A History of the Wairarapa Aero Club 1929-2019 by John G. Hill; Carol Hill; Wairarapa Aero Club Staff (Contribution by)
$20.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Non Fiction
A Home Companion : My Year of Living Like My Grandmother by Wendyl Nissen
$29.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Non Fiction
The tale of a year-long journey from straight-talking, hard-bitten journalist to green goddess - complete with fabulous recipes and experimental disasters - all told in a smart, funny and self deprecating fashion.Wendyl Nissen is well-known as a straight talking journalist whose career has seen her edit ...Show more
A Journey in Search of Ancestors: the English Cotswolds to the Wairarapa in New Zealand by Christopher Pope
$20.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Non Fiction
A dinner party conversation began Englishman Christopher Pope on a serious search for his ancestors. He began with the Cave family, relatives of his mother, largely because they were known to come from Nympsfield in the Cotswolds, an easy distance from his Plymouth home. A Cave family puzzle led to the ...Show more
A Land of Milk & Honey? by Edited by Avril Bell, Vivienne Elizabeth, Tracey McIntosh , Matt Wynyard
$59.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Non Fiction
Since colonisation, New Zealand has been mythologised as a 'land of milk and honey'-a promised land of natural abundance and endless opportunity-but does this country live up to its mythology? In this introductory textbook for first year sociology students, 21 of this country's leading social scientists ...Show more
A Land of Water: Rivers and Lakes of New Zealand by Pamela McGeorge
$19.99 NZD
$39.99 (50% off)
Category: New Zealand Non Fiction
As New Zealanders, we have a natural affinity with water. We regard fishing as a natural right; we view swimming as a life-skill; until recently we would drink unhesitatingly from any back-country stream. Some of our most special memories are of rivers and lakes; hours spent swimming, building dams, cat ...Show more
A Life at Mudbrick by Robyn Jones
$55.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Non Fiction
Part cookbook, part homage to the beauty and appeal of life of Waiheke Island, A Life at Mudbrick recounts the extraordinary journey of this iconic vineyard and restaurant, now such an important part of the Waiheke landscape. When Robyn and Nick Jones decided to leave their busy Auckland lives and plant ...Show more
A Long, Long Trail: Marching over the Rimutaka Hill, 1915-1918, and the re-enactment march, September 2015 by Neil Francis
$30.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Non Fiction
A Long, Long Trail is the story of the famous Rimutaka Hill marches. The New Zealand Army used the Rimutaka Hill road, between Wairarapa and Hutt Valley, as the ultimate fitness test for infantry about to embark for service on the Western Front in World War One. Over 30,000 soldiers climbed to the 555 m ...Show more
A Long Time Coming: The story of Ngai Tahu's treaty settlement negotiations with the Crown by Martin Fisher
$39.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Non Fiction | Reading Level: near fine
The Ngai Tahu settlement, like all other Treaty of Waitangi settlements in Aotearoa New Zealand, was more a product of political compromise and expediency than measured justice. The Ngai Tahu claim, Te Kereme, spanned two centuries, from the first letter of protest to the Crown in 1849 to the final hea ...Show more
A Man's Life: Mustering and Deer Hunting Alone in New Zealand's Beautiful Mountains by E. Ted McLaughlin
$34.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Non Fiction
Ted McLaughlin has led a full and adventurous life. This is his autobiography spanning nine years living on his own for long periods in the mountains of New Zealand's South Island. Travelling on horseback with pack horses and hunting deer on foot, all in the era before the advent of helicopters, Ted has ...Show more
A Maori Phrase A Day: 365 Phrases to Kickstart your Reo by Hemi Kelly
$30.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Non Fiction
A Māori Phrase a Day offers a simple, fun and practical entry into the Maori language. Through its 365 Māori phrases, you will learn the following: Everyday uses English translations Factoids and memory device Handy word lists Presenting the most common, relevant and useful phrases today, A Māori Phrase ...Show more
A Mini Guide to the Identification of New Zealand Insects by Andrew Crowe
$12.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Non Fiction | Series: Mini Guide to the Identification of New Zealand...
A handy, pocket-sized guide to the identification of New Zealand's insects.Condensed from Andrew Crowe's popular best-seller Which New Zealand Insect?, this mini guide has been designed to fit into a pocket, day pack or bag. Full of essential information for quick and accurate identification of insects, ...Show more
A Mini Guide to the Identification of New Zealand Native Trees by Andrew Crowe
$12.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Non Fiction | Series: Mini Guide to the Identification of New Zealand... | Reading Level: very good
A handy, pocket-sized guide to the identification of New Zealand native trees.Condensed from Andrew Crowe's popular Which Native Tree?, this mini guide has been designed to fit into a pocket, day pack or bag. Full of essential information for quick and accurate identification of native trees, this class ...Show more