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Surviving White Island

By Kelsey Waghorn

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Perspective

By Shaun Johnson

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Kiwi Country

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Three Wee Bookshops at the End of the World

By Ruth Shaw

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Become Unstoppable

By Gilbert Enoka

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Speaking My Language Te Korero i Toku Reo

By Mike McRoberts

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Mana

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Saving Elli

By Doug Gold

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Hook, Line and Misadventure

By Cliff Barnes and David Hastings

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Lessons on Living

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Champions Do Extra

By Brad Thorn

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It Nearly Killed Me But I Love You

By Sinead Corcoran Dye

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Polkinghorne

By Steve Braunias

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Hine Toa

By Ngahuia te Awekotuku

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South Sea Vagabonds

By Johnny Wray

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Anything Could Happen

By Grant Robertson

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Inside the Wire

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Cause Of Death

By Cynric Temple-Camp

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How To Be Wrong

By Rowan Simpson

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She Is Not Your Rehab

By Matt Brown

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After the Tampa

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Unreel

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Resilient Grieving

By Lucy Hone

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Poisoning on Parker Road

By Lindsey Dawson

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The Unlikely Doctor

By Timoti Te Moke

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Gone Bush

By Paul Kilgour

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No Words for This

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It's Been Six Weeks Since my Last Confession

By Peta Mathias

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Full Circle

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Impossible

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Make It Make Sense

By Bel Hawkins and Lucy Blakiston

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Bookshop Dogs

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Nothing Significant To Report

By Dario Nustrini

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Everything But the Medicine

By Lucy O'Hagan

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How to Escape from Prison

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The Last Secret Agent

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Leading Under Pressure

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No, I Don't Get Danger Money

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Northbound: Four seasons of solitude on Te Araroa

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A Wife On Gorge River

By Catherine Stewart

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A Life On Gorge River

By Robert Long

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The Spinoff Book

By Toby Manhire

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Nga Kupu Wero

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Inner Warrior

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Mrs D is Not on a Diet

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High Heels and Gumboots

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From There to Here

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The Road to Chatto Creek

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The Final Diagnosis

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Gangland

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Serviceman J

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The Bookseller at the End of the World

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The Quick and the Dead

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Solo

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Snow On the Lindis

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Sir Edmund Hillary: An Extraordinary Life

By Alexa Johnston

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Bloody Minded

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A Very French Affair

By Maria Hoyle

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View from the Second Row

By Samuel Whitelock

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The Mermaid Chronicles

By Megan Dunn

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On Call

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Unmasking Monsters

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Yesterday When I Was Young

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Bite Back

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Into the Unknown

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Krystyna's Story

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Wrestling with God

By Lloyd Geering

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Greece Crete Stalag Dachau - A New Zealand Soldier's Encounters With Hitler's Army

By Jack Elworthy

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The Dark Dad

By Mary Kisler

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Toughen Up

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Tales from a Financial Hot Mess

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Know Your Place

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The Queen's Wife

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Helen Kelly

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Fleur

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Grow - Wahine Finding Connection Through Food

By Sophie Merkens

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A Canoe Before the Wind

By Vitale Lafaele

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The Quick and the Dead

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New Zealand Biographies

Explore the lives and stories of remarkable Kiwis with our New Zealand Biographies collection. From trailblazing political leaders and cultural icons to athletes, artists, and unsung heroes, these biographies offer deep insights into the people who have shaped Aotearoa.