldsmith shows in this fast-paced book that our tax history is full of drama and controversy.

978-1-877378-22-5          $39.99
240 x 165mm, 384pp, paperback, illustrated

Where Giants Dwell: A Sailor’s Tale
Gerry Evans

A story about ships and the men who work them, about gales, strikes, lockouts, fist fights and murder. Personal and sometimes humorous account of life at sea and in New Zealand’s toughest unions.

0-908990-60-X $29.99
230x152mm, 224pp, b/w photos, ppr

Winkelmann’s Waitemata: Classic Auckland Yachting
Robin Elliott, Harold Kidd, Rodney Wilson

Henry Winkelmann is probably the greatest marine photographer this country has known, and here a broad selection of his classic yachting images has been put together in a single volume. They range from the mid-1880s through the heydey of mullet boat racing before the First World War and end with images taken just before his retirement in the mid-1920s. Large format.

0-908990-52-9   NZ$39.99
260 x 282mm, 80pp, b/w photos, ppr