It starts in primary school with a spelling list and continues right up to a bucket list. Lists are how we record, organise, understand and recall everything we need to remember. There's even lists for stuff we didn't know we needed to remember. Pocket Kiwi: A humble history of Aotearoa helps readers truly appreciate what New Zealand is all about. No subject is too big or too small, too obvious or too offbeat. The lists here explore the entire range of Kiwi life, from why so few people have a birthday on Waitangi Day and Kiri Te Kanawa has reason to feel sad, right through to what books prisoners are borrowing from the library and the nation's most beloved pets.