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AUP Guide for Budding Archaeologists Makes Award Shortlist
Tuesday, 28 February 2012, 10:54 am | Auckland University Press
Auckland University Press 28 February 2012 Digging Up The Past: Archaeology For The Young And Curious by Auckland heritage expert David Veart , published by Auckland University Press, is one of five finalists in the non-fiction section of the NZ Post ... More >>
Celebrating Te Wiki o te Reo Maori
Tuesday, 5 July 2011, 3:00 pm | Auckland University Press
To celebrate Maori Language Week 2011, Te wiki o te Reo Maori, Auckland University Press has published Ngā Mōteatea: An Introduction / He Kupu Arataki written by Jane McRae and translated into Māori by Hēni Jacob. The songs of Māori tradition ... More >>
“Great New Zealander” Celebrated in New Book
Thursday, 10 February 2011, 4:53 pm | Auckland University Press
“Great New Zealander”, artist, book designer, typographer and cultural figure Leo Bensemann is celebrated in Fantastica: The World of Leo Bensemann (Auckland University Press), a new book on his life and work that was launched last night in Christchurch ... More >>
New book allows the ‘many voices’ of the Treaty
Friday, 12 November 2010, 4:28 pm | Auckland University Press
New book allows the ‘many voices’ of the Treaty and of Maori/Pakeha relations to be heard more clearly The Treaty of Waitangi Companion: Maori and Pakeha from Tasman to Today , an essential guide to the Treaty of Waitangi compiled by Vincent ... More >>
Award Winning Manuscript Published For Poetry Day
Friday, 30 July 2010, 11:35 am | Auckland University Press
Award Winning Manuscript Published For National Poetry Day Wellington writer LYNN JENNER launches her debut collection of poems, DEAR SWEET HARRY (Auckland University Press) today, National Poetry Day. More >>
History Of Early Maori Anglican Churches Launched
Friday, 16 July 2010, 3:23 pm | Auckland University Press
Dr Richard A Sundt, of the University of Oregon is in New Zealand this month to give several lectures and launch his new book on early Maori Anglican churches, the first book to chronicle this early phase of Māori church building More >>
Joan Metge Celebrates 80th Year with New Book
Thursday, 24 June 2010, 5:16 pm | Auckland University Press
*Renowned anthropologist and cultural commentator Dame Joan Metge (b 1930) has just released a new book/ Tuamaka: The Challenge of Difference in Aotearoa New Zealand/ published by Auckland University Press.* More >>
Aloe Takes A Gold At 2010 Pride In Print Awards
Tuesday, 22 June 2010, 9:43 am | Auckland University Press
ALOE , a poetry collection by Wellington author Diana Bridge, has taken a Gold in the Books category of the 2010 Pride in Print Awards . More >>
New book examines global winds of change in Samoa
Friday, 4 December 2009, 4:25 pm | Auckland University Press
From fales to fridges, coconut palms to cell phones, Samoa is a country in the midst of globalisation and technological change. The Warm Winds of Change: Globalisation in Contemporary Samoa (Auckland University Press), an absorbing study of the impact ... More >>
New Business Book Provides Keys to Growth for SMEs
Wednesday, 30 September 2009, 11:01 am | Auckland University Press
Changing Gears: How to Take Your Kiwi Business From the Kitchen Table to the Board Room by David Irving, Darl Kolb, Deborah Shepherd & Christine Woods (Auckland University Press) More >>
Historian Searching For Letters from Gallipoli
Friday, 31 July 2009, 4:53 pm | Auckland University Press
In April 1915, the men of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps landed at Gallipoli to engage in a battle that would shape the culture of both nations for years to come. More >>
AUP Authors Win at the Montana NZ Book Awards
Tuesday, 28 July 2009, 5:24 pm | Auckland University Press
The Collected Poems of C K Stead, 1951–2006, selected and edited by C K Stead himself and published by Auckland University Press, has won the Reference and Anthology Award at the 2009 Montana New Zealand Book Awards. More >>
Sam Sampson Wins Best First Book of Poetry Prize
Friday, 24 July 2009, 3:00 pm | Auckland University Press
EVERYTHING TALKS by Auckland poet SAM SAMPSON, published by AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY PRESS with assistance from Creative New Zealand, has won the NZSA Jessie Mackay Award for the Best First Book of Poetry. More >>
Journey From Light Into Darkness And Back
Wednesday, 10 June 2009, 1:18 pm | Auckland University Press
Media release 11 June 2009 Poetry Collection Explores Journey From Light Into Darkness And Back More >>
Auckland University Press Leads Book Award Field
Tuesday, 2 June 2009, 2:36 pm | Auckland University Press
Auckland University Press has seven finalist authors of six finalist books – more finalists than any other single publisher – in the 2009 Montana New Zealand Book Awards shortlist announced today. More >>
Art Guide for Kiwi Kids Wins NZ Post Book Award
Thursday, 21 May 2009, 3:58 pm | Auckland University Press
Back & Beyond: New Zealand Painting for the Young and Curious by Gregory O’Brien, published by Auckland University Press, last night won the 2009 Non-Fiction Prize at the New Zealand Post Book Awards for Children and Young Adults. Describing Back ... More >>
New book launched in NZ Music Month
Thursday, 14 May 2009, 4:53 pm | Auckland University Press
Musician and writer Chris Price chose NZ Music Month to release her new book The Blind Singer, published by Auckland University Press (AUP). More >>
The Dragon And the Taniwha
Tuesday, 31 March 2009, 11:04 am | Auckland University Press
Do Māori resent Chinese immigrants? Do Chinese New Zealanders understand the role of the tangata whenua? Have Māori and Chinese formed alliances based on common values and history? More >>
Good Things Coming in Threes for Kiwi Poet
Friday, 6 March 2009, 4:31 pm | Auckland University Press
It's a great year for Kiwi poet, editor and psychotherapist Michael Harlow , who has already won a trifecta: he has just published a new collection of poems, The Tram Conductor's Blue Cap (Auckland University Press ); he has just taken up the ... More >>
AK Uni Press Author Finalist In Kids Book Awards
Tuesday, 3 March 2009, 1:26 pm | Auckland University Press
Auckland University Press author Gregory O’Brien’s book Back & Beyond: New Zealand Painting for the Young and Curious (Auckland University Press, 2008) has been announced as a finalist in the 2009 New Zealand Post Book Awards for Children and Young Adults. More >>