MEDIA RELEASE Reawakened: Traditional navigators of Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa JEFF EVANS Published by Massey University Press, June 2021, RRP: $39.99 The renewal of traditional wayfinding skills and the remarkable stories of ten master navigators come together in Reawakened: Traditional navigators of Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa by Jeff Evans published today, June 10, 2021, …
MEDIA RELEASE Tree Sense: Ways of thinking about trees EDITED BY SUSETTE GOLDSMITH Published by Massey University Press, June 2021, RRP: 37.00 At a moment when the planet is clearly in peril, the trees stand as both guardians and messengers. They have words for us — if only we would …
Media Release TRANSGRESSING TIKANGA: Captured by Māori: First-Hand Accounts 1816-1884 Trevor Bentley Published by Potton & Burton, 11 May 2021, RRP: $39.99 First contact between Europeans and Māori was often fraught and gave rise to cross-cultural tensions, which continue to resonate in contemporary New Zealand. In Transgressing Tikanga, a compelling …
Media Release POETRY YEARBOOK NEW ZEALAND 2021 Edited by Tracey Slaughter Published by Massey University Press, 11 March 2021, RRP: $40.00 It holds an admirable and venerable position in our literary landscape — still going strong after seventy years, the 2021 edition of the annual Poetry New Zealand Yearbook arrives …
MEDIA RELEASE FELT Johanna Emeney Published by Massey University Press, 08 April 2021, RRP: $24.99 Tactile and inviting, Johanna Emeney’s remarkable new poetry collection, Felt, is proudly published by Massey University Press in April 2021. The playful goat on the front cover, made by marionette-maker Olga Kupunia from the Republic …
MEDIA RELEASE Fifty Years a Feminist SUE KEDGLEY PUBLISHED BY MASSEY UNIVERSITY PRESS, 13 May 2021, RRP $39.99 A frank and spirited autobiography by Sue Kedgley, proudly published by Massey University Press on May 13, tracks the development of feminism in New Zealand over the last five decades, its intersection …
MEDIA RELEASE On We Go By Catherine Bagnall and L. Jane Sayle Published by Massey University Press, 11 March 2021, RRP: $35.00 An exquisite new book published by Massey University Press in March is the result of a long-time collaboration between artist Catherine Bagnall and poet Jane Sayle. On We …
MEDIA RELEASE KIA WHAKANUIA TE WHENUA / PEOPLE PLACE LANDSCAPE Edited by Carolyn Hill for Landscape Foundation Foreword by Dame Anne Salmond Mary Egan Publishing; 01 March 2021; RRP: $55.00 Māori-led book presents rich seam of visual essays, papers, poetry and polemics which challenge the way we think about environment, …
MEDIA RELEASE Tu Meke Tuatara! Words by Malcolm Clarke, Illustrations by FLOX Published by Little Love; 2 November 2020; RRP: $30.00 “A heart-warming tale that shows how a simple act of kindness helps everyone.” — Anika Moa Malcolm Clarke’s first children’s book Tu Meke Tūī! was the product of …
MEDIA RELEASE Christchurch Architecture: A Walking Guide JOHN WALSH AND PATRICK REYNOLDS A new book to be published in November shows that the best ways to appreciate the architecture of Christchurch is on foot. The second in a series of urban walking guides written by well-known architecture writer John Walsh …