A comprehensive anthology, The Aotearoa Digital Arts Reader is the first single published source to provide a snapshot of digital art practice in Aotearoa New Zealand. Editors Stella Brennan and Su Ballard present essays, artists' pageworks and personal accounts that explore the production and reception of contemporary digital art. Ranging from research into the preservation of digital artworks to the environmental impact of electronic culture, from discussions of lo-tech aesthetics to home gaming, and from sophisticated data mapping to prehistories of new media, this book presents a screen grab of digital art in Aotearoa New Zealand. All contributors are members of Aotearoa Digital Arts (ADA), New Zealand's only digital artists' network. The reader reflects the politics of location, yet is highly relevant to the wider contexts of digital media art and culture. With its mix of work by artists, theorists and educators, this book represents some of the best new thinking about digital art practices in Aotearoa New Zealand. The compilation is an essential resource locally and an important tool for the dissemination of New Zealand's digital arts practice internationally. Introducing sculptor and film-maker Len Lye as a vital pre-cursor to current practice, and ranging from histories of early computer programming and gaming to analysis of environmental concerns and the social implications of new media, the book takes a snap shot of digital practices through the lens of New Zealand's leading digital arts network - ADA. This book serves firstly as an introduction to new media and digital arts practice in New Zealand, and secondly, includes key critical discussions surrounding those works. The Aotearoa Digital Arts Reader presents challenges and questions, provoking readers to think in fresh ways about the technologies they engage with on a daily basis.