Social Sciences

Our climate is changing, in ways that will have long-term impacts for us and for our children. Yet still we fail to take meaningful action. Why? An...

For London-based writer Kirsty Gunn, returning to the city of her birth to spend a winter in a tiny colonial cottage in Thorndon is an exciting opp...

'I began to pull the threads of my experience back together. Instead of divergent stories about public failure, private torment, and postnatal dist...

A humorous look at the game of golf through verse, cartoons and observations from one of New Zealand's best-loved cartoonists. His earlier book of ...

In the era of public choice and free markets, does the New Zealand state still have the best interests of its individual citizens at heart? Since 1...

"When I entered Parliament in 1975, I joined a very small club: although women in New Zealand won the right to vote in 1893, only a tiny handful ha...

Few books have had the global impact of Thomas Piketty's Capital in the Twenty-First Century. An overnight bestseller, Piketty's assessment that in...

By any measure, New Zealand must confront some monumental issues in the years ahead. From the future of work to climate change, geopolitical upheav...

Dealing with a relationship breakdown, custody dispute or other family or whanau crisis can be an overwhelming, emotional and stressful experience....

Hey, there's no denying it: student life can be tough. Staying on top of your classwork and passing exams can be challenging enough, let alone figu...

In August 2016, forty per cent of the residents of Havelock North were suddenly struck down by a serious bacterial infection. The outbreak of campy...

The FIRE economy - finance, insurance and real estate - is now the world's principal source of wealth creation. Its rise has transformed our politi...

The connection between a colony and its founder, centre and margin, is always paradoxical. Where once Britain sent colonists out into the world, no...

The gap between rapid scientific progress and public understanding faces unprecedented challenges. Leading research scientist Mike Berridge explore...

The world is heating up beyond the capacity of some countries to cope. Entire populations of Pacific Islands are at risk, jeopardising the sovereig...

The Child Poverty Debate: Myths, Misconceptions and Misunderstandings

The pursuit of city life is one of the most important untold stories of New Zealand. The Big Smoke is the first comprehensive history to tell this ...

Based on the acclaimed RNZ podcast series, and including new material, The 9th Floor by journalists Guyon Espiner and Tim Watkin presents in-depth ...

Tamatea Dusky: Conservation and history in Fiordland's Dusky Sound

This is a book about New Zealanders and their deep connection to swimming in the outdoors. Every neighbourhood has its swimming hole up the river, ...

Student Political Action in New Zealand

In the late 1930s and early 1940s, a wave of state-sponsored 'national ftness' programmes swept Britain and its former colonies. Following revelati...

This book is for people who enjoy driving and exploring the stories of our back roads, but most of all it is for people who love New Zealand, wheth...

This book is for people who enjoy driving and exploring the stories of our back roads, but most of all it is for people who love New Zealand, wheth...