All Books

Explore our full range of books produced in print.

A Bricks & Mortar Legacy

  • A Bricks & Mortar Legacy: Stories of Commercial Buildings in Te Awamutu 1890 – 1957

    Authors: Alan Hall and Sandra Metcalfe

    The Te Awamutu branch of the New Zealand Society of Genealogists have been involved in investigating the history of 32 buildings in Te Awamutu, some of which are now more than 100 years old.

    The buildings, all constructed between 1890 and 1957, were selected because of their age and architecture – and in the case of the 86-year-old, Hodgson Motors building, because it faced demolition.

    Information about each building was gathered from Waipa District Council’s archives, old newspapers, public consultations, and interviews, and images were sourced from photographic collections at Te Awamutu Museum.

    Genealogy group members consider the many hours of research have been worth it because they are now able to provide the town with a comprehensive record of the commercial buildings and their history.

  • ISBN: 0473716387 

    Publisher: Te Awamutu Chamber of Commerce 

    Landscape Edition  

    Case Bound, section sewn with dust jacket

    Available at https://www.teawamutuchamber.org.nz/book/

    Gloss laminated cover  

A Martime Heritage

  • Author: Robert J Hawkins

    Original Titles: C. W. Hawkins

    A Maritime Heritage Out of Auckland - Revisited is a second reprinted edition (2024) to the 1976 published edition which was the enlarged version of Out of Auckland which was published by the author in 1960. As well as being enhanced by a considerable number of additional photographs the new version retains the valuable Register of Ships and a comprehensive index.

  • First Published as Out of Auckland, 1960 

    Revised with many new illustrations, William Collins 1978 

    Reprinted with acknowledgements 2024 R J Hawkins 

    Printed and bound in Aotearoa New Zealand as a limited edition of 200 

    INC Productions NZ Ltd, Studio Q Print, Book Binding Press 

    162 PP Landscape Edition 265 mm x 210 mm  

    Case Bound Edition  

    Inserted 20 page Appendix II booklet  

    ISBN: 978-0-473-71819-0 

    This limited edition is available at www.incproductions.co.nz, Maritime Museum Shop and Boat Books in Auckland

Colin Mcahon A Journey

  • Reflecting on the journey of one of Aotearoa’s most celebrated modernist artists, Gow Langsford is delighted to present a solo exhibition of works by Colin McCahon at the Onehunga flagship gallery.

  • Paperback 54 pages
    Dimensions: 240 x 187 x 5mm

    Publisher: Gow Langsford

    ISBN: 978-1-99-115783-6

South Seas Sprays

  • The South Sea Spray book is a stunning, first edition publication which encapsulates a documentation of over 100 murals created during five festivals from South Island towns including Winton, Waihopāi, Motupōhue, Gore, and Aparima over the past six years. The murals of South Sea Spray, represent a diversity of visual language, narrate stories of cultural identity, and aims to position Aotearoa as a forerunner for high-quality muralism within the global perspectives of mural painting. 

    100% of sales from this book go directly back into painting more murals in the Southland region. We thank you for your support.  

  • Publisher: Deow and The South Sea Spray Trust  

    Case Bound and section sewn. Cover using black Wibalin and white gloss foil / deboss  

    Gloss text pages  

    ISBN: 0 473 72184 8  

    Available at www.southseaspray.co.nz

RM. 1997 – 2022

  • A non-exhaustive selection of scans and screenshots from the RM archive ( physical and digital ) in broadly chronological order covering the first 23 years of RM Gallery and Project Space (1997 – 2022)

    RM 3 above Real Groovy 438 Queen Street

    RM 212 58-60 Queen Street , Windsor House above Mega Mags

    RM 401 Archilles House 41 – 51 Customs Street

    RM 103  Archilles House CNR Commerce & Customs Street

    RM 103 295 Karangahape Road

    New RM First Floor , Samoa House Lane 307 K’Road

    Proceeds to RM Gallery and Project Space

  • Edition of 200

    Paperback edition 210 x 148 mm

    Kraft covers printed using black & white inks

    226 pages on satin 135 gsm


No Bullshit Guide to Getting & Staying Sober

  • Author: Maree MacLean

    After the overwhelmingly positive response from her book The No Bullshit Guide to Getting Sober, Maree MacLean realised it was time for a follow up book after readers and listeners flooded her inbox with triumphant tales of getting sober followed by crestfallen requests for help after finding themselves back on the booze.

    This pocket-sized book was designed to fit inside your back pocket or discreetly inside your handbag. Think of it as a security blanket for boozers trying to stay off the sauce.

  • Paperback editions – Pocket-sized guide book

    Publisher: Maree Maclean

    ISBN: 9781991183590

Fumpston Prints 1973 - 2003

  • This publication documents the work of Rodney Fumpston, bringing together an overview of the 'rich basket of fruits' gathered from the three decades he has spent on the exacting task of producing a unique and vibrant body of prints.

    It includes the Fumpston - One Decade exhibition held at the Sarjeant Gallery in 1983. An important supportive component of the publication is Elizabeth Rankin's essay 'Remembrance of Things Past: Processing the Personal in the Prints of Rodney Fumpston'.

