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Generation Rent - Rethinking New Zealand's Priorities (BWB Texts) by Shamubeel Eaqub; Selena Eaqub
$14.99 NZD
Category: NZ 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
$17.99 NZD
Category: NZ Non-fiction | 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
Growing Apart: Regional Prosperity in New Zealand by Shamubeel Eaqub
$17.99 NZD
Category: NZ History | Series: BWB Texts | Reading Level: very good
New Zealand is a small place, but its regions are not the same. Shamubeel Eaqub highlights the changing economic fortunes of people in different parts of New Zealand - the growing wedge between our regions. It is time for a rethink - a considered and coherent set of policies that will transcend politica ...Show more
Haerenga : Early Maori Journeys Across the Globe (BWB Texts) by Vincent O'Malley
$18.00 NZD
Category: NZ History | Series: BWB Texts
Māori and Europeans were encountering one another for the first time not just along the shorelines of New Zealand but also on the streets of Melbourne, Liverpool and New York. From the late eighteenth century, Māori travellers spread out from New Zealand across the globe. They travelled for a variety of ...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.)
$17.95 NZD
Category: NZ Non-fiction | 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 | 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
Hopes Dashed?: The Economics of Gender Inequality by Prue Hyman
$18.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non-fiction | Series: BWB Texts | Reading Level: Very Good
'What has happened to New Zealand women's economic and social status over the last twenty years?'In 1994, economist Prue Hyman published Women and Economics, an overview of the status of women in the New Zealand economy. Much has changed since then - but how much? Has the promise of equality been fulfil ...Show more
Imagining Decolonisation (BWB Texts) by Bianca Elkington; Jennie Smeaton; Rebecca Kiddle; Ocean Ripeka Mercier; Mike Ross; Amanda Thomas
$17.95 NZD
Category: NZ Non-fiction | 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
Island Time - New Zealand's Pacific Futures (BWB Texts) by Damon Salesa
$14.99 NZD
$17.99 (16% off)
Category: NZ Non-fiction | Series: BWB Texts | Reading Level: very good
New Zealand is a nation that exists on Pacific Islands, but does not, will not, perhaps cannot, see itself as a Pacific Island nation. Yet turning to the Pacific, argues Damon Salesa, enables us to grasp a fuller understanding of what life is really like on these shores. After all, Salesa argues, in man ...Show more
Kainga - People, Land and Belonging (BWB Texts) by Paul Tapsell
$17.95 NZD
Category: NZ Non-fiction | 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 Non-fiction | 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
Ko Taranaki Te Maunga (BWB Texts) by Rachel Buchanan
$18.00 NZD
Category: NZ History | Series: BWB Texts | Reading Level: very good
In 1881, colonial troops invaded the village of Parihaka on the Taranaki coast. In an attempt to quell the non-violent direct action taken by the community against land confiscations, the government sent over 1500 troops into the village. Many people were expelled, buildings destroyed, and chiefs Te Whi ...Show more