After Winter Comes the Summer

Pūhoi’s musical heritage in song, rhyme and dance

A treasury of unique folk songs sung in the Deitsch language

New Zealand’s German-Bohemian settlers have played, sung and danced to the music, songs and rhymes collected in this treasury of folk music for over 150 years.

Sung in their dialect and played with traditional instruments, this music is a unique link between New Zealand and Bohemia, now part of Czechoslovakia. To combat the threat of this heritage being lost as time passes, the songs have been painstakingly rebuilt through interviews with descendants of those first settlers, research into European folk songs and transcriptions of recordings.

After Winter Comes the Summer also offers insights into the lives of the people of Pūhoi, and later Ōhaupō, both in their native country and in a new and unfamiliar land. It is a case study of a small colonial New Zealand village, its development and growth, its music and culture, and its relationships and links back to Bohemia.

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About the authors 

Dr Ralf Heimrath’s distinguished scholarly career encompasses teaching and leadership positions at a Bavarian open-air museum, the National University of Mongolia and the University of Malta.

Judith Williams was a descendant of early Pūhoi settlers and helped establish the Puhoi Historical Society.

Roger Buckton was an adjunct associate-professor at the University of Canterbury and lectured in ethno-music, musicianship and music education. He has lived in Pūhoi since 1990.

Short | Poto

The big book of small stories | Iti te kupu, nui te kōrero

One hundred short, short stories in English and te reo Māori

Short, short stories, sometimes known as flash fiction or microfiction, are one of the trickiest forms to write. Create a resonant world in fewer than 300 words? Not so easy! In this collection of 100 stories, a range of New Zealand writers, both well-known and emerging, deliver emotionally charged stories that punch well above their weight and length.

And there’s more! Each of the stories has been translated into te reo Māori (and some are written in te reo and translated into English) by some of this country’s most experienced translators, making this book a valuable contributor to our literary landscape that rewards repeated readings.

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About the editors

Michelle Elvy is a writer, editor and teacher of creative writing.

Kiri Piahana-Wong (Ngāti Ranginui) is a poet and editor, and the publisher at Anahera Press.

Against the Odds

New Zealand’s first women doctors

The women who battled prejudice and indifference to become doctors

In 2025, the year Otago Medical School celebrates 150 years, 50 per cent of graduates are women. Back in 1891, by contrast, when Emily Siedeberg, who would go on to become the school’s first woman graduate, applied for entrance it was not at all clear that it would be granted.

This book traces the paths of the women who, between the 1890s and 1967, battled indifference and chauvinism — and later many of the other challenges that faced women in the professions — to become New Zealand’s first women doctors.

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About the authors

Professor Cynthia (Cindy) Farquhar is Postgraduate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Auckland.

Michaela Selway is a PhD student in early medieval history at the University of Tübingen, Germany.

Tūmahi Māori

A pathway to understanding Māori verbs

Essential grammatical advice for users of te reo Māori

This indispensable book shares the teaching strategies of one of the most experienced teachers of te reo Māori in Aotearoa. Its explanations and structures, set out in both te reo Māori and English, reflect a Māori perspective that will improve understanding and accuracy in the use of te reo Māori.

As Hone Waengarangi Morris guides users through the correct uses of verbs and particles via useful examples and activities, they will become more accurate, more skilful and more confident in their grasp of the best approach to grammar in the te reo Māori space.

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About the author

Associate Professor Dr Hone Waengarangi Morris (Ngāi Te Rangitotohu, Ngāti Mārau, Ngāti Maru, Ngāi Te Ao Kāpiti) is a member of the leadership team in the office of the Deputy Vice Chancellor Māori at Massey University.