    It provides a fresh insight into the artist's life through a keenly observed elaboration of his ideas and working processes that in equal measure make each new work such a rewarding viewing experience. To complement the essay there is also a conversation between Damien Skinner and the artist around the subject of Picture Postcards, Travellers Tales: Rodney Fumpston, Tourist. The focus on that great New Zealand preoccupation with overseas will captivate readers, and discovering how Rodney develops his work form the experience of these excursions is most informing.

  • Commissioned for Rodney Fumpston

    Design Hannah Gordan

    PUR , Sewn Edition with jacket , Printed 4 Col with metallic inks . Papers blended Munken Print & high gloss art stock.

    Gold medal at the New Zealand Pride & Print Awards for excellence offset metallic & 4 col printing

    This collector’s edition is now out of print and can be found at selected antiquarian booksellers

The Financial Colonization of Aotearoa

  • Author: Catherine Comyn

    Finance was at the center of every stage of the colonization of Aotearoa, from the sale of Māori lands and the emigration of early colonists to the founding of settler nationhood and the enforcement of colonial governance.

    Described as “Theoretically sophisticated, historically precise, and politically urgent” by Max Haiven, this book reveals the financial instruments and imperatives that drove the British colonial project in the nineteenth century. This is a history of the joint-stock company, a speculative London property market that romanticized the distant lands of indigenous peoples, and the calculated use of credit and taxation by the British to dispossess Māori of their land and subject them to colonial rule.

    By illuminating the centrality of finance in the colonization of Aotearoa, this book not only reframes our understanding of this country’s history, but also the stakes of anticolonial struggle today.

  • Printed on Indigo Press covers with Inkjet text blocks

    Covers feature soft touch lamination

    Publisher: Economic and Social Research Aotearoa

    ISBN: 9780473644062

    Available from Unity Books, Strange Goods, and ESRA.nz

Black Book

  • Analogue and digital sketches by writers from around the globe.

  • Publisher: Berst Creative Arts Limited

    Printed in Aotearoa

Four Seasons in a Waiheke Garden

  • Author: Ewen Sutherland

    Ewen Sutherland has spent his life working in, designing and writing about gardens - including 18 years as a fortnightly columnist for Waiheke's Gulf News. Via tips about plant choices and how to make the most of a patch of land in the middle of the Hauraki Gulf, anecdotes about his childhood growing up in the Wairarapa and then travelling the world, and - of course - stories about and by his inspirational mum, Beth, Ewen offers an intimate and uniquely personal perspective on gardens, gardening and the ebb and flow of Waiheke's seasons.

  • Paperback edition, 240 pages.
    Book, 190mm 260mm

    ISBN 0 473 727062

Art Books

  • Min-a-rets 12-14

    This collection of poetry is unflinchingly honest, showing new ways of seeing what really matters.

    Available Here

  • Paris Georgie Muses

    The french-fold Muses book & limited edition incense holder were hand-crafted by Akin, along with the table setting, as a gift for the launch of Paris Georgia Collection 07 in New York in 2022.

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  • Past The Tower Under The Tree

    A portrait of 12 artists / activists crafting a life in community. From street theatre to rap, from the tattoo hut to the meditation hall, each contributor offers a look into unexpected contexts.

    Available Here

  • Dwelling In The Margins

    Through a curated collection of stories and essays, 30 independent NZ publishers reflect on their craft andspeculate on the changing landscape of book-making.

    Available Here

  • the prism and the rose

    the prism and the rose

    Poems by Schaeffer Lemalu (1983-2021)

    The debut collection from a great poet gone too soon.

    Available Here

  • A Bathful of Kawakawa

    This debut volume contains a number of the Hana Pera Aoake’s provocative texts, brought to life by use of the mid-20th Century typefaces designed by Samoan New Zealander Joseph Churchward.

    Available Here

  • Making Ways

    Through essays, interviews and photographs, this volume documents and reflects upon the Making Ways: Alternative Architectural exhibition and contextualizes the impetus toward ‘alternative’ forms of practice it captured. 

    Available Here

  • Walls to Live Beside

    Walls to Live Beside, Rooms to Own

    Auckland Art Gallery presents, three essays and biographies of all the exhibiting artists of the 2022 Chartwell Show, Walls to Live Beside, Rooms to Own.

    WINNER - Best exhibition catalogue 2023

    Available Here

  • The Blue Privilege - Te Kuia Moko

    The Blue Privilege - Te Kuia Moko

    Thirty-four Maori kuia – mothers, grandmothers, older relatives – are illustrated in this book, in colour reproductions from the paintings of Harry Sangl.

    Available Here

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    Art Toi

    Auckland Art Gallery Membership Magazine Publishing three times a year with lively commentary by a variety of writers, Art Toi keeps you up to date with all the Gallery’s activity.

    Available Here

  • Colin Mcahon A Journey

    Reflecting on the journey of one of Aotearoa’s most celebrated modernist artists, Gow Langsford is delighted to present a solo exhibition of works by Colin McCahon at the Onehunga flagship gallery.

    Available Here

  • Corbans Estate Arts Centre

    Published quarterly and available in print and digital editions . As a Corban Estate Arts Member you will receive access to both editions.

    Available Here