Bridget Williams Books

The Treaty of Waitangi Collection brings together leading thinking on this foundational document, including works by acclaimed scholars such as Claudia Orange, Judith Binney, Vincent O’Malley, Alan Ward and Aroha Harris. 

The New Zealand History Collection provides complete online access to a major, authoritative resource – over thirty years of award-winning history and biography publishing from Bridget Williams Books. Comprising over ninety titles, with more to come.

The BWB Texts Collection provides complete online access to this acclaimed series of short books on big New Zealand subjects. Packed full of fresh thinking, ideas and critical analysis.

The Critical Issues Collection provides complete online access to high-quality books addressing the big issues facing New Zealand today. The Collection’s authors make this an unprecedented guide to New Zealand’s future in a turbulent world. 

The New Zealand Sign Language Collection provides online access to BWB’s reference publishing and accounts of Deaf experience. The Collection launches with two important works freshly rendered using rich multimedia and visuals.

The Women’s Studies Collection provides complete online access to a rich area of New Zealand publishing– ground-breaking books on women’s issues, lives and histories. Significant biographies enrich the historical narrative, alongside key works on politics, economics and feminism.

Te Pouhere Kōrero 10 focuses on the new history curricula launched across all schools in Aotearoa New Zealand in 2023. A number of Pouhere historians have been involved in this process as advisors, writers and developers. The editors of this volume had a particular engagement throughout, and other contributors bring significant expertise in different areas, from knowledge in place-based pedagogy and iwi approaches to the teaching of the past, citizenship education and Te Tiriti.