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<, div>, This classic text on Maori culture collects indigenous New Zealand songs recorded over a period of 40 years by a respected Maori leader and distinguished scholar. The essence of Maori culture and its musical tradition is exhibited in the original song texts, translations, audio CDs, and notes from contemporary scholars featured in this new edition. This rare cultural treasure makes accessible a fleeting moment in Maori history whe...

This remarkably engaging study of a Wakefield family that played a prominent role in the settlement of New Zealand and other English colonies draws on a rich store of personal letters to paint a portrait of a complex family whose influence crossed the globe. A gripping family story, this volume also provides an accessible history of British colonial settlement in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.

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This collection of poems was first featured in "AUP New Poets 1". Teatime was when Anna Jackson had a moment of epiphany, giving her a sense of family, continuity and belonging as mother, daughter, sister, sister-in-law, friend, niece, cousin and granddaughter.

This text examines the origins, theory, history and politics of the dramatic change in economic policy in New Zealand, from Robert Muldoon's interventionalism to Roger Douglas's commercialization. It is illustrated with case studies including broadcasting, cultural policy and education.

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Paula Green writes about her own life as a mother of three daughters and as a poet. She uses the metaphor of food, cooking and meals to represent the nurturing, caring experience of women and also the poet's loving concern for language and fondness for others who have worked with words.

Diana Bridge's second collection draws on her extensive experience and knowledge of India and China. Her attention to this personal experience of being caught between East and West make these poems particularly engaging.

This is the life of a pioneering woman doctor who, graduating in 1937, had by the time of her death in 1974 reached the highest honours of her profession and become a leading public figure. A specialist allergist and paediatrician, Alice Bush was at the vanguard of debates about the provision of health services, attitudes to sexuality, reproductive rights and health education. At the same time she was also a daughter, wife and mother sharing c...

Coalminers occupy an important place in the history of industrial radicalism in New Zealand. Looking behind the stereotypes, this study tells a story about New Zealand's industrial past, identifying of the central issues and attention to the colourful personalities involved.

This work comprises a collection of essays on the contemporary educational experience of girls and women. It covers issues such as: gender equity and school charters, the writing of feminist educational research, Maori women in education, and women in educational administration.

This unusual first book is an intelligent and carefully structured collection that represents a multi-layered 'Pacificness' quite unlike anything seen elsewhere.

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This collection of poems is written in a conversational tone and in the persona of a modern young woman who travels, observes, and writes. The poems frequently reveal snatches from a personal story--friends, relations, and lovers appear and disappear, and urban scenes come and go. Dealt with are three separate themes. The first touches on love in various forms and at various moments, the second and central theme has a German focus and is more ...

This collection of essays by leading New Zealand and Commonwealth historians, including Tom Pakenham and Carman Miller, discusses different aspects of New Zealand's involvement in the South African war. The essays arose from a 1999 conference to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the departure of the first contingent of New Zealand troops to fight in the war. They explore opposition to the war, women, and the place of Maori in the war, and p...

Our editors went out into New Zealand and rounded up a pile of blogs and travelogues, memoirs and journalism - some of the best true stories from the last year or so. We've got bullies and Barbie, chakra and shipwrecks, loose lips and AK47s. Tell You What: 2016 introduces some extraordinary tales of coming out and going home, of living and dying, of tragedy and transformation.

In this extraordinary full-length collection, Alice Miller explores history, myth, scene, place, music and relationship in poems that marry charmed, syncopated rhythmic language and intricate, urgent metaphor. Human limits are tested, depths plumbed and boundaries traced - but Miller's aural swoops and metaphoric stretching are grounded always by charged, concrete details.

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