Matariki: the star of the year
By: Rangi Matamua
4.51
Format: 127 pages, Paperback
In mid-winter, Matariki rises in the pre-dawn sky, and its observation is celebrated with incantati…
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4.50
Format: 114 pages, Paperback
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"Ramrod has an empire. They have not had it very long yet already it is shabby and disreputable. Everyday the faggots and their friends can see, hear, and feel Ramrod's empire disintegrating as the me…"-Larry Mitchell, The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions
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2. The 10 PM Question
By: Kate De Goldi
4.10
Format: 271 pages, Hardcover
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3. Pet
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4.06
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4. There’s a Cure for This: A Memoir
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4.31
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5. How to Loiter in a Turf War
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4.23
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
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4.38
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7. Poor People With Money
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4.03
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
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8. The Axeman's Carnival
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4.37
Format: 350 pages, Paperback
Everywhere, the birds: sparrows and skylarks and thrushes, starlings and bellbirds, fantails and pi… read more
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4.50
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10. The Pōrangi Boy
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4.14
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4.16
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12. Always Italicise: How to Write While Colonised
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13. The Mirror Book
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3.91
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14. Better the Blood
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4.01
Format: 329 pages, Hardcover
A DETECTIVE IN SEARCH OF THE TRUTH Hana Westerman is a tenacious Māori detective juggling single… read more
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15. Wawata - Moon Dreaming: Daily wisdom guided by Hina, the Māori moon
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4.23
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
Hina, the Maori moon goddess, has 30 different faces to help illuminate life’s lessons - a differen… read more
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16. Big Fat Brown Bitch
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4.71
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4.59
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18. Living by the Moon: Te Maramataka o Te Whanau-a-Apanui
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4.73
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19. Matariki: the star of the year
By: Rangi Matamua
4.51
Format: 127 pages, Paperback
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20. All That We Know
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4.61
Format: 333 pages, Kindle Edition
'I don't want to be a pioneer. I want to be the last; to enjoy the fruits of everyone else's hard l… read more
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21. A Fire in the Belly of Hineamaru: A Collection of Narratives about Te Tai Tokerau Tupuna
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4.44
Format: 239 pages, Kindle Edition
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