Catalogue by author
Rising from the Rubble: A health system's extraordinary response to the Canterbury earthquakes
November 2018
Merchant, Miner, Mandarin: The life and times of the remarkable Choie Sew Hoy
June 2020
Land Very Fertile: Banks Peninsula in poetry and prose
September 2008
Canterbury Foothills and Forests: A walking and tramping guide (Second edition)
November 2014, reprinted 2021
Lighting the Coast: A history of New Zealand's coastal lighthouse system
October 2006
New China Eyewitness: Roger Duff, Rewi Alley and the art of museum diplomacy
December 2017
The Land of Doing Without: Davey Gunn of the Hollyford
July 2007, reprinted 2007, 2008, 2015, 2018, 2022
From Gondwana to the Ice Age: The geological development of New Zealand over the last 100 million years
July 2020
Talking Baby: Helping your child discover language
November 2019, first published 2016
My Place: 'A Place in Time' 21st Century Documentary Project
January 2005
The Long Dream of Waking: New perspectives on Len Lye
November 2017
L'Offrande du Coeur: Medieval and early modern studies in honour of Glynnis Cropp
February 2004
Shaping a Colonial Church: Bishop Harper and the Anglican Diocese of Christchurch, 1856-1890
July 2006
The Rise and Fall of the Southern Alps
November 2002, reprinted 2016, 2020
Words at Work: An annotated bibliography of New Zealand trade union literature
October 2006
Southern Capital Christchurch: Towards a city biography 1850-2000
2000
The People's University: A centennial history of the Canterbury Workers' Educational Association 1915-2015
February 2015
The Long Dispute: Maori land rights and European colonisation in southern New Zealand
1997
The Ngai Tahu Deeds: A window on New Zealand history
March 2006, reprinted October 2021
Bonsai: Best small stories from Aotearoa New Zealand
August 2018
New Zealand Native Ground Cover Plants: A practical guide for gardeners and landscapers
November 2014
A Long Time Coming: The story of Ngāi Tahu’s treaty settlement negotiations with the Crown
October 2020
CSA: The radical, the reactionary and the Canterbury Society of Arts 1880–1996
November 2011
Cultural Interactions and Interpretations in a Global Age
April 2011
On a Saturday Night: Community halls of small-town New Zealand
November 2012
Living With Natives: New Zealanders talk about their love of native plants
July 2008
Yesterday's Dreams: International and critical perspectives on education and social class
October 2003
In the Public Interest: Essays in honour of Professor Keith Jackson
June 2009
Arthur Prior - A 'Young Progressive': Letters to Ursula Bethell and to Hugh Teague 1936-1941
October 2018
Models of Regional Governance: Sovereignty and the future architecture of regionalism
July 2008
New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity Volume 1: Kingdom Animalia Radiata, Lopotrochozoa, Deuteromstomia
June 2009
New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity Volume 2: Kingdom Animalia Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils
December 2010
New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity Volume 3: Kingdoms Bacteria, Protozoa, Chromista, Plantae, Fungi
March 2012
Letters to Grace: Writing Home from colonial New Zealand
April 2011
Ngaio Marsh's Hamlet: The 1943 production script
August 2019
On the Next Tide: Portraits and anecdotes of New Zealand fishermen and women
November 1998
The Canterbury Roll – A Digital Edition
December 2017
Life in the Estuary: Illustrated guide and ecology
November 2005
Treasures of the University of Canterbury Library
December 2011; Print edition available May 2012
Studying Temperate Marine Environments: A handbook for ecologists
December 1998
I Don't Believe in Murder: Standing up for peace in World War I Canterbury
July/August 2023
Mr Explorer Douglas: John Pascoe's New Zealand classic
April 2000, reprinted 2016, 2023
Pushing his Luck: Report of the expedition and death of Henry Whitcombe
May 2010
Threatened Plants of New Zealand
March 2010
Living Among the Northland Māori: Diary of Father Antoine Garin, 1844–1846
April 2019
Gamekeepers for the Nation: The story of New Zealand's acclimatisation societies, 1861-1990
1994
Murder on the Maungatapu: A narrative history of the Burgess Gang and their greatest crime
June 2016
Rape Myths as Barriers to Fair Trial Process: Comparing adult rape trials with those in the Aotearoa Sexual Violence Court Pilot
June 2020
Sand Forests: A historical perspective of the stabilisation and afforestation of coastal sands in New Zealand
May 1999
Steepland Forests: A historical perspective of protection forestry in New Zealand
1995
Policy-making Under Pressure: Rethinking the policy process in Aotearoa New Zealand
November 2021
Social Policy for Social Work and Human Services in Aotearoa New Zealand: Diverse perspectives
February 2016
Polar Castaways: The Ross Sea Party (1914-17) of Sir Ernest Shackleton
July 2004
The Reinvention of Everyday Life: Culture in the twenty-first century
September 2006
Figuring the Pacific: Aotearoa and Pacific cultural studies
December 2005
We Could be Heroes: The gods and heroes of the ancient Greeks and Romans
May 2017
Sociocultural Realities: Exploring new horizons
October 2015
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Maori Myth and Legend
1995, reprinted 1996, 1999, 2003
Inner Landscapes: 15 New Zealand artists with Canterbury connections
July 2009
Rapaki Wahine Whakamaumahara: Memories of the Rapaki branch Maori Women's Welfare League
July 2008
Animals in Emergencies: Learning from the Christchurch earthquakes
November 2014
Black Flu 1918: The story of New Zealand's worst public health disaster
September 2017
Cricketing Colonists: The Brittan Brothers in Early Canterbury
August 2015
From Tussocks to Tourists: The story of the central Canterbury high country
February 2007
Ngā Kōrero a Mohi Ruatapu: The writings of Mohi Ruatapu
1993, digital facsimile edition March 2020
Ngā Kōrero a Pita Kāpiti: The teachings of Pita Kāpiti
1997, digital facsimile edition March 2020
Keep in a Cool Place: The first winter at Vanda Station, Antarctica
August 2022
Ngā Hau e Whā o Tāwhirimātea: Culturally Responsive Teaching and Learning for the Tertiary Sector
February 2022
Provincial Perspectives: Essays in honour of W.J. Gardner
1980
Native by Design: Landscape design with New Zealand plants
September 2011, reprinted 2017
Tomorrow's Teachers: International and critical perspectives on teacher education
April 2000
Going Native: Growing and using New Zealand plants
December 2004, reprinted 2009
Water Rights for Ngāi Tahu: A discussion paper
November 2017, reprinted with new cover 2020
Understanding Violence: Context and practice in the human services
June 2013
A Checklist to New Zealand Birds, Frogs, Reptiles, Mammals and Butterflies
April 2007
Flight of the Huia: Ecology and conservation of New Zealand's frogs, reptiles, birds and mammals
April 2004
Polynesia, 900–1600: An overview of the history of Aotearoa, Rēkohu, and Rapa Nui
August 2021
Ready Money: The life of William Robinson of Hill River, South Australia, and Cheviot Hills, North Canterbury
October 2006
The Lost World of the Moa: Prehistoric life of New Zealand
August 2002
The Natural History of Canterbury
May 2008
Elisabeth McDonald
March 2023