'Part memoir and part masterclass in finding hope and joy in the face of unthinkable challenges. This isn't a book about cancer, it's a book about living.' - Jaquie Brown Dai Henwood wanted to be a comedian even before he knew what a comedian was. He always knew there was something special in being able to make people laugh - even when the world goes dark. In January 2023 Dai shared publicly that three years earlier he had been diagnosed with stage 4 bowel cancer. Perhaps the ultimate teacher for what really matters, his incurable cancer has shown him a new way of living that embraces small moments of perfection and cherishes things we often overlook. As well as showing us how laughter can be a wonderful medicine - and there are many laughs in his book - he teaches us that often the gifts we've been searching for are right in front of us, if only we could see them.

A guide to the spectacular oddities of the New Zealand forest, by the bestselling author of The Meaning of Trees and Secrets of the Sea
Deep in the forest, in places you would never think to look, are some of the most remarkable creatures. Overlooked and unsung, this is the forgotten forest: a world of glow-in-the-dark mushrooms and giant mosses, where slime moulds travel the forest in search of prey and ancient lichens live for thousands of years. 
Join bestselling author Robert Vennell on a walk through this fantastical forest, wandering through tales from history, science, and spirituality in search of these weird and wonderful species. Filled with beautiful historical artworks and illustrations, The Forgotten Forest is a celebration of the little things that pass us by and will forever transform a simple walk in the bush.

In my family, we never talked about the past... Since the age of twelve, Alison Mau wanted to be a journalist just like her dad. A beer-swilling, straight-talking man who was rough around the edges but could quote passages of Hamlet at will, he taught Ali everything from rabbit-hunting to throwing a punch and crafting a sharp sentence. Didn't matter that he complained loudly of his sexless marriage and put down the women in their social circle - these were just a mark of the times, Ali thought. Ali grew up in suburban Melbourne in the 1970s, and got her start in journalism at The Warracknabeal Herald, where the entire reporting staff of the eight-page gazette was female. But from there, Ali would go on to work in some of the most infamous and patriarchal Australian newsrooms of the 80s and 90s, including the Herald Sun, and Australia's top TV news station, Channel 9, under the notorious John Sorrel. When romance took her to New Zealand, Ali made a glittering career for herself as New Zealand's media darling of the early noughties, one half of the country's most recognizable news power-couple and going on to host shows such as Breakfast, Seven Sharp, Fair Go and RadioLIVE. Then one day Ali's sister called her out of the blue for a conversation forty years in the making. In this book, Ali recounts what happened when she reckoned with flashbacks of a buried past. She began to question her whole identity, and the reason she became a journalist. It set Ali on a new path for herself and for other survivors of sexual abuse. As the leading journalist for New Zealand's #MeToo movement, Ali was forced to ask the same questions so many others face: Am I strong enough to go through this? What does justice look like? This is an inspiring, personal and honest memoir about family, love, purpose, and rising from the ashes to re-discover yourself.

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​Walking from Bluff to Cape Reinga, award-winning journalist Naomi Arnold goes in search of New Zealand. Walking from Bluff, at the bottom of the South Island, to Cape Reinga, at the top of the North Island, award-winning journalist Naomi Arnold spends nearly nine months following Te Araroa, fulfilling a 20-year dream. Alone, she traverses mountains, rivers, cities and plains from summer to spring, walking on through days of thick mud, blazing sun, lightning storms, and cold, starlit nights. Along the way she encounters colourful locals and travellers who delight and inspire her. An upbeat, fascinating, and inspiring memoir of the joys and pains found in the wilderness, solitude, friendship, and love.

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