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New For You - Aotearoa New Zealand - February 2025

Have a taste of home-grown books! Here are some of our best New Zealand new arrivals for this month. Fiction, Biography, Poetry, and more.

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  • Cartoonist Alex Hallatt invites you to share her life in this vibrant community through the tunnel from Christchurch.
    Book[Lyttelton, New Zealand] : Moontoon Publishing, [2024] — 993.84 HAL
  • Unreel

    a Memoir Also Published With Subtitle: A Life in Review

    Wichtel, Diana, 1950-
    The brilliantly funny, achingly nostalgic memoir of a life spent watching and writing, from the award-winning reviewer and bestselling author of Driving to Treblinka.
    BookAuckland, New Zealand : Penguin Random House, 2024. — 791.457 WIC
  • A biting domestic noir, The Pool examines the enduring shrapnel of tragedy: if you witness the worst thing imaginable, how does it change you? Could it make you a murderer?
    BookGadigal Country, Ultimo, NSW : Ultimo Press, 2025. — FICTION
  • A cute small town, spicy romcom to escape with this summer.
    BookLondon : One More Chapter, a division of HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd, 2024. — ROMANCE
  • Wild Wellington Ngā Taonga Taiao

    a Guide to the Wildlife and Wild Places of Te Upoko-o-te-Ika

    Szabo, Michael
    What to see, where, when, and how, in the Wellington region.
    BookWellington, New Zealand : Te Papa Press, 2024. — 508.936 SZA
  • Shelter From the Storm

    the Story of New Zealand's Backcountry Huts

    Barnett, Shaun, 1969-2024
    A fully revised edition of the landmark book that tells the story of our backcountry huts.
    BookNelson, New Zealand. : Craig Potton Publishing, 2024. — 728.73 BAR
  • Slices of Heaven

    Uniquely Kiwi Comics About Aotearoa

    Vernon, Daniel
    If you've ever stayed home sick and suffered through infomercials, or dipped your toes in the school pool and your fingers in raro, this book is for you!
    Book[Place of publication not indicated] : [Daniel Vernon], [2024] — GRAPHIC NOVEL
  • This anthology features the courageous first-hand accounts of 26 male survivors of sexual abuse and violence in Aotearoa New Zealand.
    BookAuckland, New Zealand : Tautoko Tāne Aotearoa, 2024. — 362.76 DE
  • Energy

    Get It, Guard It, Give It

    O'Neill, Lisa, 1970-
    Energy is a practical, funny, motivating book brimming with real-life examples, actionable tips and quick wins to impact your energy instantly.
    Book[Eisternwick, Victoria] : Major Street Publishing, 2024. — 158.1 ONE
  • Dream of Flight

    From Fear to Fortitude

    Schmidt, Sequoia
    Dream of Flight: From Fear to Fortitude follows Sequoia Schmidt in her never-ending journey to find new experiences in the world around her.
    BookLos Angeles, CA : Di Angelo Publications, 2024. — 910.4 SCH
  • Challenging the Status Quo is a principled conservative's insider history of New Zealand's evolving maturity from its golden years when it was beholden to Britain to its status as an independent nation in today's uncertain world.
    BookWellington, New Zealand : Te Herenga Waka University Press, 2024. — 993.037 QUI
  • Kahurangi

    the Nature of Kaurangi National Park and Northwest Nelson

    Hansford, Dave (Science and environmental writer)
    Kahurangi is a celebration of the biodiversity of Kahurangi National Park, as well as the adjoining areas of Northwest Nelson and Golden Bay.
    BookNelson, New Zealand : Potton & Burton, 2024. — 993.77 HAN
  • One Year, One You, One Planet

    365 Actions for Positive Change

    Wills, Susan
    What can I do to help the planet? What's the link between personal wellbeing and planetary wellbeing? And how can one person make a difference? In One Year, One You, One Planet the answers to these questions become clear.
    BookAotearoa, New Zealand : Terra Nova Press, 2024. — 155.9 WIL
  • James K. Baxter

    a Branch Torn Down : Poems Unpublished & Uncollected in the Poet's Lifetime

    Baxter, James K., 1926-1972
    A Branch Torn Down is a new selection of poems unpublished and uncollected in the poet’s lifetime.
    BookLyttelton, New Zealand : Cold Hub Press, 2024. — 821.914 BAX
  • The Edge of the Alphabet, the third novel by Janet Frame... is a piercing, startlingly strange work about identity, the post-colonial experience and the search for connection in a lonely world, published on the centenary of her birth with…
    BookLondon : Fitzcarraldo Editions, 2024. — FICTION