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The New Biological Economy

Monday, 13 August 2018, 1:36 pm | Auckland University Press

From milk and merino to wine and tourism, how New Zealanders are transforming how we make a living off the land. More >>

Sport and the New Zealanders: A History

Thursday, 31 May 2018, 1:24 pm | Auckland University Press

Hardback, 240 x 170 mm, 464 pages 9 August 2018, $65.00 Subject: Sports, sports history, New Zealand society Sport and the people of New Zealand are inseparable. This is a history of New Zealanders and the sports that we have made our own, from the Māori ... More >>

He's so MASC

Thursday, 25 January 2018, 11:12 am | Auckland University Press

In How to be Dead in a Year of Snakes , Chris Tse took readers back to a shocking murder in 1905. Now he brings the reader much closer to home . He’s so MASC confronts a contemporary world of self-loathing poets and compulsive liars, of youth and sexual ... More >>

Pasture and Flock

Thursday, 25 January 2018, 11:11 am | Auckland University Press

Uneasy nights out with dead Russian poets, dalliances with German gasfitters and emotionally fraught games of badminton are brought together for the first time, along with a brand new body of work, in this time-spanning selection of Anna Jackson’s ... More >>

Eighteenth collection of poetry from award-winning poet

Thursday, 20 April 2017, 9:42 am | Auckland University Press

Auckland University Press 9781869408701 Paperback, 210 x 148 mm, 88 pages approx Mid-JUNE 2017, $24.99 Poetry More >>

Ian Wedde Selected Poems

Thursday, 16 March 2017, 2:36 pm | Auckland University Press

This impressive collection of poetry shows the prolific nature of one of our favourite poets, ranging over four decades. This is the largest collection of Ian Wedde’s poems to date. More >>

Mister Hamilton by John Dickson

Monday, 18 July 2016, 11:26 am | Auckland University Press

Mister Hamilton is John Dickson’s first collection of poetry in eighteen years More >>

Fourth reprint of 'Patched' by Jarrod Gilbert

Friday, 26 February 2016, 4:52 pm | Auckland University Press

Congratulations to Jarrod Gilbert on the fourth reprint of Patched: The History of Gangs in New Zealand More >>

A Few Hares: The Life and Economics of Bill Phillips

Monday, 15 February 2016, 10:37 am | Auckland University Press

The story of an extraordinary New Zealander with a beautiful mind, a famous curve and a revolutionary computing machine. More >>

Tony Ballantyne wins inaugural W H Oliver prize

Friday, 4 December 2015, 12:11 pm | Auckland University Press

Auckland University Press is delighted to announce that Professor Tony Ballantyne is the winner of the New Zealand History Association’s inaugural W H Oliver prize. Tony is currently Chair of the History Department at the University of Otago and ... More >>

Book Launch: Otherwise by John Dennison

Wednesday, 21 January 2015, 12:47 pm | Auckland University Press

Book Launch: Otherwise by John Dennison 5:30pm, Thursday 12 February 2015 Anglican Chaplaincy, Ramsey House 8 Kelburn Parade, Wellington To be launched by Gregory O'Brien ENDS More >>

Alt Group wins gold at Best Design Awards

Tuesday, 14 October 2014, 2:04 pm | Auckland University Press

Alt Group wins gold at Best Design Awards for Auckland University Press’s Shigeru Ban: Cardboard Cathedral More >>

Auckland Uni Press Book Wins Prestigious History Award

Thursday, 2 October 2014, 10:23 am | Auckland University Press

Congratulations to Professor Peter Holland who has won the 2014 Archives and Records Association of New Zealand (ARANZ) Ian Wards Prize for his major new account of Pākehā and the land in New Zealand. More >>

Auckland University Press Book Wins History Award

Friday, 11 July 2014, 1:22 pm | Auckland University Press

Dr Angela Wanhalla’s Matters of the Heart: A History of Interracial Marriage in New Zealand (Auckland University Press) has won the 2014 Ernest Scott Prize for history. The Ernest Scott prize, worth approximately $13,000, is given annually to the book ... More >>

1905 Murder of Chinese Gold Prospector Inspires Poet

Monday, 7 July 2014, 2:37 pm | Auckland University Press

Paperback, 210 x 165mm, 80 pages 978 1 86940 818 3 Poetry, 20 September 2014, $24.99 More >>

‘Birds of New Zealand’ flies on to the iPhone

Wednesday, 11 December 2013, 3:19 pm | Auckland University Press

Auckland University Press has just released its first app, based on the popular photographic guide  Birds of New Zealand  by Paul Scofield and Brent Stephenson. More >>

Treasure trove of NZ classics make up new ebook library

Friday, 15 November 2013, 12:22 pm | Auckland University Press

Changing Times contents on ipad web Auckland University Press has produced a treasure trove of more than 240 classic New Zealand books, some long out of print, as ebooks in multiple formats for readers in New Zealand and around the world. With the support ... More >>

New guide includes Māori names for 200 New Zealand birds

Thursday, 12 September 2013, 4:16 pm | Auckland University Press

A new guide to New Zealand birds, by author Dr Paul Scofield and photographer Brent Stephenson (Auckland University Press) includes the most frequently used Māori names and commonly used alternative English or Māori names alongside the scientific names ... More >>

Five Auckland University Press books among finalists

Wednesday, 24 July 2013, 6:30 pm | Auckland University Press

Five Auckland University Press books appear on the list of sixteen finalists for this year’s NZ Post Book Awards. More >>

Science on Ice shortlisted for the 2013 Science Book Prize

Wednesday, 3 April 2013, 12:38 pm | Auckland University Press

Media Release Auckland University Press 3 April 2013 SCIENCE ON ICE shortlisted for the 2013 Science Book Prize Science on Ice: Discovering the Secrets of Antarctica by Veronika Meduna (Auckland University Press) is one of the three finalists for ... More >>

 

 
 
 
 
 

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