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  • Before You Knew My Name

    By Jacqueline Bublitz
    3 stars

    Two women who come from different places and are both escaping their pasts arrive in New York at the same time. Ruby discovers the body of 18 year old Alice. Ruby wants to discover who the real Alice is and in doing so helps to find the killer, while Alice tries to help Ruby.

  • Barefoot

    By R V Bayley
    2 stars

    Adelaide escaping a strict childhood meets and marries John. A love story between John who is shipped off to Egypt during WWII and Adelaide in NZ. His letters bring to life his time in Egypt and Greece, while Adelaide becomes involved in various war-time organisations at home. She was notified that John was killed, but he was found and returned home where Adelaide helped him to adapt to his injuries.

  • If You Can See Me Now

    By Cecelia Ahern
    5 stars

    An imaginary friend, Ivan, comes to help six year old Luke, but ends up helping his Aunt Elizabeth too. She has to deal with the effects of her mother leaving when she was a child and her sister's alcohol issues and disappearance. Ivan can be seen by Luke and Elizabeth, but Elizabeth thinks everyone can see him. Ivan helps Elizabeth but also learns things himself as he falls for her.

  • Te Tiriti O Waitangi

    By Toby Morris with Ross Calman and Mark Derby
    5 stars

    Read this pukapuka in te reo Māori, then flip it over and read it in English. A good graphic novel style pukapuka with lots of information.

  • My Brilliant Sister

    By Amy Brown
    1 stars

    I found this book really hard to get into and understand.

  • Kiwis at War 1915 Wounds of War

    By Diana Menefy
    5 stars

    A good look into the part NZ nurses played in WWI. The story is told from the perspective of two cousins, Mel and Harriet, who join the NZ Army Nursing Service and head off on a hospital ship to Egypt. It tells of the horrors nurses faced in treating wounded soldiers and the grief in losing loved ones through fighting or when ships were sunk.

  • Adventures with Emilie

    By Victoria Bruce
    4 stars

    Victoria takes us along on a journey with her and her seven year old daughter, Emilie, as they walk Te Araroa trail. She tells us of some of the ups and downs of the trail but also of her traumatic child/adulthood and her attempts, by reconnecting with nature, to deal with her PTSD.

  • Inside the Medium

    By Kelvin Cruickshank
    5 stars

    Kelvin shares stories about his life and the people he reads for. Also included are stories from his whānau and friends about the type of person he is and the work he does.

  • All That We Own Know

    By Shilo Kino
    5 stars

    This book is about a young woman fighting against colonisation. It covers many issues including pākehā learning te reo māori, relationships, not judging people by the cover but by who they actually are, religion, being gay, and learning te reo māori is more than just learning the words - its rongoa, identity and connections/relationships. One thing that stood out was that Māori should be learning kōrero tuku iho (stories passed down) but instead are using their energy to defend themselves and why they belong here.

  • The House on Hope Street

    By Danielle Steel
    4 stars

    This story is about Liz who loses her husband in a shooting on Christmas day and the effects on herself and her children. She unexpectedly meets a man and has to re-evaluate want she wants from her job and her personal life. An easy holiday read.

  • The Accidental Teacher

    By Tim Heath
    3 stars

    This book was different to what I expected it to be, but an okay read all the same. Tim Heath a former kaiako/tumuaki takes us through journey in the education industry. He includes some basic methods he used which often went against the powers that be and/or whānau. Easily related to some of the tangata and situaions he talks of.

  • Now You See Her

    By Linda Howard
    4 stars

    An artist starts to see ghosts of people she knows who have died, gets the chill and sleep paints the person and/or their death scene before knowing what had happened to them. The race is on to finish her latest painting to help save the next victim and find the killer(s) with the help of her new love interest.

  • Deception

    By Lesley Pearse
    4 stars

    Alice is approached by her (unknown) birth father following the death of her mother. This sparks a search to find the truth about her mother's past which she had kept hidden, what shaped her life and to understand who she really was as a person.

  • Epitaph

    By Paul Gittins
    4 stars

    Paul searches out the stories behind epitaphs on headstones around the country. This was also a series on NZ t.v. circa 1990's that I enjoyed watching. An interesting way to share our untold history.

  • The Accidental Husband

    By Jane Green
    3 stars

    Two families on opposite coasts unknowingly share a common link. They work through the consequences once the link is discovered to become friends. Also works through dealing with a teenager with an eating disorder. An easy holiday read.

