Ōtepoti Dunedin Architecture

A walking guide

This fourth book in the series of handy pocket guides to New Zealand city architecture is the biggest yet. It features more than 130 Dunedin buildings curated into seven rewarding, self-guiding walks that range from the university district right across the city to the southern cemetery area and out to Port Chalmers.

With easy-to-follow maps, a deeply informed and engaging text by well-known architecture writer John Walsh and images by architectural photographer Patrick Reynolds, it’s perfect for Dunedin residents and visitors to the city alike. Don’t go out without it!

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About the authors

John Walsh is a writer who specialises in architecture. A former editor of Architecture NZ magazine, he is the author of numerous books about architecture, including New Zealand Houses; Home Work; Big House, Small House; City House, Country House; Far Pavilion: New Zealand at the Venice Architecture Biennale; and Herbst: Architecture in context. He has also written guides to the architecture of Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch.

Patrick Reynolds is one of New Zealand’s best architectural photographers.

Poetry Aotearoa Yearbook 2026

For this 75th anniversary edition of Poetry Aotearoa Yearbook, editor Tracey Slaughter rounds up essential new poetry, reviews and essays from both established and emerging New Zealand poets. Another packed issue, #60 showcases the raw and vital in 138 new poems – including from this year’s featured poet, Josiah Morgan – and 29 reviews.

Its publication marks 75 years since poet Louis Johnson established New Zealand Poetry Yearbook in 1951, and it’s still as important and relevant now as it was then. It’s the ideal way to catch up with the latest poems and reviews by some of this country’s best-known poets and literary critics.

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About the editor

Dr Tracey Slaughter is an award-winning poet and short story writer. Her books include Her Body Rises, The Longest Drink in Town, Deleted Scenes for Lovers, Devil’s Trumpet and The girls in the red house are singing. She has been widely anthologised and has received numerous awards, including the international Bridport Prize (2014), BNZ Katherine Mansfield Awards (2001 and 2004) and the Manchester Poetry Prize (2023). She teaches creative writing at the University of Waikato. She has been the editor of the Poetry New Zealand Yearbook since 2020.