Simon Shuker's Code-Cracker (20) by Simon Shuker
17.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non- fiction
The twentieth volume in the Code-Cracker puzzle series that is enjoyed every day in newspapers across the world. If you are unfamiliar with Simon Shuker's Code-Cracker, instructions are included inside to introduce you to this extremely addictive pastime. An additional hint letter is provided for th ...Show more
From the Pilot's Seat: Kiwi Adventurers in the Sky by Fletcher McKenzie
40.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non- fiction
Enthralling tales from New Zealand pilots - both men and women - who fly a variety of aircraft around the world in a range of situations, from the domestic to the heart-stopping. Aviation safety expert and keen pilot Fletcher McKenzie has interviewed 23 Kiwi pilots who have worked around the world and ...Show more
Matariki: The Star of the Year by Rangi Matamua
35.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non- fiction
In mid-winter, Matariki rises in the pre-dawn sky, and its observation is celebrated with incantations on hilltops at dawn, balls, exhibitions, dinners and a vast number of events. The Matariki tradition has been re-established, and its regeneration coincides with a growing interest in Māori astronomy. ...Show more
Mauri Ora: Wisdom from the Maori World by Peter Alsop & Te Rau Kupenga
40.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non- fiction
Pearls of wisdom – whakataukī – have been gifted from generation to generation as an intrinsic part of the Māori world. As powerful metaphors, they combine analogy and cultural history in the most economical of words. Short and insightful, they take you by surprise, engendering reflection, learning and ...Show more
Six-Legged Ghosts: The insects of Aotearoa by Lily Duval
55.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non- fiction
Why isn’t Aotearoa famous for its insects? We have wētā that can survive being frozen, weevils with ‘snouts’ almost as long as their bodies, and the world’s only alpine cicadas. There is mounting evidence that insect numbers are plummeting all over the world. But the insect apocalypse isn’t just a fara ...Show more
Hard by the Cloud House by Peter Walker
40.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non- fiction
A massive, predatory bird and its place in history and myth. The legend of Pouakai, aka the extinct Haast's Eagle, takes Peter Walker on a journey from an 1860s Canterbury sheep run to a deep cave near Karamea as he learns the story of the mighty hunter that inhabited a peak in the foothills of the Sout ...Show more
The Financial Colonisation of Aotearoa by Catherine Comyn
35.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non- fiction
This book reveals the financial instruments and imperatives that drove the British colonial project in the nineteenth century. Finance was at the centre of every stage of the colonisation of Aotearoa, from the sale of Māori lands and the emigration of early colonists to the founding of settler nationho ...Show more
Foraging New Zealand: Over 250 plants and fungi to forage in New Zealand by Peter Langlands
50.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non- fiction
New Zealand is full of incredible, edible wild foods - fruit, fungi and seaweed; berries, herbs and more - you only need to know where to look and how to do it safely. Foraging New Zealand is the ultimate guide to unearthing more than 250 of our tastiest wild plants. Packed with stunning photography, u ...Show more
Te Ata o Tū: The Shadow of Tumatauenga by Matiu Baker, Katie Cooper, Michael Fitzgerald and Rebecca Rice (editors)
70.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non- fiction
The New Zealand Wars of 1845-72 were a series of bitter and bloody conflicts between Maori and Pakeha that extended from Wairau to the Bay of Islands, and from Taranaki to the East Cape. They are as important to New Zealand as the civil wars were to England and to the United States. Land and sovereignty ...Show more
The Beach Activity Book: 99 ideas for activities by the water around Aotearoa New Zealand by Rachel Haydon & Pippa Keel (illustrations)
35.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non- fiction
The 99 activities in this immersive book for children aged 7 to 14 range from experiments and observation to conservation and mindfulness. Developed to inspire curious young minds to explore and appreciate our beaches, lakes, rivers and streams. It is also designed to be taken out into natural environ ...Show more