By Kita Mean, Read by Kita Mean
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The hilarious tell-all memoir by the first winner of RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under
Hailing from a sleepy eastern suburb of Auckland, Nick Nash grew up feeling like he stood out for all the wrong reasons. It wasn't until he experimented with the art of drag that he found freedom in his fierce and confident alter-ego, Kita Mean. From wild nights partying like there was no tomorrow, to scrounging together delightfully camp costumes on a shoestring budget, buying an iconic cabaret bar with bestie Anita Wigl'it, and competing on the global stage alongside Kiwi and Aussie drag legends in the first season of RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under, Kita shares behind-the-scenes goss and important life lessons - many learned the hard way - about fighting your demons and being proud of your most authentic self.
Bursting with outrageous style and cheek, Life in Lashes is a memoir of a lost boy who found salvation as a drag queen, learned to love herself, and went on to share her fabulousness with the world.

The world's first auto-song-ography! Linn Lorkin sat at a piano so that she could read her memoir playing and singing as she went. The result is an audiobook that will make you laugh and cry ... and tap your feet. It’s the fabulously entertaining tale of a farm-girl from New Zealand, a country with no show-business culture whatsoever (at the time), who forges her own path and ends up playing and singing in some of the glittering capitals of the world. A colourful, funny, at times almost unbelievable, story – witness her first professional gig singing for prostitutes and sailors in Copenhagen and her stint in a dire Naples prison – is brought to life by this born performer’s own voice and snippets of her own songs. Prepare to fall in love with Linn Lorkin, her story and her music.


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*Just search Linn Lorkin at your library service of choice.

*Just search The Dark That Dwells Beneath Te Aro at your library service of choice.

Do you take life too seriously even though you know it is so temporary…….? Have you found yourself postponing the things that you really want to do……….? Do you ever wish you could enjoy your work a little more or wonder where to find purpose, happiness, or just contentment?
Signing off on an exhilarating 35-year-long career in managing hotels, Rahul drew a line in the sand and repurposed. This mindset to contentment is explored and challenged in this ‘why to’ rather than ‘how to' book. Here in his third publication, he takes a deep dive into perspective in life and the joy of philanthropy as he takes you on a journey to disrupt the norm and be part of something bigger than yourself.
Is it wise to postpone so many of the things that make our heart sing, to sometime later on when there is no guarantee that such a time will come for you and what state of mind or health you will be in? Repurpose, the realignment of life to create a purpose, maybe the answer and that can be done at any time. The key message is not to postpone anything that is important to you!
This book will help readers in their twenties right across to their sixties and beyond to think about the bigger picture, as they ponder the thought-provoking questions at the end of some chapters and the disruptive challenges at the end of others. The emotions and complexities of our lives are balanced against the practicalities of real-life financials The very last chapter reviews the meaning of life with perspectives from the world’s great intellectual traditions, intricately blended in with the author's own references.

New Zealand bilingual children’s picture books and audiobooks in English and Te Reo Māori.​
Nana’s Shed Books Read-Along Audiobooks are a collection of child-centred stories that provide opportunity for growing readers to hear, first-hand, what fluent reading in English and te reo Māori should sound like.

The narrations model how each story should sound, by incorporating proper pacing, the intonations of reading, and how punctuation should sound. They also provide growing readers with an expanding vocabulary and help to improve reading accuracy, fluency and speed - skills that are key to future success in independent reading, and in reading aloud.

The Nana’s Shed Books Read-Along Audiobook collection complements the matching hard copy collection. Using the two together allows growing readers to utilise the visual clues embedded in the illustrations, while following the words on the page with their eyes, listening to the words being read to them, learning to pronounce new words, and responding to the ruru call to turn the page.
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The added benefit of Nana’s Shed Books Read-Along Audiobooks is that they can be listened to in all manner of situations; on long car trips, on wet days, while also supporting the development of reading skills, including language comprehension, the ability to understand and retain information, and the thrill of reading independence.

*Just Search Marie Munro at your library service of choice.

​After spending many years in the corporate world, during which time he became aware of how easy it is to become trapped in an unsatisfying workplace, Brett Ashley is clear that the most important lesson he learned involved creating an environment in which everyone thrived. Although he didn’t always have the support of his employers, he persevered and before long senior management could see that the structures he put in place not only brought increased profits, but also greater job satisfaction for everyone in his team. ‘The Key to Unlocking Your Potential’ takes a refreshing approach to making the most of every day at work, especially for those tasked with getting the best from their team, as well as making fascinating and valuable reading for anyone who feels ‘locked’ into their job.
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A fun fantasy action-adventure set in the South Pacific. Kiri, Jed, and twins Emma and Ethan discover an ‘elastic’ island that sends them pinging across the ocean to a variety of destinations. Bob the Blue-Footed Booby is running a flying school at Flip Flop Bay, which sounded like fun until the children discovered that this means dressing in weird costumes and launching themselves off the end of the wharf. It’s the latest silly idea in a series of doomed ventures from Bob the Blue-Footed Booby, who is trying to save their small fishing village from closure. Can the children come up with an idea that will save the island and its kooky inhabitants? And what about the complication of The Dastardly Captain Crook? Suitable for children 8 - 12 years MOVIE/ TV RIGHTS OPTIONED BY FUZZY DUCKLING MEDIA!

In this beautiful and transformative book, 24 Māori academics share their personal journeys, revealing what being Māori has meant for them in their work. Their perspectives provide insight for all New Zealanders into how mātauranga is positively influencing the Western-dominated disciplines of knowledge in the research sector. It is a shameful fact, says co-editor Jacinta Ruru in her introduction to Nga Kete Mātauranga, that in 2020, only about 5 percent of academic staff at universities in Aotearoa New Zealand are Māori. Tertiary institutions have for the most part been hostile places for Indigenous students and staff, and this book is an important call for action. ‘It is well past time that our country seriously commits to decolonising the tertiary workforce, curriculum and research agenda,’ writes Professor Ruru

*Just search NGĀ KETE MĀTAURANGA at your library service of choice.