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New releases from Auckland University Press.
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Odyssey of the Unknown AnzacDavid Hastings
The story of World War I through the odyssey of one New Zealand soldier. April 2018 >>
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Gallipoli to the Somme: Recollections of a New Zealand InfantrymanAlexander Aitken. Edited and introduced by Alex Calder
The most vivid and moving memoir of World War I by a New Zealand solider. April 2018 >>
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Pasture and Flock: New and Selected PoemsAnna Jackson
A time-spanning collection of sequences and poems from the poet of the everyday extraordinary. March 2018 >>
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He’s so MASCChris Tse
After reckoning with the dead in the award-winning How to be Dead in a Year of Snakes, Chris Tse turns to issues of identity and how to live today in this powerful second collection. March 2018 >>
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This Realm of New Zealand: The Sovereign, the Governor-General, the CrownAlison Quentin-Baxter and Janet McLean
A ground-breaking analysis of New Zealand’s constitution that explains the continuing role of the Sovereign, the Governor General and the Crown in our South Pacific democracy. December 2017 >>
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Criminal Justice: A New Zealand IntroductionEdited by Jarrod Gilbert and Greg Newbold
An introduction to New Zealand's criminal justice system – from crime and policing to the courts – aimed at students and general readers. December 2017 >>
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Strangers Arrive: Emigrés and the Arts in New Zealand, 1930–1980Leonard Bell
The story of an extraordinary group of refugees who remade New Zealand culture. November 2017 >>
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Dancing with the King: The Rise and Fall of the King Country, 1864–1885Michael Belgrave
A riveting account of the twenty years after the New Zealand Wars when Māori governed their own independent state in the King Country. October 2017 >>
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Vanishing PointsMichele Leggott
A new poetry collection full of stories caught from the air and pictures made of words. October 2017 >>
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Good-bye Maoriland: The Songs and Sounds of New Zealand's Great WarChris Bourke
A journey inside the heart of New Zealand’s World War I experience through song. October 2017 >>
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Allen Curnow: Collected PoemsEdited by Elizabeth Caffin and Terry Sturm
The collected work of New Zealand’s most distinguished poet. September 2017 >>
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Simply by Sailing in a New Direction. Allen Curnow: A BiographyTerry Sturm. Edited by Linda Cassells
A powerful biography of New Zealand’s most important poet. September 2017 >>
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Juridical Encounters: Māori and the Colonial Courts, 1840-1852Shaunnagh Dorsett
How Māori encountered British law in the new settler courts. September 2017 >>
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He Reo Wāhine: Māori Women’s Voices from the Nineteenth CenturyLachy Paterson & Angela Wanhalla
A bold work that rediscovers the lost voices of Māori women in nineteenth-century New Zealand through their own words – the speeches, letters and testimonies that show a vibrant culture of powerful and learned women. August 2017 >>
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Teenagers: The Rise of Youth Culture in New ZealandChris Brickell
From mashers to milk bars, flappers to factory girls, larrikins to louts – this intimate and evocative look at youth culture offers insights into the true lives of teenagers and the history of New Zealand. July 2017 >>
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Tears of Rangi: Experiments Across WorldsAnne Salmond
We live in a world of gridded maps, Outlook calendars and balance sheets – making it seem that this is the nature of reality itself. But in New Zealand, our history of reciprocal exchange and complex networks may point to new ways of understanding interactions between peoples today. July 2017 >>
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Tōtara: A Natural and Cultural HistoryPhilip Simpson
A wonder of evolution, the big tree of the forest, the wood behind Māori carving and Pākehā fence posts: the ‘mighty tōtara’ is New Zealand’s tree and this book tells its story. June 2017 >>
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Night HorseElizabeth Smither
Mothers and daughters, cats and horses, books and bowls are transformed in Elizabeth Smither’s eighteenth poetry collection. June 2017 >>
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Selected PoemsIan Wedde
This impressive collection of poetry shows the prolific nature of one of our favourite poets, ranging over five decades: the largest collection of Ian Wedde’s poems to date. May 2017 >>
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