The latest in the New Zealand collection.

Dear Colin, Dear Ron: The Selected Letters of Colin McCahon and Ron O’ReillyEd., Peter Simpson

Renowned painter Colin McCahon first met librarian Ron O’Reilly in Dunedin in 1938 through the Left Book Club drama group’s production of the brothers Čapek’s play ‘The Insects’, and they maintained an extensive correspondence with each other for the next forty-odd years. McCahon considered O’Reilly to be his ‘oldest supporter’ and this selection of letters offers a fascinating and unique perspective on the contemporary art world. The original letters are held by the Hocken Library.

The Fairer Side of Buxton: Alfred Buxton’s Gardens and the Women Who Loved Them Clare Gleeson

Clare Gleeson delves into the world of New Zealand’s first landscape garden designer Alfred Buxton, and the women who commissioned and enjoyed his gardens. Illustrated throughout with Buxton’s sketches, plans and lots of photographs.

Leslie Adkin: Farmer Photographer Ed., Athol McCredie

Te Papa photography curator Athol McCredie has selected more than 150 stunningly evocative photographs by Levin farmer and renaissance man Leslie Adkin that beautifully document Adkin’s farm and family life in early 20th century New Zealand.

Resetting the Coordinates: An Anthology of Performance Art of Aotearoa New Zealand Ed., Christopher Braddock

Resetting the Coordinates is the first anthology of writing about performance art in Aotearoa, from the pioneering work of Jim Allen, Phil Dadson, Peter Roche and Linda Buis in the late 1960s and early 1970s, through the growth of Māori and Pasifika performance art in the 1990s, to today’s post-internet performance.

Unreel: A Life in Review Diana Wichtel

In this new memoir the Listener’s brilliant TV reviewer Diana Wichtel looks back on her life as the country’s most prominent television critic.

Woolsheds: The Historic Shearing Sheds of Aotearoa New Zealand. Annette O’Sullivan

An engaging coffee table book looking at an iconic example of New Zealand vernacular architecture - the shearing shed - including two Otago sheds – at Kawarau Station, in Central, and Shag Valley Station in East Otago.