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Illustrated Non-Fiction
Tuai: A Traveller in Two Worlds
Alison Jones and Kuni Kaa Jenkins Published by Bridget Williams Books
Tuai: A Traveller in Two Worlds presents an evocative picture of young Māori travelling to England, their encounters with people, illness and industry there, and their return home. Tuai is empathetically written, deftly allowing the
reader a window into this contested time of encounter, conversion and enterprise
as people met, traded, interacted and travelled. The text and illustrations work
in concert, presenting a rounded and rich experience for the reader, enhancing the breadth and depth of the research explored within.
Gordon Walters: New Vision
Zara Stanhope (commissioning editor), Lucy Hammonds, Laurence Simmons and Julia Waite Published by Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki and Dunedin Public Art Gallery
This generously illustrated and beautifully designed book provides a close examination of the work of one of New Zealand’s major artists. Nine authors in eight chapters help us see Gordon Walters with the ‘new vision’ of the title. An artist engaged in international art explorations as well as drawing on his home
environment, Walters’ abstraction explored
‘the tension between interconnected forms’. Readers will come to a
new appreciation of the deep currents of the art world to which Walters was responding with dedication and great re nement.
Tōtara: A Natural and Cultural History
Philip Simpson
Published by Auckland University Press
The signi cance of tōtara to tāngata whenua
sets the scene for Tōtara: A Natural and Cultural History. Tōtara is engagingly written, and contains a great breadth of content, spanning taxonomy to cultural history. Philip Simpson covers the tree’s place within the wider podocarp whānau, its importance to Māori, then settlers, and the
enduring place it holds within Aotearoa. The illustrations are varied, signalling the variety
of communities that the book represents: sleek photography, handy infographics, and amateur photography. Like the tree itself, this book will be a long-lasting resource.
The Face of Nature: An
Environmental History of
the Otago Peninsula
Jonathan West
Published by Otago University Press
Through an in-depth case study of the Otago Peninsula, The Face of Nature charts human impact on the environment. From its occupation by Southern Māori from the late thirteenth century, a place rich in seabirds, seals, whales and
sh successively became a hunting ground and then farmland. In this superb local history, Jonathan West pulls the reader into
a much larger story about resource use and colonial capitalism. The beautifully produced illustrations serve to enhance the reader’s understanding of the impact of settlement.
Judges: Matariki Williams, Barbara Brookes and Kim Paton
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