From the beginning, Tainui Stephens has been finding stories. In people, in place, and in the shifting shape of Māori life in Aotearoa. Kua Tau gathers up a kete of his best writing on these subjects,...

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.

We warmly invite you to join us in Ōtepoti Dunedin to celebrate the publication of Captain Cook and the Unsettled Afterlives of Empire by Tony Ballantyne.

We warmly invite you to this BWB Talk at the National Library in Wellington. Asher Emanuel, author of the bestselling debut, The Valley: Crime and Pun...

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

We warmly invite you to join us for this BWB Talk in Auckland to celebrate the publication of The Valley: Crime and Punishment in a New Zealand C...

From the beginning, Tainui Stephens has been finding stories. In people, in place, and in the shifting shape of Māori life in Aotearoa. Kua Tau gathers up a kete of his best writing on these subjects,...

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....