Mad on Meth - How New Zealand Got Hooked on P by Benedict Collins
40.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Current Affairs
The eye-opening evolution of crystal meth in New Zealand and what can be done about it Only fifty years ago in New Zealand, methamphetamine was a publicly prescribed drug used as widely as by housewives, shift workers, students, and anybody looking to party. Legal for decades, meth was about to undergo ...Show more
Time of Useful Consciousness : Acting Urgently on Climate Change (BWB Texts) by Ralph Chapman
15.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Current Affairs | Series: BWB Texts | Reading Level: very good
'The bottom line question is: what actions in this time period are truly vital, and will we take them?' Our climate is changing, in ways that will have long-term impacts for us and for our children. Yet still we fail to take meaningful action. Why? And when will it be too late? Ralph Chapman argues ...Show more
Going Places : Migration, Economics and the Future of New Zealand (BWB Texts) by Julie Fry
18.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Current Affairs | Series: BWB Texts | Reading Level: Very Good
Migration and the movement of people is one of the critical issues confronting the world's nations in the twenty-first-century. This book is about the economic contribution of migration to and from New Zealand, one of the most frequently discussed aspects of the debate. Can immigration, in economic ter ...Show more
Under the Weather: A Future Forecast for New Zealand by James Renwick
40.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Current Affairs
The must-read book on what New Zealand's changing climate means for our everyday lives. A warmer world will change more than just our weather patterns. It will change the look of the land around us, what grows and lives on it - including us. In this must-read book, Professor James Renwick untangles how ...Show more
Climate Aotearoa: What's Happening and What We Can Do About It by Helen Clark
40.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Current Affairs
The science on climate change in Aotearoa New Zealand now and in the future, and what changes we all need to make. Contributions from a range of climate scientists and commentators Rob Bell, Jason Boberg, Adelia Hallett, Sophie Handford, Rhys Jones, Haylee Koroi, Matt McGlone, Jamie Morton, Rod Oram, Ji ...Show more
The China Tightrope - Navigating New Zealand's Relationship with a World Superpower by Sam Sachdeva
37.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Current Affairs | Reading Level: near fine
An incisive analysis of the flashpoints of the New Zealand-China relationship. As foreign affairs minister Nanaia Mahuta has cautioned, we are moving beyond a 'relationship of firsts' into new territory – and the terrain is more treacherous than ever. The China Tightrope offers unique analysis and ins ...Show more
The Piketty Phenomenon - New Zealand Perspectives (BWB Texts)
15.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Current Affairs | Series: BWB Texts | Reading Level: very good
Few books have had the global impact of Thomas Piketty's Capital in the Twenty-First Century. An overnight bestseller, Piketty's assessment that inherited wealth will always grow faster, on average, than earned wealth has energised debate. Hailed as 'bigger than Marx' (The Economist) or dismissed as 'me ...Show more
Re-Food: Exploring the troubled food system of Aotearoa New Zealand by Emily King
45.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Current Affairs
In Re-food Emily King advocates for a food systems approach to help the troubled food networks of Aotearoa New Zealand - one that takes into account the processes from the farm to the family table. She looks at the best ways forward to address challenges we face with soils, waterways, climate change, f ...Show more
Running on Empty: Antidepressants and Youth Suicide, A New Zealand Review by Richard Vernall
30.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Current Affairs
Running on Empty reviews the incidence of youth suicide (14–25 years) since the 1980s in New Zealand, the cost of youth suicide to society, the incidence of mental health in young New Zealanders and the prescription of antidepressants to combat depression and anxiety in young people. Despite the prescr ...Show more