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Build a picture of Aotearoa by reading these snapshots of Kiwi living in the 21st century. These essay collections offer an eclectic range of subjects including crime, parenthood, Te Tiriti o Waitangi, rebuilding Christchurch, robots, disease, adolescent silences, Covid-19 and the mighty Mataī. A Christchurch City Libraries list.

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Things I Learned at Art School

Things I Learned at Art School

by Dunn, Megan

Book - 2021

Tinderbox writer Megan Dunn brings her satiric sensibilities, personal reflections and trademark humour to growing up in New Zealand during the 1970s, '80...Show more Tinderbox writer Megan Dunn brings her satiric sensibilities, personal reflections and trademark humour to growing up in New Zealand during the 1970s, '80s and '90s. Expect a healthy dash of vinegar, especially when she pulls back the curtain on former lovers. Show less

Tinderbox writer Megan Dunn brings her satiric sensibilities, personal reflections and trademark humour to growing up in New Zealand during the 1970s, '80...Show more Tinderbox writer Megan Dunn brings her satiric sensibilities, personal reflections and trademark humour to growing up in New Zealand during the 1970s, '80s and '90s. Expect a healthy dash of vinegar, especially when she pulls back the curtain on former lovers. Show less

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Tranquillity and Ruin

Tranquillity and Ruin

by McLauchlan, Danyl, 1974-

Book - 2021

Danyl McLauchlan delves deep into mysticism and neuroscience and reflects on what makes us think and how we feel. Examining human consciousness could be d...Show more Danyl McLauchlan delves deep into mysticism and neuroscience and reflects on what makes us think and how we feel. Examining human consciousness could be dry and heavy but Danyl brings a light, reflective touch with more than a dash of humour, particularly when he recalls attending retreats driven by the enthusiasm of idealists. Show less

Danyl McLauchlan delves deep into mysticism and neuroscience and reflects on what makes us think and how we feel. Examining human consciousness could be d...Show more Danyl McLauchlan delves deep into mysticism and neuroscience and reflects on what makes us think and how we feel. Examining human consciousness could be dry and heavy but Danyl brings a light, reflective touch with more than a dash of humour, particularly when he recalls attending retreats driven by the enthusiasm of idealists. Show less

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The Commercial Hotel

The Commercial Hotel

by Summers, John, 1983-

Book - 2021

Meet John Summers at The Commercial Hotel 's lounge bar and prepare to be transported to the freezing works, a tramp in the bush, the rubbish dump, moment...Show more Meet John Summers at The Commercial Hotel 's lounge bar and prepare to be transported to the freezing works, a tramp in the bush, the rubbish dump, moments of life and death including murder, Pacific islands and several trains of the world. Be warned, the writer has a beguiling approach and you might find yourself spending more time at this pub than you originally planned. Show less

Meet John Summers at The Commercial Hotel 's lounge bar and prepare to be transported to the freezing works, a tramp in the bush, the rubbish dump, moment...Show more Meet John Summers at The Commercial Hotel 's lounge bar and prepare to be transported to the freezing works, a tramp in the bush, the rubbish dump, moments of life and death including murder, Pacific islands and several trains of the world. Be warned, the writer has a beguiling approach and you might find yourself spending more time at this pub than you originally planned. Show less

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Climate Aotearoa

Climate Aotearoa

What's Happening & What Can We Do About It?

Book - 2021

Former Prime Minister Helen Clark has assembled scientists, engineers, researchers and social advocates to assess our national bill of health when it come...Show more Former Prime Minister Helen Clark has assembled scientists, engineers, researchers and social advocates to assess our national bill of health when it comes to global warming. Thorough and practical with a research-based mix of calmness and urgency they offer suggestions for our future in Aotearoa. Show less

Former Prime Minister Helen Clark has assembled scientists, engineers, researchers and social advocates to assess our national bill of health when it come...Show more Former Prime Minister Helen Clark has assembled scientists, engineers, researchers and social advocates to assess our national bill of health when it comes to global warming. Thorough and practical with a research-based mix of calmness and urgency they offer suggestions for our future in Aotearoa. Show less

