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Māui Street' by Morgan Godfery – BWB Texts
Wednesday, 31 October 2018, 2:17 pm | Bridget Williams Books
Everyone lives a messy, unusual life. There is no normal. The sooner our politics understands this, the better off we will all be. More >>
NZ and the Sea – A major new history
Friday, 19 October 2018, 1:00 pm | Bridget Williams Books
New Zealand’s history has been dominated by the presence of the ocean. Until very recently, everyone who came to New Zealand did so after long weeks at sea. Even today, most people live near the coast. The sea provides employment, transport and leisure; ... More >>
Vincent O'Malley talks about New Zealand history
Friday, 14 September 2018, 12:12 pm | Bridget Williams Books
Author Vincent O'Malley is speaking to students in secondary schools around the country about the history of the New Zealand Wars. His speaking tour is organised by Bridget Williams Books , supported by Te Pūtake o te Riri , the fund established to encourage ... More >>
Government for the Public Good
Tuesday, 11 September 2018, 2:35 pm | Bridget Williams Books
The global financial crisis shattered many people’s faith in unregulated markets. However, there has been no corresponding swell in enthusiasm for more active government, partly because its effectiveness has been widely denigrated in recent decades. More >>
New BWB Text on Parihaka by Rachel Buchanan
Thursday, 6 September 2018, 1:10 pm | Bridget Williams Books
New BWB Text on Parihaka by Rachel Buchanan Parihaka was a place and an event that could be lost and found, over and over. It moved into view, then disappeared, just like the mountain. More >>
Truth in a Post-Truth World
Thursday, 9 August 2018, 1:41 pm | Bridget Williams Books
In a digital world consumed by fake news and toxic social media, conspiracy and rumour spread faster than ever and are increasingly hard to debunk. Manipulation of information and the spread of misinformation on online platforms is now widely recognised as ... More >>
An Insider's Account of New Zealand Political Campaigning
Thursday, 2 August 2018, 6:56 pm | Bridget Williams Books
An Insider's Account of New Zealand Political Campaigning: New from BWB Texts While I’ve spent enough time in universities to understand the meaning of various freedoms, I’ve also spent enough time in the world to see the opposite of freedom: persecution, ... More >>
Tuai: A Traveller in Two Worlds wins Ockham Book Award
Wednesday, 16 May 2018, 2:40 pm | Bridget Williams Books
Social Investment: A New Zealand Policy Experiment
Tuesday, 30 January 2018, 11:25 am | Bridget Williams Books
The idea of social investment has obvious intuitive appeal. But is it robust? Is it built on sound philosophical principles and secure analytical foundations? Will it deliver better outcomes? More >>
New BWB Text about reporting on Canterbury Earthquakes
Tuesday, 5 December 2017, 3:46 pm | Bridget Williams Books
On 4 September 2010, a magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck 30 kilometres west of Christchurch. Half a year later, a 6.3 aftershock hit Christchurch, killing 185 people and causing widespread damage throughout the city. More >>
Island Time: New Zealand's Pacific Futures
Monday, 4 December 2017, 7:13 pm | Bridget Williams Books
The task of living in modern New Zealand – and especially in modern Auckland – is not just to understand how to live with different peoples, but how to adapt to the future that has already happened. More >>
New Book by Martin Edmond - 'The Expatriates'
Thursday, 9 November 2017, 11:37 am | Bridget Williams Books
Martin Edmond ’s deft and illuminating new book, The Expatriates , is a compelling history of four extraordinary New Zealanders. Their inclinations, expertise and circumstances led them to lives and careers in Europe, where for the most part they remained. They ... More >>
Navigating the Oil and Mining Debate in New Zealand
Wednesday, 8 November 2017, 11:58 am | Bridget Williams Books
There is a deep dysfunction in the way we talk about oil and mining. Oil and mining developments in New Zealand are always contentious. From the 40,000 people who marched through Auckland in 2010 to protest mining in conversation areas, to protests against ... More >>
3 Former PMs to Attend 'The 9th Floor' Launch at Te Papa
Wednesday, 6 September 2017, 10:37 am | Bridget Williams Books
Former Prime Ministers to attend Te Papa event marking the publication of The 9th Floor More >>
Sugar, Rum and Tobacco a new BWB Text on sugar taxes
Monday, 7 August 2017, 2:28 pm | Bridget Williams Books
Sugar, Rum and Tobacco - a new BWB Text on sugar taxes ‘Sugar, rum and tobacco are commodities which are nowhere necessaries of life…which are…objects of almost universal consumption, and which are therefore extremely proper subjects of taxation.’ ... More >>
Max Harris returns to NZ for nationwide speaking tour
Tuesday, 18 July 2017, 12:53 pm | Bridget Williams Books
Max Harris , author of The New Zealand Project , is returning to New Zealand to give talks around the country in July and August. More >>
Old Asian, New Asian – a new BWB Text
Friday, 7 July 2017, 12:35 pm | Bridget Williams Books
Old Asian, New Asian – a new BWB Text by K. Emma Ng A 2010 Human Rights Commission report found that Asian people reported higher levels of discrimination than any other minority in New Zealand. This discrimination (and the prejudice from which ... More >>
Tuai: A Traveller in Two Worlds – a new BWB Book
Tuesday, 4 July 2017, 4:44 pm | Bridget Williams Books
Tuai: A Traveller in Two Worlds – a new BWB Book by Alison Jones and Kuni Kaa Jenkins More >>
The Whole Intimate Mess - A memoir by Holly Walker
Monday, 12 June 2017, 3:26 pm | Bridget Williams Books
'The Whole Intimate Mess: Motherhood, Politics, and Women's Writing' - A memoir by Holly Walker I began to pull the threads of my experience back together. Instead of divergent stories about public failure, private torment, and postnatal distress, ... More >>
Fair Borders? Migration Policy in the Twenty-First Century
Thursday, 8 June 2017, 2:01 pm | Bridget Williams Books
Fair Borders? Migration Policy in the Twenty-First Century – a new BWB Text edited by David Hall More >>