  • Privilege in Perpetuity Exploring a Pākehā Myth

    By Peter Meihana
    3 stars

    Tēnei pukapuka explores the myth that 'Māori are privileged". The colonies wanted what Māori had - whenua. Peter takes us through our history and the many thoughts, policies and legislation that were used to dispossess Māori of their whenua and assimilate them into pākehā society under the guise of protecting them. He also talks of how the Māori seats in parliament originated. He pai pukapuka to add to the kete of mātauranga.

  • Speaking My Language Te Kōrero i Tōku Reo

    By Mike McRoberts
    5 stars

    This pukapuka was hard to put down once I started reading it. I was able to make many connections to Mike's kōrero and inspires me to keep on my own te reo haerengā. Mike takes us through his personal journey to learn te reo māori and reclaim his identity as Māori. He talks of tāngata me ngā mea that shape(d) his life, the impacts that te aō Māori has on his life and how his career was/is impacted. He gives good explanations of kupu, concepts, Māori history and way of life including Te Tiriti, He gives tips to those who are on their own te reo journey - these could also apply to other journeys in life for Māori and non-Māori.

  • Eleanor's Secret

    By Caroline Beecham
    3 stars

    In 2010 Eleanor seeks the help of her grand-daughter, Kathryn, to help her search for Jack, who she has been unable to locate since he headed overseas to work as a war artist in 1943. The story flips between Eleanor telling her life story as an aspiring artist and employee of War Artists Advisory Committee and meeting the artist Jack in 1942 and Kathryn's research in trying to find the elusive Jack and the hidden secrets that are revealed.

  • David & Goliath Underdogs, Misfits and the Art of Battling Giants

    By Malcolm Gladwell
    3 stars

    This pukapuka was recommended to me by a former workmate. This book starts with the story of the battle between David and Goliath. It then goes on to look at different real-life events and how handling the issue from the 'David' standpoint could have been/was better than tackling 'Goliath' head on in the same manner. The book gives plenty of food for thought as to how we look at issues that arise and how we could look for other ways to solve them, and how we stereotype people and/or their disability. This book also has an education slant as the author looks into studies on class sizes, dsylexia and choice of universities. Lots of footnotes which distracted me from the main text when reading.

  • Someone Else's Shoes

    By Jojo Moyes
    5 stars

    Another great read by this author. Kept reading and wondering when and how the main characters would meet and how the major problem would be solved.

  • Untouchable Girls, The Topp Twins' Story

    By Jools and Lynda Topp
    5 stars

    Jules and Lynda take us back through their life stories including some of the people, places and events that shaped the lives of these two amazing kiwii icons. This book stirred memories of watching them on tv, their movie and some of the people and events the write about.

  • Bush Capers Villains, Visitors and Victory

    By Tony Seatter
    5 stars

    A lovely story told from the creatues (birds, pig, hedgehog, stoats and dog) perspectives. Uses lots of great descriptions, terms and slang. The creatures are named after local place names.

  • Mission Girl

    By Fleur Beale
    5 stars

    Atapō , a Māori girl, is forced by her grandmother to leave her village to save her life. She wants Atapō to go to the missionary to learn the way of the pākehā then return to her kāinga to lead her people. A novel aimed at rangatahi giving insight into life around the time of the Treaty signing.

  • The family gift

    By Cathy Kelly
    3 stars

    An easy read. A woman struggles to overcome being mugged while dealing with everyday life and feeling she has to manage everyone and everything herself.

  • Silent Boy

    By Tory Hayden
    3 stars

    A psychologist is called in to work with a teen with elective mutism following child abuse and many years of institutionalisation. A moving story reminding us to look beneath the behaviour to find the cause so the child can be built up thereby changing the behaviour. Also everyone wants to feel important to and/or loved by someone.

  • Listen to Spirit

    By Kelvin Cruickshank
    5 stars

    Kelvin links the living world to the spirit world. This can bring peace to people and life lessons for us all.

  • Tangi

    By Witi Ihimaera
    3 stars

    A gentle intro to tangihanga tikanga as Tama returns to his hou kāinga for his fathers tangihanga. Tënei pukapuka looks at the choice he must make as the oldest child/son in regards to who will now take care of the whānau and whenua.

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