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Elizabeth Cox deployed one historic cartographic document as the foundation for a superbly written publication that bridges multiple world views and time periods – highlighting one source and how it resonates in the contemporary moment. Across 560 pages, Cox unpacks the 88 sheets of Mr Ward’s map, alongside carefully selected archival photography and illustrations. While anchored in Victorian Wellington, Cox presents a range of complex issues and histories that have universal reach. This skilfully interweaves impacts of colonial land alienation on tangata whenua, reveals imbalances and intersectional experiences of race, class and gender, and offers a reflection of societal changes, and what remains the same.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA fascinating journey through Wellington’s history\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1891, a remarkable map of Wellington was made by surveyor Thomas Ward. It recorded the footprint of every building, from Thorndon in the north and across the teeming, inner-city slums of Te Aro to Berhampore in the south.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUpdated regularly over the next 10 years, it detailed hotels, theatres, oyster saloons, brothels, shops, stables, Parliament, the remnants of Māori kāinga, the Town Belt, the prisons, the ‘lunatic asylum’, the hospital and much more, in detail so particular that it went right down to the level of the street lights.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLuxuriously packaged with a cloth case and fold-out jacket, Mr Ward’s Map uses this giant map and historic images to tell marvellous stories about a vital capital city, its neighbourhoods and its people at the turn of the twentieth century. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eElizabeth Cox is a Wellington historian who specialises in New Zealand’s social and architectural history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardback, 560 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eH: 315mm W: 230mm Spine: 40mm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWeight: 2200 grams\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MASSEY UNIVERSITY PRESS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45835770691734,"sku":"9781991309068","price":90.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0587\/4978\/0118\/files\/9781991309068.jpg?v=1762910586"},{"product_id":"echoes-in-stone","title":"Echoes in Stone","description":"\u003cp\u003eUnlock the Stories of New Zealand's Forgotten Heroes. What lies beneath the weathered headstones in your local cemetery?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe NZ Remembrance Army is on a mission to rediscover and honour the service, sacrifice, and stories of New Zealand's military veterans. This book takes you on a journey across Aotearoa, revealing the untold histories of those who fought for our freedom and their enduring legacy in our communities. Through stunning images, meticulous research, and heartfelt accounts, this book celebrates the tireless efforts of volunteers restoring memorials and uncovering personal stories lost to time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhether you're passionate about history, captivated by acts of courage, or inspired by community spirit, this is your call to join a movement that ensures no hero is forgotten.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt tells the full story of a little charity that started by chance and became a powerhouse in preserving New Zealand's extraordinary service history, tracing the trials, tribulations and successes that turned it into an award-winning charity that punches well above its weight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSimon Strombom\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":null,"offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45872299606166,"sku":"9780473737900","price":49.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0587\/4978\/0118\/files\/large_20251022143647539_0001.jpg?v=1764115570"},{"product_id":"speaking-my-language","title":"Speaking My Language Te Kōrero i Tōku Reo: A story of reconnection to te ao Māori from the New Zealand journalist and news presenter","description":"\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"McRoberts’ story is inspirational and powerful. He offers hope that it is never too late to start the journey of learning. Tūwhitia te hopo!\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.read-nz.org\/school-library\/speaking-my-language-te-korero-i-toku-reo\" title=\"Click here to read full review\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eReviewed by Gina Coatsworth, Kaiako, Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Te Whānau Tahi, Waitaha at www.read-nz.org\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"As a contribution to contemporary New Zealand literature, Speaking My Language is significant. It offers a perspective shared by many Māori who grew up separated from their reo and are now working to reclaim it. It also serves as a bridge for non-Māori readers seeking to understand the emotional and cultural weight of language revitalisation. The book adds to the growing body of writing that situates identity, indigeneity and personal growth within the evolving landscape of Aotearoa.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.nzbooklovers.co.nz\/post\/speaking-my-language-by-mike-mcroberts\" title=\"Click here to read the full review\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eReview by Chris Reed @ www.nzbooklovers.co.nz\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRowena (Bookseller) read \"Speaking My language\" and agees with both reviewers - highly recommends.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWell-known journalist and presenter Mike McRoberts opens up about his experiences of reconnection to te ao Māori and learning te reo, and encourages others to do the same.