Otago University Press publishes books of scholarly and cultural significance that enrich our society. We produce a range of quality non-fiction books on New Zealand and the Pacific, focusing on history, Māori/Pacific, natural history, contemporary issues, biography/memoir, essays and creative non-fiction, literature and the arts.
Otago University Press also publishes a small amount of poetry as well as Landfall, New Zealand's longest-running and leading journal of new writing and art.
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Power to Win
Power to Win tells the story of the living wage movement in Aotearoa New Zealand...
![Echoes from Hawaiki cover](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0034/559078/Echoes-of-Hawaiki-cover-website.jpg)
Echoes from Hawaiki
Echoes from Hawaiki is a comprehensive account of taonga pūoro ancestral musical...
![Landfall 247 cover](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0040/558895/LF-247-front-cover-website.jpg)
Landfall 247: Autumn 2024
Landfall is Aotearoa’s longest-running arts and literary journal. Each volume br...
![Meantime cover](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0034/558745/Meantime-front-cover-website.jpg)
Meantime
During the Covid-19 pandemic, eighteen thousand uncrossable kilometres lay betwe...
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Heart Stood Still
Heart Stood Still is an eco-memoir and a lyrical portrait of Manawatū, Aotearoa....
![Bob Crowder book cover.](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0027/510696/Morris-Crowder-cover-website.jpg)
Bob Crowder: A New Zealand organics pioneer
Bob Crowder: A New Zealand organics pioneer tells the story of Bob Crowder, a le...
![Book cover with the title](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0026/501587/Traditional-Lifeways-of-the-Southern-Maori-cover.jpg)
Traditional Lifeways of the Southern Māori
Traditional Lifeways of the Southern Māori was the major field project undertake...
![Landfall 246 cover. A woman with long brown hair and cornflower flowers](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0020/501626/Landfall246-cover-image-226.jpg)
Landfall 246
Edited by Lynley Edmeades Announces the winner of the 2023 Landfall Essay Compe...
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History of New Zealand and its Inhabitants
Dom Felice Vaggioli Translated by John Crockett
![Book cover depicting photo of Robert Lord sitting in a deck chair next to his dog.](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0028/506971/Robert-Lord-Diaries-thumbnail.jpg)
Robert Lord Diaries
Chris Brickell, Vanessa Manhire and Nonnita Rees
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When I Reach for Your Pulse
Rushi Vyas
![Tung cover image: textured oil painting in mint and white, oval in shape that resembles a open mouth.](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0031/506974/Tung-cover-thumbnail.jpg)
Tung
Robyn Maree Pickens
![Strong Words 3 image artistically dipicting several sections of text focussed on central point.](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0029/506972/Strong-Words-3-Cover-thumbnail.jpg)
Strong Words 3
Emma Neale and Lynley Edmeades
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At the Point of Seeing
Megan Kitching
![LF 245 cover website](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0028/248734/lf-245-cover-website-0242454.jpg)
Landfall 245: Autumn 2023
Lynley Edmeades
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All events04 July 2024
6:00pm to 7:30pm
Book launch (Wellington): Power to Win by Lyndy McIntyre
Unity Books Wellington, 57 Willis Street, Wellington Central, Wellington 6011
08 July 2024
5:30pm to 7:00pm
Book launch (Christchurch): Power to Win by Lyndy McIntyre
Scorpio Books Christchurch, 120 Hereford Street, Christchurch
18 July 2024
12:30pm to 1:30pm
Author talk (Wellington): Heart Stood Still by Miriam Sharland
Unity Books Wellington, 57 Willis Street, Wellington