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To Free the World: Harry Holland and The Rise of the Labour Movement in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific by James Robb

James Robb’s fresh, uncompromising biography features large excerpts from Holland’s own writings, on matters as diverse as industrial accidents, the poetry of Robert Burns, the White Australia policy and the Russian revolution. We rediscover this visionary socialist leader through his own stirring words.

Pressing On: The Story of New Zealand's Newspapers, 1921-2000 by Ian F Grant

No-one knows how many New Zealand newspapers have existed. One list names almost 1,700. A number are missing from that list, many of which have been tracked down by the relentless sleuthing of Ian and are now in Volume 2 of his account of New Zealand's newspapers.

The Call by Gavin Strawhan

Gripping and suspenseful, with a killer ending, The Call propels the reader into the world of a terrifying new kind of gang - and introduces a major talent in crime writing.

Mawson in Antarctica: To the Ends of the Earth by Joanna Grochowicz

Douglas Mawson's tale is legendary, an epic struggle between one man's self-belief and the worst conditions the hostile polar environment can throw at him.

Interesting Times: Some New Zealanders in Republican China by Chris Elder

Some New Zealanders were drawn to China by missionary zeal or humanitarian concern, others by commercial opportunities, still others by political curiosity or simply by their attitude to risk. In this book, famous figures like Rewi Alley, James Bertram and Iris Wilkinson (Robin Hyde) rub shoulders with long-term China hands like the YWCA secretary Agnes Moncrieff and the missionary Alice Cook.

Eat Pacific: The Pacific Island Food Revolution Cookbook edited by Robert Oliver

Over 130 delicious, healthy, tasty recipes from the popular TV series Pacific Food Revolution.