The Lonely Islands: The Evolutionary Phenomenon That is New Zealand by Terry Thomsen
$40.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand
From kiwi to tree fern, and weta to tuatara, this is the story of how animal and plant life came to New Zealand and how they have evolved. It presents a historical perspective on a range of debates and events that changed accepted thinking. Fossil and sub-fossil discoveries, the acceptance of plate tect ...Show more
The Maori Picture Dictionary: Te Papakupu Whakaahua by Margaret Sinclair, Ross Calman, Josh Morgan, Isobel Joy Te Aho-White
$30.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand
This comprehensive picture dictionary contains illustrations for over 1400 of the most common words used in daily life. Wonderfully illustrated by two up-and-coming Māori artists, The Māori Picture Dictionary / Te Papakupu Whakaahua has a sense of fun that makes it easy to use. Many words are clarified ...Show more
The New Zealand Seashore Guide by Sally Carson and Rod Morris
$49.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand
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
The Political Years by Marilyn Waring
$39.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand | Reading Level: very good
"When I entered Parliament in 1975, I joined a very small club: although women in New Zealand won the right to vote in 1893, only a tiny handful had been Members of Parliament in the hundred or so years that followed. I was number 15!" In 1975, Marilyn Waring was elected to the New Zealand Parliament as ...Show more
The Real Guide to New Zealand by Mark Danenhauer
$45.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand
Can you tell a skink from a gecko? Is that a kea or a kaka? Can you spot the difference between a northern rata and a pohutukawa? This "101 Guide" is designed to help readers better understand New Zealand's natural history. Written in a straightforward style, Danenhauer explains why the country is uniqu ...Show more
The Secret Life of Number 8 by Neil Broom
$40.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand
Taking its cue from an uninspiring fragment of rusted iron, 'The Secret Life of Number 8' takes the reader into the heart of a universe in miniature, one that reveals the striking order, complexity, and elegance of the many materials that are part and parcel of everyday life. It is a structural journey ...Show more
Twisting the Treaty: A Tribal Grab for Wealth and Power by John Robinson, Bruce Moon, David Round, Mike Butler, Hugh Barr & Peter Cresswell
$40.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand
This is probably the most important book published in recent times as it shows how in 27 years the Treaty of Waitangi has been reinterpreted, the "partnership" myth created, tribal corporations set up, public assets transferred to those corporations which are now on the brink of securing a special place ...Show more
Voices from the New Zealand Wars | He Reo nō ngā Pakanga o Aotearoa by Vincent O'Malley
$49.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand
'Welcome to our story, this history. Wherever in the world the bones of your ancestors lie, wherever their ashes may have been dispersed, here you will find traces of them, and of yourself... It is, of course, a story of colonisation and resistance - and a history that has never stopped repeating.' The ...Show more