Hine Toa: A Story of Bravery

Ngahuia Te Awekotuku

An incredible memoir by a trailblazing voice in women's, queer and Maori liberation movements. In the 1950s, a young Ngahuia is fostered by a family who believe in hard work and community. Although close to her kuia, she craves more: she wants higher education and refined living. But whanau dismiss her...

Portrait of a War Artist: A young doctor's Vietnam wartime experience in words and pictures

John Gillies

In this captivating and beautifully illustrated memoir, John Gillies vividly recalls his months as a member of the Otago University Medical Company on an active service tour of duty in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Still a medical student at the time, his youthful admiration of New Zealand war a...