Books

Book Review: 'Te Whiti O Rongomai and the Resistance of Parihaka' by Danny Keenan. Reviewed by Harry Broad, published by Huia Publishers. Audio

'Shadows in the vineyard' by Maximilian Potter, published by Hachette. Audio

Reviewed by Ralph McAllister, published by Victoria University Press. Audio

A daughter carries her mother's ashes back to their homeland of Greece in 2007, and as she revisits old haunts, she finds out why her mother fled to New Zealand. Maggie Rainey-Smith's novel Daughters… Audio

New Zealand's first UNESCO City of Literature is hosting its debut Urban Dream Brokerage project. This is where empty retail spaces are made available as temporary art installations. The first exhibit… Audio, Gallery

He created some of New Zealand's best known images but few would recognise his name. Marcus King painted The Signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, as well as dozens of tourism posters portraying New… Audio, Gallery

Paul Janman and historian Scott Hamilton are going to be walking the Great South Road from the edge of King Country to the middle of Auckland. In all it will be around 200 kilometre and should take 10… Audio

Author of A Brief History of Seven Killings - it's a book that has created a sensation. Audio

'From the Cutting Room Floor of Barney Kettle' by Kate de Goldi, published by Longacre. 'Conrad Cooper's Last Stand' by Leonie Agnew, published by Penguin. Audio

Reviewed by Gyles Beckford, published by Ngaio Press. Audio

Reviewed by David Hill, published HarperCollins NZ. Audio

An Australian dietitian says older people are not eating properly - and some are malnourished - because they're dieting. Ngaire Hobbins is also a lecturer in dementia studies at the University of… Audio

They're all waiting for Awa to arrive. He's coming sooner than they thought but they've prepared a place for him. Audio

Today's book is History's People: Personalities and the Past, written by Margaret MacMillan, published by Text and reviewed by Lisa Finucane. Audio

The atlas game Mike used to play with his sister sees him take a tour of Fiordland National Park. Audio

Reviewed by Ralph McAllister, published by Orion. Audio

Gaybys, grumpy bus drivers, ANZAC day hype and assisted dying are all amongst blogs, memoirs and travelogues included in a new anthology: Tell You What 2016: Great New Zealand Nonfiction. Editors… Audio

John Wareham is a corporate consultant, prison reformer, novelist and poet. He has published widely in non-fiction, fiction, and poetry and his bestselling works include the how-to Secrets of a… Audio

Have you ever had an affair? Have you ever thought about having an affair? Trust, the first novel by screenwriter Mike Bullen, explores the lives of two couples falling in and out of love. Mike Bullen… Audio

Many of us have got into a taxi and instantly become engaged with the driver in a lengthy discussion about his or her life. Where are you from? What was your home country like? What do you think of… Audio