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THE INKLINGS – Christmas 20, Issue No. 14
Amazing Navigating the State Highway Down South Hiakai: Modern Ko Aotearoa Aroha: Māori Birds of Aotearoa
Aotearoa Stars: Māori One BRUCE ANSLEY Māori Cuisine Tātou I We Are wisdom for a New Zealand:
Activity Book Creation Myths SAM COLEY (HARPERCOLLINS) MONIQUE FISO New Zealand contented life Collective Nouns
GAVIN BISHOP WITI IHIMAERA (HACHETTE LIVRE) HB NZ TITLE (GODWIT) MICHELLE ELVY, lived in harmony MELISSA
(PENGUIN BOOKS) (VINTAGE NZ) PB NZ TITLE $49.99 HB NZ TITLE PAULA MORRIS, with our planet BOARDMAN
PB NZ TITLE HB NZ TITLE $34.99 From Curio Bay to $65.00 JAMES NORCLIFFE HINEMOANA (HARPERCOLLINS)
$25.00 $45.00 It's been years since Golden Bay, writer After years overseas in (OTAGO ELDER (PENGUIN HB NZ TITLE
Alex was in New Bruce Ansley sets Michelin-star restau- UNIVERSITY PRESS) BOOKS) $29.99
There are 60+ awe- From master storyteller
some games, puz- Witi Ihimaera, a spell- Zealand, and years off on a vast expe- rants, Monique Fiso PB NZ TITLE HB NZ TITLE A whistling of whio?
since he spent any one- dition across the returned to Aotearoa to $39.95 $30.00 A loot of weka? A tus-
zles and activities in binding and provocative
this fun, creative and retelling of traditional on-one time with his South Island, Te begin Hiakai, an inno- Ko Aotearoa Tātou | Discover traditional sock of takahē? This
high-quality activity Māori myths for the twin sister, Amy. When Waipounamu, visiting vative pop-up venture We Are New Zealand is Māori philosophy is a book for children,
book based on Gavin twenty-first century. In they lose their parents the places and people that’s now a revered, bursting with new works through 52 whaka- adults and bird-lovers
Bishop's bestselling this milestone volume, in a shock accident it who hold clues to the award-winning res- of fiction, nonfiction, tauki – simple, power- alike. These collective
Aotearoa. You'll learn Ihimaera traces the his- seems like the perfect south's famous char- taurant in Wellington. poetry and visual art cre- ful life lessons, one for nouns reveal something
to introduce yourself tory of the Māori people time to reconnect as acter. Not so very long This book is just as ated in response to the every week. Each one about the character of
in Māori, solve puzzles through their crea- siblings. To reconnect ago, the South Island unforgettable: ranging editors’ questions: What is retold by respected our birds, so we can get
and crack codes, play tion myths. He follows with this country they had most of New between history, tradi- is New Zealand now, in Māori psychiatrist Dr to know them better.
games, invent a super- Tāwhaki up the vines call 'home'. As they Zealand's people and tion and tikanga, as well all its rich variety and Hinemoa Elder to show Birds of Aotearoa New
hero, draw your future into the firmament, journey the length of just about all of the as Monique’s personal contradiction, darkness how we can live a less Zealand: Collective Nouns
home, make maps, Hine-titama down into State Highway One, money. Gold miners journey of self-discov- and light? Who are New stressful daily life, with also contains informa-
curate your heroes in a the land of the dead, they will scratch at found fortunes in the ery, it tells the story of Zealanders? The works more contentment and tion on how our birds
wall of fame, design a Māui to the ends of wounds that have never hills and rivers, sheep kai Māori, provides for- flowed in from well- kindness for each other live, so we can better
flag, create a menu, and the earth, and the giants healed – and Alex will barons straddled aging and usage notes, known names and new and the planet. Find help them. A unique
much more! Designed and tūrehu who sailed be forced to reckon mountains, valleys and an illustrated ingredi- voices. Māori, Pākehā, out how the power of and stunningly illus-
to stimulate bright across the ocean to our with what coming plains. Wealthy south- ent directory, and over Pasifika, Asian, new aroha can help you each trated book featuring
minds, this is the ideal shores ... From Hawaiki home really means. erners ruled the gov- 30 breathtaking recipes migrants, young voices, day, and through its Aotearoa's native birds,
activity book for chil- to Aotearoa, the ancient ernment. Where now that give this ancient queer writers, social war- many meanings – fun- each with its very own
dren aged 5-12. navigators brought their lies the South Island's knowledge new life. riors… Aotearoa’s many damental Māori values collective noun.
