What we're reading & watching
The only summer reading list you need
We asked some cool people what they were filling their brains with this summer - and here’s what they said (other than Kirikiriroa Metro, of course).
What the locals recommend
👗 Jo Wrigley, manager of Go Eco and upcoming Kirikiriroa Metro contributor, is reading The Anticapitalist Book of Fashion by Tansey E. Hoskins.
The Anticapitalist Book of Fashion on Good Reads | Story Graph
🖤 Benjamin Kauri, a University of Waikato researcher and community wānanga organiser, recommends Tangi by Witi Ihimaera - the first Māori novel published.
Tangi on Goodreads | StoryGraph
Borrow it from Hamilton City Libraries
🚂 Fraser Purves, another upcoming Kirikiriroa Metro contributor, has been reading Can't Get There from Here: New Zealand Passenger Rail Since 1920 by André Brett & Sam van der Weerden.
Can't Get There from Here on Goodreads | StoryGraph
Borrow it from Hamilton City Libraries
🌏 Jennifer Nickel, one of our Hamilton ward councillors at Waikato Regional Council, recommends Less is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World by Jason Hickel as well as Earth For All: A Survival Guide for Humanity.
Less is More on Goodreads | StoryGraph
Borrow it from Hamilton City Libraries
Earth For All on Goodreads | StoryGraph
🚲 And an honourable mention to Anna Casey-Cox, a Hamilton City Councillor, who was reading the Natural and Built Environment Bill - part of the upcoming Resource Managment Act reform - whilst on a stationary bike this summer. It’s probably the only safe way to combine cycling and reading.
From our friends from around the motu
🛠️ Bobby Shen, a Puketāpapa Local Board Member in Tāmaki Makaurau, recommends this New Zealand Graphic article about climate preppers by Tom Doig as well as Pūrākau: Māori myths retold by Māori writers by Witi Ihimaera.
Pūrākau on Goodreads | StoryGraph
Borrow it from Hamilton City Libraries
🏢 Shaun Baker, an urban planner from Tāmaki Makaurau, is also reading Tom Doig - Living with the Climate Crisis: Voices from Aotearoa as well as Simon Wilson’s HomeGround: The story of a building that changes lives, about the Auckland City Mission.
Living with the Climate Crisis on Goodreads | StoryGraph
Borrow it from Hamilton City Libraries
Borrow HomeGround from Hamilton City Libraries
👨💻 Julie Fairey, an Auckland City Councillor, is reading Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Perez.
Invisible Women on Goodreads | StoryGraph
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🏙️ Sara Templeton, a Christchurch City Councillor, recommends a whole suite of books including fiction like The Ministry for the Future, a climate sci-fi novel (which was also read by Jon Turner, another one of our friends at Puketāpapa Local Board). She also recommended Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design by Charles Montgomery, Streetfight: Handbook for an Urban Revolution by Janette Sadik-Khan, and A Matter of Fact: Talking Truth in a Post Truth World by Jess Berentson-Shaw.
Ministry for the Future on Goodreads | StoryGraph
Borrow it from Hamilton City Libraries
Happy City on Goodreads | StoryGraph
Borrow it from Hamilton City Libraries
Streetfight on Goodreads | StoryGraph
A Matter of Fact on Goodreads | StoryGraph
Borrow it from Hamilton City Libraries
🛴 Elliot Blyth, who’s always showing up on my Tiktok with his urbanist, environmentalist snipets, is watching Not Just Bikes on Youtube, as well as Oh the Urbanity.
📚 Honourable mention to Sophie Innes, a Selwyn District Councillor, for her commitment to her local library!