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Mike has bravely given voice to the inner conflicts and deep-seated longing many of us feel as we seek the power of reclaiming our language. Where we may have seen him as polished and unflappable, this intimate, vulnerable journey shows another side and will leave you inspired.' - Stacey Morrison\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Ko te kai a te rangatira, he kōrero - discourse is the domain of chiefs; here Mike reveals the destiny that awaited him, because he sought the sustenance our language brings. He kōrero rangatira!' - Scotty Morrison\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor much of his life, Mike McRoberts felt burdened by not knowing his own language - te reo Māori. Growing up at a time when te reo was scarcely spoken in daily conversations, and within a mixed-race family with little connection to Māoritanga, his experience mirrored that of many other New Zealanders of his generation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn later years, as a journalist and presenter of Newshub's six o'clock news, his confident television persona masked the anxiety he felt greeting viewers with the simple phrase, 'Kia ora, good evening'. Not being comfortable speaking his language was a source of shame - a shame that ironically kept him from starting his te reo journey sooner.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Speaking My Language \/ Te Kōrero i Tōku Reo Mike shares his story of that journey to speak te reo Māori and reclaim his identity. His book is an invitation for all New Zealanders to take the first step to understand why speaking our Māori language and treasuring our culture matters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eMike McRoberts (Ngati Kahungunu ki te Wairoa)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e is one of New Zealand's most respected journalists and broadcasters, with an award-winning career spanning four decades. After anchoring Newshub's 6pm bulletin for 20 years and reporting from conflict zones and natural disasters worldwide, Mike embarked on a deeply personal journey into Te Reo Māori and Te Ao Māori - captured in his acclaimed documentary, Kia Ora, Good Evening. 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But behind that joyful smile, and the image of a writer footing it in the Pakeha world, there is another narrative, one that Witi has not told before.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe story of a native son, struggling to find a place, a voice and an identity, and to put a secret past to rest. This sequel to his award-winning memoir picks up where Māori Boy stopped, following Witi through his triumphs and failures at school and university, to experimenting sexually, searching for love and purpose and to becoming our first Māori novelist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt continues in the same vein as the first volume, which was described by a reviewer as 'a rich, powerful, multi-layered and totally unique story . . . something every New Zealander should read'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWiti Ihimaera Three-time winner of the Wattie\/Montana Book of the Year award, Katherine Mansfield fellow and playwright Witi Ihimaera is one of New Zealand’s most prolific and accomplished writers. Witi’s first novel, Tangi, won the Wattie Book of the Year Award in 1974, a feat he repeated with The Matriarch in 1986. His celebrated novel Bulibasha, King of the Gypsies, now adapted as the film Mahana, won the Montana Book of the Year award in 1995. Witi’s other novels and short story collections include The Whale Rider (also adapted as an internationally successful film); Dream Swimmer (sequel to the award-winning The Matriarch); Pounamu, Pounamu and Nights In The Gardens of Spain. In 2015 he published the first volume of his autobiography, Māori Boy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWiti Ihimaera\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e448 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eH: 233mm W: 154mm Spine: 36mm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWeight: 664 grams\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"VINTAGE NEW ZEALAND","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46177779351702,"sku":"9780143773030","price":40.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0587\/4978\/0118\/files\/jacket---2024-08-30T150726-933.jpg?v=1768285968"},{"product_id":"mark-adams-a-survey-he-kohinga-whakaahu","title":"Mark Adams: A survey - He kohinga whakaahu","description":"\u003cp\u003eMark Adams is one of Aotearoa New Zealand's foremost photographers. His focus on Samoan tatau, Maori-Pakeha interactions in Rotorua, carved meeting houses, locations of significance for Ngai Tahu in Te Waipounamu, and Captain James Cook's landing sites reflect his deep engagement with our postcolonial and Pacific histories.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis first-ever comprehensive survey of his work honours one of our most distinguished - and continually compelling - photographers. It includes photographs taken across the Pacific, the United Kingdom and Europe that explore the migration of artistic and cultural practices across the globe, and examine the role of museums, and photography itself, in this dynamic and ongoing cross-cultural exchange.