A lively anthology of fiction, nonfiction and poetry, celebrating the birds of Aotearoa. On the skyline a hawk languidly typing a hunting poem with its wings.- Hone Tuwhare New Zealand birds have inspired mythology, song, whimsical stories, detailed observation, humour and poe... read more

What happens if your family is the last left alive? The Chatfield family - half living in the UK, the other in New Zealand - found out the stark realities of survival after a deadly pandemic swept across the world. Now escaping the repressive regime at Haver Hall in the UK, a gr... read more

When a pandemic strikes, members of the Chatfield family possess a crucial advantage. Guessing that their relatives on the other side of the world might also have escaped the devastating virus, and knowing that for their ultimate survival they must increase their gene pool, two ... read more

The Chatfield family, scattered across the globe continue to fight for survival. Their only hope is to form one strong community together, but power struggles, violence and deception keep them apart. In this thrilling conclusion to the Blood Line trilogy, the New Zealand com... read more

Zombie story with plenty to sink your teeth into: romance, supernatural monsters and a good dose of blood and gore.
Blue is set in a post-apocalyptic world, where humans live in colonies high above the ground and have forgotten a lot of what pre-zombie life was like, for instance there are no ce... read more

On 3 February 1931 Napier is hit by an earthquake, and Tamar Murdoch is seriously injured. As she recovers, she is preoccupied with the ongoing effects of the Great Depression, and her family is once again threatened by war and heartbreak when her grandson threatens to join the International Brigade.

'Slippery, and exciting ... The stories come at you directly, and then turn askance, and then slap you in the face' Allan Drew'Bonsai' brings together a pioneering collection of flash fiction and associated forms (prose poetry and haib... read more

A brutal home invasion shocks the nation. A man is murdered, his wife bound, gagged and left to watch. But when Detective Sam Shephard scratches the surface, the victim, a successful businessman, is not all he seems to be. And when the evidence points to two of Dunedin's most hated c... read more

Caught in the middle of the clash between two great Maori clans, Simeon, grandson of Bulibasha and Ramona, struggles with his own feelings and loyalties as the battles rage ...
This award-winning novel is being reissued to tie in with the release of Mahana, the stunning film adaptation of the novel.

A group of women living in violent relationships meets each week in a community house. Their advocates – feisty, radical feminists, Leah Gunn and her partner Kelly, have developed a liberating practice, from their own lived experience, which helps women to evaluate their lives and make decisions... read more

Friday rush hour, Auckland city. A lone shooter fires across a packed street and kills a man. Detective Sergeant Sean Devereaux is assigned the case. He's not complaining - his Friday nights are seldom better spent. But the inquiry is not straightforward. Witness accounts are ... read more