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Turangawaewae

Turangawaewae

Identity & Belonging in Aotearoa New Zealand

Book - 2022

If you want to examine what it means to be a Kiwi and how our society ticks this book is for you. The editors have assembled researchers and academics to ...Show more If you want to examine what it means to be a Kiwi and how our society ticks this book is for you. The editors have assembled researchers and academics to probe the origins of our society and in what directions it is developing. The new edition touches on our collective response to Covid and how digital platforms have accelerated protest in Aotearoa-New Zealand. Show less

If you want to examine what it means to be a Kiwi and how our society ticks this book is for you. The editors have assembled researchers and academics to ...Show more If you want to examine what it means to be a Kiwi and how our society ticks this book is for you. The editors have assembled researchers and academics to probe the origins of our society and in what directions it is developing. The new edition touches on our collective response to Covid and how digital platforms have accelerated protest in Aotearoa-New Zealand. Show less

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Bloody Woman

Bloody Woman

Essays

by Lopesi, Lana, 1992-

Book - 2021

Writer, art critic and researcher Lana Lopesi articulates the challenges Pasifika women face in New Zealand society. Lopesi connects with big, societal id...Show more Writer, art critic and researcher Lana Lopesi articulates the challenges Pasifika women face in New Zealand society. Lopesi connects with big, societal ideas by writing candidly about her personal experience. Mixing in traditional beliefs completes a compelling set that flexes between the personal and political, traditional and contemporary and inter-ethnic dynamics. Show less

Writer, art critic and researcher Lana Lopesi articulates the challenges Pasifika women face in New Zealand society. Lopesi connects with big, societal id...Show more Writer, art critic and researcher Lana Lopesi articulates the challenges Pasifika women face in New Zealand society. Lopesi connects with big, societal ideas by writing candidly about her personal experience. Mixing in traditional beliefs completes a compelling set that flexes between the personal and political, traditional and contemporary and inter-ethnic dynamics. Show less

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Tree Sense

Tree Sense

Ways of Thinking About Trees

Book - 2021

Ecologists, a poet laureate, Māori environmentalists, artists and science writers present a vigorous defence of trees. In one essay Christchurch's Dr Coli...Show more Ecologists, a poet laureate, Māori environmentalists, artists and science writers present a vigorous defence of trees. In one essay Christchurch's Dr Colin Meurk packs in ecological history, mentions Covid-19 and promotes the growing of natives in urban spaces while lauding the mataī. Show less

Ecologists, a poet laureate, Māori environmentalists, artists and science writers present a vigorous defence of trees. In one essay Christchurch's Dr Coli...Show more Ecologists, a poet laureate, Māori environmentalists, artists and science writers present a vigorous defence of trees. In one essay Christchurch's Dr Colin Meurk packs in ecological history, mentions Covid-19 and promotes the growing of natives in urban spaces while lauding the mataī. Show less

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Kia Whakanuia Te Whenua

Kia Whakanuia Te Whenua

People, Place, Landscape

Book - 2021

Academics, environmental scientists, iwi representatives and architects from Aotearoa argue that a Māori-led approach will help restore the environmental ...Show more Academics, environmental scientists, iwi representatives and architects from Aotearoa argue that a Māori-led approach will help restore the environmental health of an ailing Land of the Long White Cloud. Topics include urban planning, protecting cultural landscapes, water quality and global warming in this elegantly illustrated collection. Show less

Academics, environmental scientists, iwi representatives and architects from Aotearoa argue that a Māori-led approach will help restore the environmental ...Show more Academics, environmental scientists, iwi representatives and architects from Aotearoa argue that a Māori-led approach will help restore the environmental health of an ailing Land of the Long White Cloud. Topics include urban planning, protecting cultural landscapes, water quality and global warming in this elegantly illustrated collection. Show less

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Can You Tolerate This?

Can You Tolerate This?

