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A Radically Different World: Preparing for Climate Change (BWB Text) by Jonathan Boston
$17.99 NZD
Category: Science & Nature | Series: BWB Texts
In A Radically Different World: Preparing for Climate Change, Jonathan Boston provides an urgent exploration of our future in the face of climate change. Focusing on the challenges of adaptation, Boston’s insightful analysis assesses the scale of impact on communities, the need for robust policy for rel ...Show more
Christchurch Ruptures (BWB Texts) by Katie Pickles
$14.99 NZD
Category: Adult Non-Fiction | Series: BWB Texts | Reading Level: Very Good
The devastating earthquake that hit Christchurch in 2011 did more than rupture the surface of the city, argues historian Katie Pickles. It created a definitive endpoint to a history shaped by omission, by mythmaking, and by ideological storytelling. In this multi-layered BWB Text, Pickles uncovers what ...Show more
Fair Borders?: Migration Policy in the Twenty-First Century by David Hall
$14.99 NZD
Category: Adult Non-Fiction | Series: BWB Texts | Reading Level: very good
Debates over immigration are heating up - with grave political consequences. It is no coincidence that calls to restrict national borders are intensifying at a time when people are more mobile than ever. But closed borders are no more imaginable in the foreseeable future than perfectly open borders. The ...Show more
Generation Rent - Rethinking New Zealand's Priorities (BWB Texts) by Shamubeel Eaqub; Selena Eaqub
$14.99 NZD
Category: Adult Non-Fiction | Series: BWB Texts | Reading Level: very good
House prices may boom or bust but the long-term trend is clear: for more New Zealanders than ever, home ownership is out of reach. Incomes simply have not kept pace with skyrocketing property prices. 'Generation Rent' calls into question priorities at the heart of New Zealand's identity.In this BWB Text ...Show more
Going Places : Migration, Economics and the Future of New Zealand (BWB Texts) by Julie Fry
$14.99 NZD
Category: NZ History and Society | Series: BWB Texts | Reading Level: Very Good
Migration and the movement of people is one of the critical issues confronting the world's nations in the twenty-first-century. This book is about the economic contribution of migration to and from New Zealand, one of the most frequently discussed aspects of the debate. Can immigration, in economic ter ...Show more
He Pou Hiringa - Grounding Science and Technology in Te Ao Maori (BWB Texts) by Merata Kawharu (ed.); Maria Amoamo (ed.); Katharina Ruckstuhl (ed.)
$17.99 NZD
Category: Maori | Series: BWB Texts | Reading Level: very good
This book brings together writing on the big questions about the role of Maori, tikanga and matauranga in shaping science and technological innovation. Written by Maori from diverse disciplines, it explores the potential for novel approaches, theories, methods and community engagement models in science ...Show more
Home Truths : Confronting New Zealand's Housing Crisis (BWB Texts) by Philippa Howden-Chapman
$14.99 NZD
Category: NZ History and Society | Series: BWB Texts | Reading Level: Very Good
Housing affordability. Unhealthy homes. Wealth inequality. Environmental sustainability. Social mobility. The state of New Zealand housing is central to major issues confronting this country. In this wide-ranging BWB Text, leading international housing researcher Philippa Howden-Chapman reveals how New ...Show more
Imagining Decolonisation (BWB Texts) by Bianca Elkington; Jennie Smeaton; Rebecca Kiddle; Ocean Ripeka Mercier; Mike Ross; Amanda Thomas
$17.99 NZD
Category: NZ History and Society | Series: BWB Texts | Reading Level: very good
Decolonisation is a term that scares some, and gives hope to others. It is an uncomfortable and bewildering concept for many New Zealanders yet needed if we are going to build a country that is fair and equal for all who live there. This book sets out the case for decolonisation by illuminating through ...Show more
Kainga - People, Land and Belonging (BWB Texts) by Paul Tapsell
$14.99 NZD
Category: Maori | Series: BWB Texts | Reading Level: near fine
Is New Zealand ready to not just tick the Treaty partnership box, but actually open it and accept that Māori community-driven world views concerning their whenua is equally valid science, capable of underpinning, guiding and reshaping agricultural science and farming practices? This book calls for poli ...Show more
Karearea ( Kārearea ) (BWB Texts) by Māmari Stephens
$14.99 NZD
Category: NZ History and Society | Series: BWB Texts | Reading Level: near fine
My journey into law and mātauranga is one more defined by absence, understanding of loss, whakamā, accident and a sense of coming in from the cold, than by any programmatic acquisition of expertise. This collection of writing from Māmari Stephens (Te Rarawa) travels through introspection, loss and doub ...Show more
Late Love (BWB Texts) by Glenn Colquhoun
$14.99 NZD
Category: Psychology /Social Sciences | Series: BWB Texts | Reading Level: Very Good
'Most of the time I have no idea what to do with them or what to say in response to them.' Award-winning New Zealand poet Glenn Colquhoun is also a doctor who works with struggling young people at the margins, painfully aware of the limits of his role. In this BWB Text he offers penetrating insight int ...Show more
Luminous Moments by Paul Callaghan
$14.99 NZD
Category: NZ History and Society | Series: BWB Texts | Reading Level: very good
Acknowledged internationally for his ground-breaking scientific research in the field of magnetic resonance, Sir Paul Callaghan was a scientist and visionary with a rare gift for promoting science to a wide audience. Paul Callaghan: Luminous Moments brings together some of his most significant writing, ...Show more