With complete bibliographic information on titles from New Zealand & the Pacific Islands, this is an essential guide to the publishing industry in the Pacific. Entries are indexed by title, publisher, & subject. Also included are a book trade FAX directory, all literary awards, association addresses, bookseller, libraries & more.

A guide to print culture in Aotearoa, the impact of the book and other forms of print on New Zealand. This collection of essays by many contributors looks at the effect of print on Maori and their oral traditions, printing, publishing, bookselling, libraries, buying and collecting, readers and reading, awards, and the print culture of many other language groups in New Zealand.

An extensive guide to current conventions of written English - an invaluable resource for anyone involved in preparing or presenting work for publication in print or on the web. Topics include capitalisation, italics, division of words and treatment of numbers. Thue use of Maori in English-language texts, non-discriminatory language and emails are discussed. Differences between the use of English in New Zealand and America are identified. Editing markup and preparing copy are illustrated. A combined index/glossary provide a quick reference tool.

As a group of islands in the far south-west Pacific Ocean, New Zealand has a history that is steeped in the sea. Its people have encountered the sea in many different ways: along the coast, in port, on ships, beneath the waves, behind a camera, and in the realm of the imagination. While New Zealanders have continually altered their marine environments, the ocean, too, has influenced their lives. A multi-disciplinary work encompassing history, marine science, archaeology and visual culture, New Zealand and the Sea explores New Zealand’s varied relationship with the sea, challenging the conventional view that history unfolds on land. Leading and emerging scholars highlight the dynamic, ocean-centred history of these islands and their inhabitants, offering fascinating new perspectives on New Zealand’s pasts. ‘The ocean has profoundly shaped culture across this narrow archipelago . . . The meeting of land and sea is central in historical accounts of Polynesian discovery and colonisation; European exploratory voyaging; sealing, whaling and the littoral communities that supported these plural occupations; and the mass migrant passage from Britain.’ – Frances Steel