myths, while looking to golden fleece? And Hiakai offers up food faces are represented in – make a happier world
the stars – bright with what is its future? to behold, to savour, to this unique and impor- for everyone.
gods, ancestors and sto- celebrate. tant compendium.
ries – to guide the way.
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Alabama, seeking escape in peace with it, the brothers are with no teachers and no holi-
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But when her father and brother their own demons. But Roy and purely strategic, and the odds
succumb to the hard reality of Carl are survivors – no stran- of survival are never equal.
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slip away. Years later, desperate count rises though, Roy’s loy- allies, but she possesses a dark
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the events of His Dark Materials
far behind. In this snapshot
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they return to the Arctic to A Clock of Stars: The
visit an old friend, where things
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4 THE INKLINGS – Christmas 20, Issue No. 14 scorpiobooks.co.nzBIOGRAPHY
the Coronavirus pandemic. It book takes you on a tour around Graham Greene was a restless Zealand, this frank and humane
captures, with magical reso- the universe. It's a starlit journey traveller, and a witness to many account of a life spent travers-
nance, the thoughts and feel- through space that will lead you of the key events of modern ing Pākehā and Māori worlds
ings of millions worldwide as to a wonderful planet brimming history – including the origins offers important insights
we adapt to a new way of life, with all kinds of life – includ- of the Vietnam War, the Mau into our shared life on these
cast aside old habits and reflect ing yours. This stunning story Mau Rebellion, the betrayal of islands. ‘I have written this
on what truly matters to us. It demonstrating the scale of the the double-agent Kim Philby, book for Pākehā – and other
is a story for all readers, young universe and our place in it was the rise of Fidel Castro, and New Zealanders – curious
or old, who dare to dream of a created especially for children the guerrilla wars of Central about their sense of identity
fairer, kinder, more loving world. aged three years and up by the America. This new biography and about the ambivalences
award-winning author-illustra- responds to the thousands of we Pākehā often experience in
tor Vasanti Unka. pages of lost letters that have our relationships with Māori.’ A
recently come to light, and deals timely and perceptive memoir
sensitively with questions of pri- from award-winning author
vate life, sex, and mental illness. A Life of Extremes: Alison Jones.
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and discrimination, and grow- Zealand to Alaska; Antarctica
Timeline: Science ing up in a family where love to the Arctic. A Life of Extremes
and Technology That Christmas and violence were horribly is a personal account of his
PETER GOES RICHARD CURTIS, ILLUS. entwined. From one of the work, featuring vibrant text
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and award-winnning illustra- of forgiveness. It's also a story RAYNOR WINN natural history and wildlife of DAVID SEDARIS
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begin to rediscover the meaning Out New York).
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live there and who live to surf, us how to release your self- Zealand, these essays range from
including Kaikōura, Westport, limiting beliefs and embrace a childhood in war-torn Iran,
Greymouth, Sumner and your potential. Celebrated including the trauma of a night
Dunedin. The characters, the therapist and Holocaust survi- spent in prison as a six-year-old,
competitions, the breaks, the vor, Dr Edith Eger, provides to learning English so she could
communities, the dream life- a hands-on guide that gently make friends, to dating in the
styles – dive into surfing culture encourages us to change the days of Corona. This is about
and its importance to Kiwis. imprisoning thoughts and growing up as a young woman
destructive behaviours holding torn between her immigrant
us back. Accompanied by sto- roots and her desire to be like
ries from Eger’s own life and everyone else. A powerful col-
the lives of her patients, her lection of personal essays on
twelve most empowering les- displacement told with humour
sons will help you to see your and self-reflection.
