Marae - Te Tatau Pounamu: A Journey Around New Zealand's Meeting Houses by Muru Walters; Sam Walters; Robin Walters
$65.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand
A magnificent, prize-winning documentation of and tribute to New Zealand's wharenui, big and small. Bishop Muru Walters is a very well-known Anglican minister. He is also a master carver, poet, broadcaster and former Maori All Black. His son Robin is a photographer and filmmaker, who is director at Curi ...Show more
Which Native Tree? by Andrew Crowe
$26.00 NZD
Category: Home and Garden | Series: Which...? | Reading Level: very good
A simple, illustrated guide to common New Zealand native trees, including identification, ecology and uses, by best-selling author Andrew Crowe. A simple, illustrated guide to common New Zealand native trees, including identification, ecology and uses, by best-selling author Andrew Crowe. Use Crowe's ...Show more
Paul Dibble: The Large Works by Paul Dibble
$49.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand
Sculptor Paul Dibble often works on a big scale and this book features those works, both private and public, that make an imposing statement. Covering works for the public domain, commissions for schools and pieces for private clients, this book takes the reader through the fascinating process of not on ...Show more
The Life-Size Guide to the New Zealand Beach by Andrew Crowe
$24.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand | Series: The Life-Size Guide to...
Join Andrew Crowe in solving the mysteries of beachcombing. The puzzling flotsam and jetsam - both common and strange - is shown here and explained with clear, life-size colour photographs. Besides providing a simple introduction to New Zealand geology, this book's new approach to the beach shows: *Pebb ...Show more
Soldiers, Scouts and Spies by Cliff Simons
$55.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand
As interest in the New Zealand Wars grows, Soldiers, Scouts and Spies offers a unique insight into the major campaigns fought between 1845 and 1864 by British troops, their militia and Maori allies, and Maori iwi and coalitions. It was a time of rapid technological change. Maori were quick to adopt west ...Show more
Passages by Linda Trubridge
$39.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand | Reading Level: very good
Passages is an intimate account of a young family’s sailing venture. When Linda and David sold the house they had built to last a lifetime and abandoned a thriving career for a nomadic life, they discovered more about the world and themselves than they ever imagined. The story’s strength lies in its ref ...Show more
Transforming the Welfare State (BWB Texts) by Jonathan Boston
$14.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand
Jonathan Boston tackles one of the most urgent questions in contemporary New Zealand: how should we transform the welfare state? Not only do we need to alleviate our current serious social problems, but we also need to meet the challenges of the future in a way that enhances intergenerational fairness a ...Show more
Voices of World War II: New Zealanders Share Their Stories by Renee Hollis
$49.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand
Gain a fascinating insight into the human side of war with this collection of memories sent in by families across New Zealand. Captivating and genuine, it is a compendium of first-hand memories, stories, and reflections which provides an enduring snapshot of what life was like during WWII, from the poin ...Show more
New Zealand Nurses - Caring for Our People 1880-1950 by Pamela Wood
$45.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand
Pamela Wood is a retired academic, registered nurse and independent historian. She taught in undergraduate and postgraduate nursing programmes and postgraduate health programmes for 30 years and is the author of Dirt: Filth and decay in a New World Arcadia.
New Zealand: A Photographic Journey by Todd Sisson
$19.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand
New Zealand: A photographic journey presents a fresh collection of world-class landscape images that have been captured across the length and breadth of New Zealand by acclaimed landscape photographers Todd and Sarah Sisson during the past decade. Like the countryside that it artfully presents, New Zeal ...Show more
Hare & Ruru: A Quiet Moment by Laura Shallcrass
$30.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand | Series: Hare & Ruru
This is the story of Hare, who struggles with an un-named mental malady self described as 'noise'. Noise could be runaway thoughts, voices in Hare's head, or loud feelings and general anxiety. Hare goes on a journey to try and find a solution. Just when Hare thinks there's no hope a friend, Ruru, flies ...Show more
Encounters and Collisions by Gordon McLauchlan
$30.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand
It was widely reported, when he died earlier in 2020, that Gordon McLauchlan’s last book was "Stop the Clock" but, in fact, he was finalising details of Encounters until several days before his death in January. In 26 engaging and provocative essays, Gordon McLauchlan writes about people, illustrious an ...Show more