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The Good Settler

Name: The Good Settler
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SKU: 9781991309327
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Essays from other people's lands

By Richard Shaw

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‘Where once I saw a view as I drove around the Taranaki coast along State Highway 45, I now see confiscated land from an invasion road. The creation story I used to subscribe to, the one in which hard-working people came here and settled the land,... Read More

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The Good Settler

Incisive, engaging writing on race and racism in Aotearoa New Zealand

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So writes Richard Shaw in his third book examining colonisation. Both of his previous works have been warmly welcomed by readers, and this third volume of powerful essays, with its wide lens, will not disappoint. As he says, ‘Growing numbers of Pākehā find themselves standing on restless ground these days: they, too, are seeing things differently, and in these pages you will also hear their voices as we reach — fitfully and painfully, individually and collectively — for an accommodation with our colonial past.’

In The Good Settler, Shaw challenges readers to reconsider narratives of settlement and colonisation, urging a deeper understanding of history's nuances and its impact on present-day perspectives.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781991309327

Publisher: Massey University Press

Book cover type: Paperback

Genre: History, Society & culture

Language version: ENG- English

Target audience: Adults

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 14 May 2026

Country: New Zealand

Imprint: Massey University Press

Illustration: 10 Illustrations, black and white

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 15.0mm

Width: 138.0mm

Height: 210.0mm

Weight: 200g

Pages: 296

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About the Author

Richard Shaw is a professor of politics at Massey University’s College of Humanities and Social Sciences. He is a regular commentator on political issues and the author of a number of academic publications about government, parliament and politics in Aotearoa New Zealand. His heart increasingly lies in the historical and emotional territories explored in The Forgotten Coast (2021) and Ockham New Zealand Book Awards’ shortlisted The Unsettled (2024).