The Golden Maze: The Covid Chronicles: darkest moments as your great-
A Biography of Prague Lessons from New And Now For The
est teachers.
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For the first time in history,
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history of the magical city that Zealand government closed and compassion will be the next
is Prague. Fidler uncovers the the country's borders. What big thing in human evolution.
glorious and grotesque history Mantel Pieces: Royal followed was a story unprec- With essential tools for making
of Europe's most uncanny Bodies and Other edented in almost every way the most out of the relation-
city: a jumble of gothic towers, Writing from the imaginable. Featuring Finance ships, and protecting our hearts
and mind amidst the madness
baroque palaces and zig-zag London Review Minister Grant Robertson, sci-
of 24-hour news cycles, Wax
lanes that has survived plagues, of Books ence communicator Siouxsie
creates a call to arms to living
pogroms, Nazi terror and Soviet Wiles, Queenstown Mayor Jim
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Danton, the Hite report, the
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unmissable social history of an the world's most beloved writ- dog saying ‘bugger’, an octo-
the Virgin Mary as well as the
extraordinary time. ers. Inspired by and including pus taking a photo. Think of
pop icon Madonna, a brilliant
Robert Macfarlane's own essay, an ad you love, and if it has an
examination of Britain's last
'The Gifts of Reading', this animal in it, chances are Mark
witch. There are essays about
collection includes pieces by Vette was behind it. Vette is
Jane Boleyn, Charles Brandon,
William Boyd, Candice Carty- also a long-time Buddhist, who
Christopher Marlowe and
Williams, Roddy Doyle, Pico brings to his relationships with
Margaret Pole, which display
Iyer, Robert Macfarlane, Andy animals a true emotional bond
the astonishing insight into
Miller, Jackie Morris, Jan Morris, and enormous respect. This is
the Tudor mind showcased in
Sisonke Msimang, Dina Nayeri, his story, and the extraordinary
Terra Incognita: 100 Mantel’s bestselling Wolf Hall
Chigozie Obioma, Michael stories of the animals he has
Maps to Survive the Trilogy. An essential and illumi-
Ondaatje, David Pilling, Max worked with.
Next 100 Years nating volume from one of our
Porter, Philip Pullman, Jancis Far and Away: The
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Robinson, S.F.Said, Madeleine Essential A.A. Gill
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of-the-art satellite maps with games, puzzles and activities – a ruins of earthquake-struck
enlightening analysis, Ian and jam-packed box of te reo tricks Haiti or in a camp with the dis-
Robert chart humanity’s impact for everyone. Whether you’re placed Rohingya, he had the Upriver: From the Sea
on the planet, and the ways The Next Great already a confident speaker of ability to pin down the heart of to the Southern Alps
a story and render it unforget-
in which we can make a real Migration Māori or just getting started,
table. This collection is another
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of people and species that are
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on the move. Politicians and the
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Surf Dreams: New spread of disease and conflict. ing on his life’s work and the tions laced with background
notes about the meaning and
Zealand Surf Culture But the science of migration dramatic changes to the planet
significance of places Heinz
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Riverton in the south – Derek cal case for a future in which
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the country. First presented
in Peter Alsop’s 2016 Hand-
Coloured New Zealand,
Wonderland collects the best of
these images in a more con-
densed edition, presented in the
style of a New Zealand pictorial
and geographically organised
from Northland and Auckland,
right down to the deep south.
