The New Zealand Seashore Guide by Sally Carson and Rod Morris
50.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non- fiction
This is the ultimate guide to the New Zealand seashore. New Zealand has over 14,000 kilometres of coastline, the tenth longest length of coast in the world, which ranges from sheltered sandy beaches to rocky and rugged wilderness. This geographic diversity supports a wide range of seashore life, all of ...Show more
Toyota a Kiwi Obsession by Steve Holmes
45.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non- fiction
Toyota vehicles are interwoven into New Zealand lives, and virtually every person living in this country has either owned or driven a Toyota. But these aren’t just vehicles renowned for their reliability and dependability, they also have a strong cult following. Toyotas – A Kiwi Obsession, celebrates To ...Show more
Gaylene's Take - Her Life in New Zealand Film by Gaylene Preston
40.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non- fiction
From one of our very best filmmakers comes a memoir of filmmaking in Aotearoa New Zealand. Gaylene Preston has always sought out the stories that have not yet been told, and in this book she reveals the challenges and sometimes heartbreak that have come with that ambition. In both wide lens and close-up ...Show more
Mountains, Volcanoes, Coasts and Caves: Origins of Aotearoa New Zealand's Natural Wonders by Bruce W. Hayward
70.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non- fiction
From Whakaari / White Island and Huka Falls to the Moeraki Boulders and Milford Sound, Aotearoa New Zealand overflows with extraordinary landforms and other natural features.This is not a random quirk of nature, but a result of the unique and complex geological history of this part of planet Earth. In t ...Show more
A Photographic Guide to Fossils of New Zealand by Hamish Campbell; Alan Beu; James Crampton; Liz Kennedy; Marianna Terezow
26.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non- fiction
A new addition to the popular New Holland series of natural history and science photographic guides, the thirteenth title focuses on plant and animal fossils commonly found in New Zealand. Fossils are the preserved remains of past life and are very much part of the natural environment in this country. T ...Show more
Hundertwasser in New Zealand - The Art of Creating Paradise by Andreas J Hirsch
70.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non- fiction
'New Zealand is for me a kind of promised land.' Austrian-born artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser arrived in New Zealand in 1973, seeking refuge from a world out of kilter with nature. After travelling and exhibiting, he settled at Kaurinui, the land he bought and restored in the Bay of Islands. Wishing ...Show more
Tiakina Te Pa Harakeke: Ancestral Knowledge and Tamariki Wellbeing by Leonie Pihama, Jenny Lee-Morgan
45.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non- fiction
Tiakina Te Pā Harakeke: Ancestral Knowledge and Tamariki Wellbeing discusses the values and successful practices of Māori childrearing that have been maintained and encouraged within many whānau, hapū and iwi for generations. This book is a collaboration of knowledge and insight from a wide range of Māo ...Show more
A Naturalist's Guide to the Reptiles & Amphibians of New Zealand by Samuel Purdie
30.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non- fiction
A Naturalist’s Guide to the Reptiles & Amphibians of New Zealand is a photographic identification guide to all 141 reptile and amphibian species of New Zealand, and is a perfect reference for resident and visitor alike. High-quality photographs from the author and the country’s top nature photograph ...Show more
Tiaki: A Shout-out to Aotearoa's Lesser-known Creatures by Jean Donaldson
30.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non- fiction
This book is a shout-out to the weird and wonderful endangered species in Aotearoa, those lesser-known creatures that don't regularly make the news. But they are just as important as the 'stars' like kakapo and kiwi, for they are the foundation of our unique biodiversity. 'Tiaki' includes such exotic a ...Show more
Vanishing Ice: Stories of New Zealand's Glaciers by Lynley Hargreaves
60.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non- fiction
Written by Lynely Hargreaves, this important new book describes New Zealand's glaciers, and how we have interacted with them. Glaciation has had a huge impact on the shape of the New Zealand landscape. Enormous rivers of ice once flowed out onto the Canterbury Plains, stretched beyond the current West ...Show more
Home is an Island - A Writer's Tribute to New Zealand's Islands by Neville Peat
40.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non- fiction
Neville Peat has been a New Zealand writer for over 50 years, and during his working life has visited many of the islands within Aotearoa’s marine realm, from the tropics to Antarctica. This book is about these islands, including Stewart Island/Rakiura, Anchor Island in Tamatea/Dusky Sound, Kāpiti Islan ...Show more
Kainga Tahi, Kainga Rua: Maori Housing Realities and Aspirations by Fiona Cram
40.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non- fiction
Kainga Tahi, Kainga Rua surveys the many ways Maori experience home and housing across Aotearoa New Zealand. These accounts range from the broader factors shaping Maori housing aspirations through to the experiences of whanau, hapu and iwi that connect to specific sites and locations. From statistically ...Show more