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e'A magnificent survey of Mark Adams' 50-year career' - New Zealand Listener\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e'Beautifully crafted' - Lyn Potter, NZ Booklovers\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e'A handsome, rich new book' - North \u0026amp; South\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e'A stylish, superbly-designed production' - John Daly-Peoples, NZ Arts Review\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e'Images that feel like invitations' - Catherine Woulfe, NZ Geographic\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContents:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eForeword \/ Ngahuia te Awekotuku 6\u003cbr\u003eBetween there\/then and here\/now: The photography of Mark Adams \/ Sarah Farrar 11\u003cbr\u003e01 Portraits of artists 1971-1978 39\u003cbr\u003e02 Early work 1970-1988 51\u003cbr\u003e03 Rotorua 1979-2000 99\u003cbr\u003e04 Tatau 1978-2014 131\u003cbr\u003e05 Treaty signing sites 1997 163\u003cbr\u003e06 Museums 1979-2017 193\u003cbr\u003e07 Cook's sites 1995-2014 221\u003cbr\u003e08 Hinemihi, Rauru and Tiki a Tamamutu 2000-2009 257\u003cbr\u003e09 Te Waipounamu 1988-2019 277\u003cbr\u003e10 Photograms 2009-2017 325\u003cbr\u003eThat other kind of witnessing: An afterword \/ Nicholas Thomas 332\u003cbr\u003eExhibition history 337\u003cbr\u003eList of works 343\u003cbr\u003eBibliography 353\u003cbr\u003eAbout the contributors 357\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements 358\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDr Sarah Farrar is head of curatorial and learning at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki. She is a curator and art historian whose research focuses on contemporary art, curatorial activism and the complexities of cross-cultural exchange. Her recent curatorial projects include the exhibition Taimoana | Coastlines: Art in Aotearoa, with Cameron Ah Loo-Matamua, Dr Jane Davidson-Ladd and Nathan Pohio, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, 2024-26; and the retrospective exhibition Robin White: Te Whanaketanga | Something Is Happening Here, co-curated with Dr Nina Tonga, an Auckland Art Gallery nationally touring exhibition project with Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, 2022-23. Farrar's publication Robin White: Something Is Happening Here, co-edited with Jill Trevelyan and Dr Nina Tonga, was a finalist in the 2023 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMark Adams was born in Linwood, Otautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa New Zealand, in 1949. He studied at Ilam School of Fine Arts, University of Christchurch (graduating in 1970), where he taught himself large-format analogue photography. Since then, he has photographed all over the country focusing on the cultural convergences of postcolonial Aotearoa New Zealand, its landscapes and its people. He is notable for his groundbreaking work photographing Samoan tatau practices and revisiting sites of historical importance in Aotearoa New Zealand. Adams has been the recipient of several residencies and awards, including the Southland Art Foundation Artist in Residence in 1997; the Leverhulme Artist in Residence at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge, and the Marti Friedlander Photographic Award, both in 2009. His work has also been the subject of a number of publications, including Tatau: Samoan Tattoo, New Zealand Art, Global Culture, published by Te Papa Press in 2010 and reissued in a new edition in 2023. Adams lives and works in Oxford, Te Waipounamu, and Tamaki Makaurau Auckland\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePhotography and photographs\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardback, 360 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eH: 290mm W: 250mm Spine: 35mm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWeight: 2700 grams\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MASSEY UNIVERSITY PRESS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46359513825430,"sku":"9781991309013","price":80.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0587\/4978\/0118\/files\/jacket-2026-04-24T090120-486.jpg?v=1776978495"},{"product_id":"the-chief-and-the-empire-the-incredible-story-of-te-pahi-the-maori-trailblazer-betrayed-by-the-crown","title":"The Chief and the Empire: The incredible story of Te Pahi, the Maori trailblazer betrayed by the Crown","description":"\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLyn Potter from \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.nzbooklovers.co.nz\/post\/the-chief-and-the-empire-by-eugene-bingham\" title=\"Click here to read more\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003ewww.nzbooklovers.co.nz\u003c\/a\u003e \"Eugene Bingham is a great storyteller. His meticulously researched account of the life of Te Pahi is a compelling read, but it is also a way of retelling Te Pahi’s story through a Māori lens. For over 100 years colonial history was written from a European perspective. In The Chief and the Empire,\u003c\/strong\u003e he \u003cstrong\u003ehas endeavoured to redress the balance and to tell Te Pahi’s story from the perspective of his uri, his people and Te Ao Māori.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.ketebooks.co.nz\/reviews\/review-the-chief-and-the-empire-by-eugene-bingham\" title=\"Click here to read more\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003ewww.ketebooks.co.nz\u003c\/a\u003e Angela Walker reviewed \"\u003c\/span\u003eThe Chief and the Empire\u003c\/em\u003e gives us the genesis of conversations between Māori and the Crown that continue to this day – providing context and clues for the way forward. Te Pahi’s descendants have long drawn inspiration from him. In bringing the truth about his life to a wider audience, more people will have the opportunity to contemplate his legacy.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/national\/programmes\/saturday\/audio\/2019033355\/eugene-bingham-the-chief-and-empire\" title=\"Click here to read\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003ewww.rnz.co.nz interview with Eugene Bingham\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/podcasts\/rss\/te-pahi-the-rangatira-the-king-and-the-survivors.rss\" title=\"Click to listen to the Podcast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003ewww.rnz.co.nz (Podcast) Te Pahi the Rangatira the King and the Survivors\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA forgotten hero. A fatal misunderstanding. 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