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Jane Southerington has established a new life in New Zealand in the 1880's, hiding the brutal events of her past. When she employs Gareth Wyndham as her new farm foreman she is confronted by the knowledge that she recognises him from years back. Unaware that Jane knows of his forced exile from England Wyndham finds he is attracted to this beautiful enigmatic woman but she repels all his advances. It will take tragedy, kidnap and heartache to bring them together.

In New Zealand in the 1950's and 60's Jaimie Ashcott is one of those descendants of early British settlers who have little interest in their origins. He knows who he is and where he belongs. Or does he? In Fiji in the same decades, Tela Gilbard feels little attachment to the country of her birth. Two children of the Pacific whose lives become entwined in unpredictable ways. Complete in itself, A Distant Belonging is also a sequel to Merely a Girl and The Youngest Son.

A true story of the amazing survival of the crew of the Dundonald, wrecked on the sub-Antarctic Aucklands Islands in 1907.

Childrenz One is a collection of stories selected from the entries in a writing competition held by Rangitawa Publishing in 2014. The writers ages are from 8-12 years old and adult.

A collection of short stories by authors aged eleven years old to adult. Suitable for readers 12 -16 years old.

A historical story of mystery and intrigue set around the disappearance of the cornerstone from the first Anglican Church in Wanganui, New Zealand. Local character Granny Dalton teams up with teenager Lizzie to uncover tragedy and shenanigans involving the local mayor. The second in the series about Granny Dalton a true identity.

Three children decide to excavate a peat bog to find the remains of a Maori warrior Reinui said to have been lured there by an escaped slave, Tupu. They follow clues in a poem about the event and are aided by Gregor a tough and curious cat.

Tela Gilbard and Jaimie Ashcott are distant kin whose links stretch across the years and the Pacific. It is Jaimie's long dead Great-Grandmother who brings them together. This is a story of two New Zealanders, their daughter and granddaughter, kindred by descent and by a mutual belonging to place. There is joy and sadness, failure and success, despair and hope."It is a beautifully moving novel." Peter Beatson.

Alice Whitlock one of New Zealand's first women lawyers sets up her criminal defence practice in Feilding. Events in her past have hardened her attitude to men and even the handsome ex prisoner Seth Hanlon finds it hard to overcome her prejudice.When Alice is confronted by a malicious attack she must learn to trust Seth and the help he offers her even though it goes against all the boundaries she has set up. Can she overcome her fears and allow him into her heart before his patience runs out? Will she be able to solve a terrible crime inflicted on the Wyndham family?

Milly Feather lives on a canal barge with her father Samuel. The barge is pulled by Cinder a talking horse.

A touching and emotional memoir by New Zealand policeman Rob Rattenbury. From Royal tours to the Armed Offenders Squad, from drug searches to murders, the life of a cop is varied and extreme. Rob's involvement and love of the law and his police comrades are clearly and thoughtfully brought to life. His commitment to crime fighting and his family make this an enlightening and educative look at the New Zealand Police as seen and experienced by one of its members in a long and interesting career.

Security expert and spy catcher Chase Ryder arrives in Wellington, New Zealand in 1894 in pursuit of dangerous Russian Irina Karpinsky. Forced to ask for help from Dylis Frampton, the owner of the notorious Aphrodite Club, his plans do not include falling in love. But Dylis proves to be a worthy match for both Chase and his clever criminal adversary. The Aphrodite Club - Book 2

A violent murder in a rural New Zealand slaughterhouse is the catalyst for a series of fast moving events that ultimately have geopolitical consequences. The rapidly developing action of 'Novel' straddles Aotearoa New Zealand, Hong Kong SAR, Phillipines and beyond. In our contemporary world of increasing electronic surveillance from hegemonic national administrations, several diverse characters struggle to survive and to resist in a variety of ways. At the same time the so-called established methods of writing fiction undergo deconstruction.

Haiku and Humour is a collection of international poetry selected from a writing competition held by Rangitawa Publishing in 2013.

Set against the background of the Women's Suffrage movement in 1895 in Wellington, New Zealand, the machinations of the liquor barons and politicians create events that become murderous. Sophia Holmes, a distant relative of Arthur Conan Doyle is drawn into events that threaten to undermine the Women's movement. As murder, arson and kidnap threaten to blacken the cause of votes for women, Sophia's past life leads her into a dangerous confrontation with a cunning adversary.

A collection of short stories by New Zealand authors entered into the Rangitawa Publishing Short Story competition 2013.

Between Two Worlds is the second in a trilogy about orphanage boys Samuel and Jimmy. The two men are swept up in the turmoil of World War One as they enlist in the New Zealand army and are sent overseas to fight. The toll on their families and the plight of those left behind is a stark reminder that war affects those at home as much as those who defend their country on foreign soil. There are casualties in both places.