Ans Westra The fifth in the ground-breaking

The fifth in the ground-breaking kōrero series conceived and edited by Lloyd Jones

’ — Tessa Duder

and with stylish illustrations by Amy van Luijk

The book’s cedar-coloured cover echoes the stained cedar weatherboards from which many of Megson’s homes were constructed’ —  Anne Kerslake Hendricks

writers and fanatics from several Ngāi Tahu hapū in Murihiku created what has come to be known as the Ark of Arks

Ans Westra The fifth in the ground-breakingA woman driven to photograph In a career that spanned six decades, the Dutch Kiwi photographer Ans Westra (19362023) made it her lifes work to capture the growth of a nation through hundreds of thousands of images. Her photographic catalogue is now widely thought of as a photo album of Aotearoa New Zealand. This richly illustrated biography interrogates her remarkable and at times controversial practice, and a life that always put photography first.