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Dear Colin, Dear Ron

The Selected Letters of Colin McCahon and Ron O’Reilly, by Peter Simpson A LONG FRIENDSHIP IN ART AND IDEAS THROUGH LETTERS A substantial new book by esteemed Colin McCahon scholar Peter Simpson, and which is to be published by Te Papa Press in March, shines a light on one of the most remarkable relationships in…

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Te Ata o Tū – Unique Insight into the New Zealand Wars

Te Ata o Tū The Shadow of Tūmatauenga  The New Zealand Wars Collections of Te Papa Matiu Baker, Katie Cooper, Michael Fitzgerald and Rebecca Rice In March 2024 Te Papa Press will release Te Ata o Tū The Shadow of Tūmatauenga: The New Zealand Wars Collections of Te Papa, a major book that it hopes will…

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Bird Life

Bird Life, the second novel by Booker Prize longlisted author Anna Smaill, is a lyrical and ambitious exploration of madness and what it is like to experience the world differently. ‘Bird Life explores the moment when lives derail – and the causes behind it. What drives that instant when a path veers off in a…

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The Vanishing Point

A dazzling and spellbinding debut about a mysterious painting, the secrets it keeps, and the two women connected across centuries by a quest to discover the truth – for readers of Geraldine Brooks, Tracy Chevalier and Maggie O’Farrell. “I’d like TheVanishing Point to encourage the reader’s sense of curiosity about art in a way that is fun…

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‘Disturbing, smart and funny as hell’ novel wins country’s richest writing prize

Internationally acclaimed New Zealand writer Emily Perkins MNZM has won the $65,000 Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction at the 2024 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards for Lioness – a smart, multi-layered, laugh-out-loud novel exploring wealth, class and female mid-life reckoning. Ms Perkins received the award ahead of Booker-Prize winning author and screenwriter Eleanor Catton…

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New iwi and telehealth partnership a major milestone for Māori

A landmark partnership between iwi and Māori health providers Te Hau Ora o Ngāpuhi, Te Taiwhenua o Heretaunga, Te Arawa Lakes Trust and Whakarongorau Aotearoa // New Zealand Telehealth Services marks the next stage of designing and delivering equitable health outcomes for priority communities. The joint venture, called Taki-o-Autahi, was signed by the chiefs of…

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