Reviews
Authors: Buschmann Rainer F. , Banrevi Bernadett , Aitken Tom , Thode-Arora Hilke , Simanu-Klutz Fata , Bryant-Tokalau Jenny , Smith Roy , Quanchi Max , Winkler Krzysztof , Davy Daniel , Winkler Krzysztof , Valle Paola Della , Ackland Michael , Napoli Valentina , Leotta Alfio , Aitken Tom 
Published: March 2017

WINDING UP THE BRITISH EMPIRE IN THE PACIFIC ISLANDS, W. DAVID MCINTYRE (2014) Oxford: Oxford University Press, 278 pp., ISBN 978 0 1987 0243 6 (hbk), US$105

TANGATA WHENUA: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY, ATHOLL ANDERSON, JUDITH BINNEY AND AROHA HARRIS (2014) Wellington: Bridget Williams Books, 544 pp., ISBN 978 1 9271 3141 1 (hbk), NZ$99.99

PĒWHAIRANGI: BAY OF ISLANDS MISSIONS AND MĀORI 1814 TO 1845, ANGELA MIDDLETON (2014) Dunedin: Otago University Press, 342 pp., ISBN 978 1 8775 7853 3 (pbk), NZ$50

NIUE 1774–1974: 200 YEARS OF CONTACT AND CHANGE, MARGARET POINTER (2015) Dunedin: Otago University Press, 384 pp., ISBN 978 1 8775 7895 3 (pbk), NZ$50

SAMOA’S JOURNEY 1962–2012: ASPECTS OF HISTORY, LEASIOLAGI MALAMA MELEISEA, ELLIE MELEISEA AND PENELOPE SCHOEFFEL (EDS) (2012) Wellington: Victoria University Press, 245 pp., ISBN 978 0 8647 3835 6 (pbk), US$40

CLIMATE CHANGE AND TRADITION IN A SMALL ISLAND STATE: THE RISING TIDE, PETER RUDIAK-GOULD (2013) Abingdon: Routledge, 226 pp., ISBN 978 0 4158 3249 6 (hbk), £90

A FARAWAY, FAMILIAR PLACE: AN ANTHROPOLOGIST RETURNS TO PAPUA NEW GUINEA, MICHAEL FRENCH SMITH (2013) Honolulu: University of Hawai’i Press, 248 pp., ISBN: 978 0 8248 5344 0 (pbk), US$25

THE PACIFIC WAR: AFTERMATHS, REMEMBRANCE AND CULTURE, CHRISTINA TWOMEY AND ERNEST KOH (EDS) (2015) London: Routledge, 300 pp., ISBN 978 0 4157 4064 7 (hbk), £95

CALLS TO ARMS: NEW ZEALAND SOCIETY AND COMMITMENT TO THE GREAT WAR, STEVEN LOVERIDGE (2014) Wellington: Victoria University Press, 332 pp., ISBN 978 0 8647 3967 4 (pbk), NZ$40

WHITE GHOSTS, YELLOW PERIL: CHINA AND NEW ZEALAND 1790–1950, STEVAN ELDRED-GRIGG WITH ZENG DAZHENG (2014) Dunedin: Otago University Press, 384 pp., ISBN 978 1 8775 7865 6 (pbk), NZ$55

A BLIGHTED FAME: GEORGE S. EVANS 1802–1868. A LIFE, HELEN RIDDIFORD (2014) Wellington: Victoria University Press, 544 pp., ISBN 978 0 8647 3896 7 (hbk), NZ$60

THE HEALTHY COUNTRY? A HISTORY OF LIFE AND DEATH IN NEW ZEALAND, ALISTAIR WOODWARD AND TONY BLAKELY (2014) Auckland: Auckland University Press, 320 pp., ISBN 978 1 86940 813 8 (pbk), NZ$49.99

THE CAPTAIN AND ‘THE CANNIBAL’: AN EPIC STORY OF EXPLORATION, KIDNAPPING, AND THE BROADWAY STAGE, JAMES FAIRHEAD (2015) New Haven & London: Yale University Press, 392 pp., ISBN 978 0 3001 9877 5 (hbk), £25

MAURICE GEE, A LITERARY COMPANION: THE FICTION FOR YOUNG READERS, ELIZABETH HALE (ED.) (2014) Otago: Otago University Press, 208 pp., ISBN 978 1 8775 7884 7 (pbk), NZ$45

UN UOMO SOLO, JOHN MULGAN, MARINELLA ROCCA LONGO (ED.), VALENTINA NAPOLI (TRANS.) (2015) Rome: Edizioni Kappa, 214 pp., ISBN 978 8 8651 4219 6 (pbk), €18

BAREFOOT YEARS, MARTIN EDMOND (2014) Wellington: Bridget Williams Books, 100 pp., ISBN 978 1 9272 7767 6 (pbk), NZ$14.99

CREEKS AND KITCHENS: A CHILDHOOD MEMOIR, MAURICE GEE (2014) Wellington: Bridget Williams Books, 52 pp., ISBN 978 1 9272 7743 0 (pbk), NZ$14.99

GEERING AND GOD: 1965–71. THE HERESY TRIAL THAT DIVIDED NEW ZEALAND, LLOYD GEERING (2014) Wellington: Bridget Williams Books, 92 pp., ISBN 978 1 9272 7759 1 (pbk), NZ$14.99

HAERENGA: EARLY MĀORI JOURNEYS ACROSS THE GLOBE, VINCENT O’MALLEY (2015) Wellington: Bridget Williams Books, 168 pp., ISBN 978 0 9083 2119 3 (pbk), NZ$14.99

THE INEQUALITY DEBATE: AN INTRODUCTION, MAX RASHBROOKE (2014) Wellington: Bridget Williams Books, 104 pp., ISBN 978 1 9272 7745 4 (pbk), NZ$14.99

NEW MYTHS AND OLD POLITICS: THE WAITANGI TRIBUNAL AND THE CHALLENGE OF TRADITION, TIPENE O’REGAN (2014) Wellington: Bridget Williams Books, 76 pp., ISBN 978 1 9272 7766 9 (pbk), NZ$14.99

ON COMING HOME, PAULA MORRIS (2015) Wellington: Bridget Williams Books, 96 pp., ISBN 978 0 9083 2111 7 (pbk), NZ$14.99

THE PIKETTY PHENOMENON, NEW ZEALAND PERSPECTIVES (2014) Wellington: Bridget Williams Books, 192 pp., ISBN 978 1 9272 7771 3 (pbk), NZ$14.99