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The Darling North (Poetry, New)

Anne Kennedy
In the seven long-ish poems of her new collection, Anne Kennedy explores past and present, here and there, north and south, earth and paradise, hello and goodbye. >>

The Meeting Place: Māori and Pākehā Encounters, 1642–1840 (Maori, History, New)

Vincent O’Malley
How did Māori and Pākehā negotiate a meeting place? Would Māori observe the Sabbath? Should Pākehā fear the power of tapu? >>

Science on Ice: Discovering the Secrets of Antarctica (Science, New)

Veronika Meduna
Award-winning science broadcaster and writer Veronika Meduna introduces us to an exhilarating landscape, to fascinating discoveries and to the scientists making them. >>

News

Fast Talking PI off to the poetry Olympics 16 May 2012

Selina Tusitala Marsh, awardwinning author of Fast Talking PI, is off to the ‘poetry Olympics’ in London at the end of June >>

Celebrating NZ Music Month, Chris Bourke and Nick Bollinger go on tour 3 May 2012

Chris Bourke (Blue Smoke) and Nick Bollinger (100 Essential New Zealand Albums) are heading out around the lower North Island for some blues in the night >>

Auckland University Press poets in Best New Zealand Poems 1 May 2012

Six Auckland University Press poets make the cut for this year’s Best New Zealand Poems >>

Auckland University Press celebrates 50 years of publishing 17 April 2012

Fifty years ago, Keith Sinclair and some University of Auckland colleagues first uttered the words ‘Auckland University Press’ and set about hiring an editor. Since then, the Press has become New Zealand’s leading scholarly publisher ... >>

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Events

Chris Bourke and Nick Bollinger on tour in NZ Music Month - New Plymouth

22 May 2012 5.30pm

Govett Brewster Art Gallery

Chris Bourke (Blue Smoke) and Nick Bollinger (100 Essential New Zealand Albums) are heading out around the lower North Island for some blues in the night >>

David Eggleton a featured poet at this month's Circadian Rhythm Poetry Reading

23 May 2012 8 pm - 10 pm

Circadian Rhythm Vegan Cafe, 72 St Andrew Street, Dunedin

David Eggleton joins David Howard and Marsha Morseth at the May Circadian Rhythm poetry reading >>

Chris Bourke and Nick Bollinger on tour in NZ Music Month - Whanganui

23 May 2012 12 pm

Sarjeant Gallery, Whanganui

Chris Bourke (Blue Smoke) and Nick Bollinger (100 Essential New Zealand Albums) are heading out around the lower North Island for some blues in the night >>

Chris Bourke and Nick Bollinger on tour in NZ Music Month - Palmerston North

23 May 2012 5.30 pm

City Library, Palmerston North

Chris Bourke (Blue Smoke) and Nick Bollinger (100 Essential New Zealand Albums) are heading out around the lower North Island for some blues in the night >>

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