Personal Essays

by Young, Ashleigh

Book - 2016

Kiwi writer Ashleigh Young won the prestigious Windham-Campbell Prize from Yale University with this dazzling collection where she examines, among other s...Show more Kiwi writer Ashleigh Young won the prestigious Windham-Campbell Prize from Yale University with this dazzling collection where she examines, among other subjects, a rare skeletal disease, a stone-collecting French postman, the music scene in 1990s Hamilton, physical transformation, adolescent silences and family history. Young is one of three writers who speak in the podcast Women and the Essay about essay writing from Dublin's International Literature Festival. Show less

Kiwi writer Ashleigh Young won the prestigious Windham-Campbell Prize from Yale University with this dazzling collection where she examines, among other s...Show more Kiwi writer Ashleigh Young won the prestigious Windham-Campbell Prize from Yale University with this dazzling collection where she examines, among other subjects, a rare skeletal disease, a stone-collecting French postman, the music scene in 1990s Hamilton, physical transformation, adolescent silences and family history. Young is one of three writers who speak in the podcast Women and the Essay about essay writing from Dublin's International Literature Festival. Show less

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Mau Moko

Mau Moko

The World of Māori Tattoo

by Te Awekotuku, Ngahuia, 1949-

Book - 2007

Artist and academic Ngāhuia Te Awekotuku leads an in-depth examination of moko and its cultural significance in Aotearoa. As well as the history of traditional Māori tattoo, the stories of moko artists and "wearers" are also presented. Artist and academic Ngāhuia Te Awekotuku leads an in-depth examination of moko and its cultural significance in Aotearoa. As well as the history of traditional Māori tattoo, the stories of moko artists and "wearers" are also presented. Show less

Artist and academic Ngāhuia Te Awekotuku leads an in-depth examination of moko and its cultural significance in Aotearoa. As well as the history of traditional Māori tattoo, the stories of moko artists and "wearers" are also presented. Artist and academic Ngāhuia Te Awekotuku leads an in-depth examination of moko and its cultural significance in Aotearoa. As well as the history of traditional Māori tattoo, the stories of moko artists and "wearers" are also presented. Show less

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The COVID Chronicles

The COVID Chronicles

Lessons From New Zealand

by Little, Paul, 1957-

Book - 2020

Paul Little explores 2020's Covid lockdown in Aotearoa by weaving together reflections and experiences from leading New Zealanders including microbiologis...Show more Paul Little explores 2020's Covid lockdown in Aotearoa by weaving together reflections and experiences from leading New Zealanders including microbiologist Siouxsie Wiles, finance minister Grant Robertson, funeral directors Francis and Kaiora Tipene, Student Volunteer Army founder Sam Johnson, Queenstown mayor Jim Boult, Chief Science Adviser Juliet Gerrard, businesswoman Jenene Crossan and Auckland City Missioner Chris Farrelly. An interesting examination of the impact Covid-19 had on many Kiwi lives in 2020. Show less

Paul Little explores 2020's Covid lockdown in Aotearoa by weaving together reflections and experiences from leading New Zealanders including microbiologis...Show more Paul Little explores 2020's Covid lockdown in Aotearoa by weaving together reflections and experiences from leading New Zealanders including microbiologist Siouxsie Wiles, finance minister Grant Robertson, funeral directors Francis and Kaiora Tipene, Student Volunteer Army founder Sam Johnson, Queenstown mayor Jim Boult, Chief Science Adviser Juliet Gerrard, businesswoman Jenene Crossan and Auckland City Missioner Chris Farrelly. An interesting examination of the impact Covid-19 had on many Kiwi lives in 2020. Show less

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Tell You What

Tell You What

Great New Zealand Nonfiction 2017

Book - 2016

Editors Susanna Andrew and Jolisa Gracewood have brought together novelist Charlotte Grimshaw, journalists Adam Dudding and Jane Phare, poet Selina Tusita...Show more Editors Susanna Andrew and Jolisa Gracewood have brought together novelist Charlotte Grimshaw, journalists Adam Dudding and Jane Phare, poet Selina Tusitala Marsh and musician Moana Maniapoto who, amongst others, transport their readers to Iceland, Middle Earth, Norway and London as well as locations across Aotearoa. Topics covered include meeting the Queen, cash-card shame at Countdown, tikanga, the homeless, suicide and fantasy role-playing games. Show less