The Madman's Homesteads: The story Nature – Stilled: 2020 Humans
Library: The Greatest of New Zealand's JANE USSHER (TE PAPA) BRANDON STANTON
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EDWARD BROOKE- JEHAN CASINADER PUBLISHING LTD) spent several days in Te Papa’s Brandon Stanton gained recog-
HITCHING (SIMON (HARPERCOLLINS NZ) HB NZ TITLE $75.00 natural history collection nition chronicling the lives of
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eccentric and extraordinary vol- Ussher’s evocative photography ture the glory of the zoological In his new book Humans, he
told other people's stories –
umes from around the world, with Debra Millar’s storytelling and botanical specimens that draws on his past 5 years of
until he lost control of his
many of which have been to showcase the diverse his- represent the museum’s vast travelling to bring people from
own. Severely depressed, he
completely forgotten. Books tory, architecture and unique scientifically significant collec- all parts of the world into a
tried everything – from mind-
written in blood and books that character of landmark homes tions and accompanying short
conversation with readers. Christchurch
fulness to massage; Prozac to
kill, books of the insane and throughout the country. These texts offer unique insights into
With more in-depth interviews Architecture:
Pilates. Was something miss-
books that hoaxed the globe,
ing? This Is Not How It Ends
houses are among some of the each object from the museum’s
and stories to complement his A Walking Guide
books invisible to the naked eye country's most iconic, many of distinctive portraits he offers JOHN WALSH (MASSEY
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and books so long they could them surrounded by equally glimpses and insights into the UNIVERSITY PRESS)
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remain undiscovered… and a gritty, vulnerable book will to our unique and precious
remote East Cape to Kuriheka guides to New Zealand’s
few others that are just plain challenge readers' understand- Estate in Otago, this handsome natural world.
urban architecture by the
weird. A unique and richly illus- ing of mental distress, and hardback elegantly brings the well-known team of writer
trated collection, ideal for every give them the tools to reshape past into the present day. John Walsh and photographer
book-lover. their own life stories. Patrick Reynolds. This handy
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Human Nature: Planet George Hudson, one of New
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selection of over 100 works of
best-loved writing along with
tographers address the biggest
ist and biographer Vincent
cal legacy built over seven dec- Me, According to the
new pieces covering a thrill-
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O'Sullivan to write his life ades. Beautifully illustrated History of Art
ing range of subjects. There story. The book is a nuanced, throughout, this book is the
with passionate essays on why our time. Extraordinary images DICK FRIZZELL (MASSEY
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The Handmaid's Tale to Elena buildings; on nests and wild awareness and action. This epic, laborators, friends and family. Frizzell’s aim with this book
Ferrante's Neapolitan Novels, Ex pigs and the tribulations of timely and ambitious volume O'Sullivan charts the artist's was to define his personality
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range of classics, accompanied cendent collection of essays matters now for humanity and of the Hokianga to his friend- tory. The result is a fast-paced
by gorgeous illustrations by let- about the natural world from the planet through photographs ship with McCahon and the romp through the history of
tering artist Dana Tanamachi the bestselling author of H is that are at once shocking, illu- challenges he encountered as art, to discover the key threads
that evoke vintage bookplates. for Hawk. minating and inspiring. a Māori artist. which lead up to Frizzell him-
self. It’s not without serious
scholarship though, and in
undertaking to paint all the
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GRAHAME SYDNEY,
OWEN MARSHALL, BRIAN fiction writer Owen Marshall their subsequent work, includ- unique colours. A handsome, tography of Whites Aviation,
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in 1995. Twenty-five years Central Otago, to its vast nificent scenic vistas adorning
offices and lounges throughout
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well. Utilising easily available delight for dishes and ingredi-
ingredients and with handy tips ents, her new book is an indul-
to whip up plant-based dishes gent combination of delicious
with confidence, it includes recipes and narrative essays that
Chelsea's epic Lockdown loaf celebrate the rhythms and ritu-
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eaters and occasions. “A Loving Defence of Brown
Food” intertwine with 150+
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occasions with dedicated chap-
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YOTAM OTTOLENGHI, bacon of the sea!), solo suppers
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