Eric Trump reviews The Valley: Crime and punishment in a New Zealand city by Asher Emanuel

Hazel Petrie reviews Garrison World: Redcoat soldiers in New Zealand and across the British Empire by Charlotte Macdonald

Even 250 years on from the sea voyages that made his name and set our colonial history in motion, Captain Cook remains a much-discussed figure here in Aotearoa. He's one of the most controversial figu...

The work of understanding James Cook’s role in our history is under full sail again, as historian Tony Ballantyne publishes a new book. He tells  Paul Gorman of the vast territory it ...

THE GRILL: Asher Emanuel is a Wellington-based lawyer and the author of one of the most talked about books of the year.

The Valley has surged up bestseller lists, with Asher Emanuel’s two‑year immersion in the Hutt Valley justice system producing one of 2026’s most acclaimed books.

Christening the new interisland ferries Kupe and Cook is a reminder that what we name things matters, shaping our sense of ourselves over time.

Hazel Petrie reviews Garrison World: Redcoat soldiers in New Zealand and across the British Empire by Charlotte Macdonald

The latest NielsenIQ BookScan chart of NZ bestsellers, plus a win a heart-in-your-mouth novel about every parent's worst nightmare

Taxing billionaires, solving the energy crisis, working fewer hours and being happy with what we've got - it's the recipe for future success, according to a new report on global justice .

Afternoons critic Anna Rankin is keen to discuss the book it seems everyone is talking about right now, The Valley, by Asher Emanuel

Before he was the author of a best-selling non-fiction book on crime and punishment, Asher Emanuel was a lawyer frustrated with the criminal justice system....

Immerse yourself in 1930s Taiwan, 1890s Wellington, 2020s Hutt Valley and more.

Auckland and Wellington agree on the top three.

The latest NielsenIQ BookScan chart of NZ books, plus win the best book of the year

Sir George Grey was the former governor of South Australia and is remembered as a "bundle of contradictions" in both Australia and New Zealand, where he played a key role in the Māori wars. But amid calls for the seat that bears his name to be renamed, who was Grey? 

This important book provides unfiltered insight into the workings and shortcomings of the New Zealand criminal justice system by tracing its impacts on the lives of those who experience it first-hand. Written with a novelist’s eye for detail, entirely gripping and told largely in verbatim dialogue (