Editors Susanna Andrew and Jolisa Gracewood have brought together novelist Charlotte Grimshaw, journalists Adam Dudding and Jane Phare, poet Selina Tusita...Show more Editors Susanna Andrew and Jolisa Gracewood have brought together novelist Charlotte Grimshaw, journalists Adam Dudding and Jane Phare, poet Selina Tusitala Marsh and musician Moana Maniapoto who, amongst others, transport their readers to Iceland, Middle Earth, Norway and London as well as locations across Aotearoa. Topics covered include meeting the Queen, cash-card shame at Countdown, tikanga, the homeless, suicide and fantasy role-playing games. Show less

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Strong Words 2019

Strong Words 2019

The Best of the Landfall Essay Competition

Book - 2019

New Zealand poets, journalists, fiction writers and essayists tackle bilingualism, religion, teenage sexuality, World War One and the Armistice, time and ...Show more New Zealand poets, journalists, fiction writers and essayists tackle bilingualism, religion, teenage sexuality, World War One and the Armistice, time and identity, comedy, ecological guilt and the benefits of a small-town sauna in this diverse collection. Check out the sequel, Strong Words #2, which features a selection of Landfall's best from 2019 and 2020. Show less

New Zealand poets, journalists, fiction writers and essayists tackle bilingualism, religion, teenage sexuality, World War One and the Armistice, time and ...Show more New Zealand poets, journalists, fiction writers and essayists tackle bilingualism, religion, teenage sexuality, World War One and the Armistice, time and identity, comedy, ecological guilt and the benefits of a small-town sauna in this diverse collection. Check out the sequel, Strong Words #2, which features a selection of Landfall's best from 2019 and 2020. Show less

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The Big Questions

The Big Questions

What Is New Zealand's Future?

Book - 2018

Children’s Commissioner Andrew Becroft, Green MP Golriz Ghahraman, business leader Theresa Gattung, criminologist Jarrod Gilbert and others weigh in on th...Show more Children’s Commissioner Andrew Becroft, Green MP Golriz Ghahraman, business leader Theresa Gattung, criminologist Jarrod Gilbert and others weigh in on the heavy-duty challenges facing New Zealand including housing, global warming and will my job be taken by a robot? Hard-hitting but also constructive assessments on New Zealand’s prospects. Show less

Children’s Commissioner Andrew Becroft, Green MP Golriz Ghahraman, business leader Theresa Gattung, criminologist Jarrod Gilbert and others weigh in on th...Show more Children’s Commissioner Andrew Becroft, Green MP Golriz Ghahraman, business leader Theresa Gattung, criminologist Jarrod Gilbert and others weigh in on the heavy-duty challenges facing New Zealand including housing, global warming and will my job be taken by a robot? Hard-hitting but also constructive assessments on New Zealand’s prospects. Show less

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Inequality

Inequality

A New Zealand Crisis

Book - 2018

Academics, policy advisers, researchers and economists traverse the growing gap between rich and poor and how it affects people's lives in the areas of he...Show more Academics, policy advisers, researchers and economists traverse the growing gap between rich and poor and how it affects people's lives in the areas of health, housing, education, welfare and crime and punishment. Journalist and editor Max Rashbrooke breaks up the essays with "Viewpoints", which offer briefer insights on inequality and its impacts on Kiwi life. Show less

Academics, policy advisers, researchers and economists traverse the growing gap between rich and poor and how it affects people's lives in the areas of he...Show more Academics, policy advisers, researchers and economists traverse the growing gap between rich and poor and how it affects people's lives in the areas of health, housing, education, welfare and crime and punishment. Journalist and editor Max Rashbrooke breaks up the essays with "Viewpoints", which offer briefer insights on inequality and its impacts on Kiwi life. Show less

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From the Archives: Women and the Essay

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Ashleigh Young author of "Can you tolerate this?" is one of three writers who speak in the podcast Women and the Essay about essay writing from Dublin's International Literature Festival. Ashleigh Young author of "Can you tolerate this?" is one of three writers who speak in the podcast Women and the Essay about essay writing from Dublin's International Literature Festival. Show less

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