Erebus the Ice Dragon - A Portrait of an Antarctic Volcano by Colin Monteath
65.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non- fiction
Haunting and searingly beautiful, Erebus has attracted explorers, mountaineers, artists and scientists; each drawn to the mountain by their own particular vision or curiosity. The mountain is a truly unique geological phenomenon - an active volcano sheathed in ice, with hundreds of ice caves, steaming t ...Show more
On the Record by Steven Joyce
38.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non- fiction
A candid, engaging and entertaining memoir by one of the most powerful players in the John Key government with lots of fresh revelations. Before Steven Joyce entered politics, he had a hugely successful 17-year career building and running the radio network RadioWorks. He learnt to cut deals, compete fe ...Show more
Heke-nuku-mai-nga-iwi Busby - Not Here By Chance by Jeff Evans
45.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non- fiction
A biography of Hec Busby: businessman, entrepreneur, waka expert and master waka builder, traditional navigator and Te Rararwa elder.
Soundings - Diving for stories in the beckoning sea by Kennedy Warne
40.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non- fiction
For the past 40 years, Kennedy Warne, one of New Zealand's best-known nature writers and commentators, has been exploring the underwater world. His love of the ocean began as a small boy sailing and fishing with this father on the Hauraki Gulf and was further strengthened by a degree in marine biology. ...Show more
Honouring Our Ancestors - Takatapui, Two-Spirit and Indigenous LGBTQI+ Well-being by Edited by Alison Green and Leonie Pihama
35.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non- fiction
In these rigorous and challenging essays, writers from Aotearoa and Turtle Island (Canada and the United States of America) explore the well-being of takatāpui, two-spirit, and Māori and Indigenous LGBTQI+ communities. Themes include resistance, reclamation, empowerment, transformation and healing. Cen ...Show more
Night Owls and Early Birds - Rhythms of Life on a Rotating Planet by Philippa Gander
40.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non- fiction
How the rotations of planet Earth shape the lives of humans and other animals.Horseshoe crabs and hibernating squirrels. Jet-lagged pilots and space station astronauts. Night owls and early birds. All of life is profoundly shaped by the daily, monthly and yearly cycles of planet Earth.This book takes th ...Show more
Tatau: Samoan Tattoo, New Zealand Art, Global Culture by Sean Mallon
75.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non- fiction
When Tatau was first published in 2010, Mark Adams' renowned images documenting a great Polynesian art tradition were a revelation. It told the story of the late Sulu'ape Paulo II, the pre-eminent figure of modern Samoan tattooing. A brilliantly innovative and often controversial man, he saw tatau as an ...Show more
A Kind of Shelter Whakaruru-taha by Witi Ihimaera (Editor); Michelle Elvy (Editor)
40.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non- fiction | Series: 1st
Sixty-eight writers and eight artists gather at a hui in a magnificent cave-like dwelling or meeting house. In the middle is a table, the tepu korero, from which the rangatira speak; they converse with honoured guests, and their rangatira-korero embody the tahuhu, the over-arching horizontal ridge pole ...Show more
Sure To Rise: The Edmond's Story by Peter Alsop, Kate Parsonson, Richard Wolfe
60.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non- fiction
Edmonds is one of New Zealand's best-known brands - its radiant sun and 'Sure to Rise' promise have embellished baking powder labels and the much-loved Edmonds Cookery Book for over a hundred years and are now embedded in our popular culture. The man behind the company, Thomas Edmonds, came to New Zeala ...Show more
Fungi of Aotearoa: A Curious Forager's Field Guide by Liv Sisson
45.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non- fiction
The complete introduction to finding, identifying and using mushrooms and other fungi in New Zealand. Enter and explore the fascinating world of fungi. In this practical and up-to-date guide, forager and fungus enthusiast Liv Sisson shares her top tips and takes the reader on a journey to discover the ...Show more
The Fate of the Land | Ko ngā Ākinga a ngā Rangatira — Māori Political Struggle in the Liberal Era, 1891-1912 by Danny Keenan
65.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non- fiction
In the second half of the nineteenth century, settlers poured into Aotearoa demanding land. Millions of acres were acquired by the government or directly by settlers; or confiscated after the Land Wars. By 1891, when the Liberal government came to power, Maori retained only a fraction of their lands. An ...Show more
Tiny Statements - A Social History of Aotearoa New Zealand in Badges by Claire Regnault; Stephanie Gibson
40.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non- fiction
The award-winning authors of this small book with a big heart delve into Te Papa’s collections of over 1600 badges to examine how New Zealanders have used badges to join, belong, resist, defy and celebrate. From protest groups and Girl Guides to sports clubs, animal breeds, tino rangatiratanga and suffr ...Show more