A Continent on the Move by Ian J Graham (Editor-In-Chief)
$65.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Non Fiction
This award-winning book explores the dynamic worlds of New Zealand and the submerged realm of Zealandia, their natural geological wonders, bounties and dangers. In acknowledging the achievements of New Zealand's geoscientists, from the founding of the country through to the present day, the book shows h ...Show more
A Continent on the Move New Zealand Geoscience into the 21st Century by Ian J Graham (editor)
$60.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Non Fiction | Reading Level: Very Good
ENVIRONMENT Category Winner Adrift in the South Pacific Ocean, separated from the rest of the world by vast distances and blessed with some of the most varied and spectacular natural landscapes on Earth, New Zealand is rather special. Generations of geoscientists have developed an increasing understandi ...Show more
A Conversation with My Country: Where We've Come From. Where We Can Go by Alan Duff
$38.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Non Fiction | Reading Level: very good
A personal account reviewing an eventful life and an amazing country. Following Once Were Warriors, Alan Duff wrote his hard-hitting book Maori- The Crisis and the Challenge in 1993. His controversial comments shook the country. A quarter of a century later, New Zealand and Maoridom are in a very differ ...Show more
A Dog's Life by Craig Bullock
$40.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Non Fiction
From lap dogs to working dogs, a heart-warming book featuring over 60 adorable Kiwi canines. Dogs make our lives richer. They keep us company when we need it most, reduce stress in an increasingly stressful world, take us on adventures and help us with the jobs we couldn't possibly do alone. In A Dog's ...Show more
A Fabled Land: The Story of Canterbury's Famous Mesopotamia Station by Bruce Ansley
$49.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Non Fiction
Second hand. The historic Mesopotamia Station is located in mid-Canterbury at the headwaters of the magnificent Rangitata gorge. 'Mesopotamia', named by Samuel Butler in 1860, means 'the land between two rivers': it lies between the Rangitata and Forest Creek rivers. Author Bruce Ansely has brilliantly ...Show more
A Field Guide to the Native Edible Plants of New Zealand by Andrew Crowe
$32.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Non Fiction | Reading Level: near fine
A go-to, illustrated field guide of edible native New Zealand plants, including a section on poisonous plants. In this useful and attractive book, over 190 trees, shrubs, herbs, ferns, mushrooms, lichens and seaweeds are described in detail with information on which part is edible and when, how plants h ...Show more
A Great Place To Work by Alison Seta
$35.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Non Fiction
A Great Place To Work is the story of a family and a family business. The Oldfields emigrated to New Zealand from England in 1850. Gilbert Oldfield began his road contracting business in Hawke's Bay in 1937, and successive generations built Oldfields Ltd into one of Wairarapa's biggest businesses. Apart ...Show more
A Guide to New Zealand Waterfalls by Johnny Cheng
$19.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Non Fiction
A comprehensive travel guide featuring the best of New ZealandÃÂÃÂÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂs waterfalls from top to bottom of the country. Inside are all details on how to get there (parking, walking times) and information about each waterfall. A must have for all nature lovers.
A Guide to Touring New Zealand Wineries by Joelle Thomson
$49.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Non Fiction
‘AGE AND GLASSES OF WINE SHOULD NEVER BE COUNTED’ - Italian Proverb Celebrated New Zealand Wine Connoisseur JOËLLE THOMSON takes you on a tour throughout eight picturesque New Zealand wine regions with the sole intention of providing the travelling New Zealander factual and up to date information of al ...Show more
A History of New Zealand Women by Barbara Brookes
$69.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Non Fiction | Reading Level: near fine
What would a history of New Zealand look like that rejected Thomas Carlyle's definition of history as 'the biography of great men', and focused instead on the experiences of women? One that shifted the angle of vision and examined the stages of this country's development from the points of view of wives ...Show more
A History of New Zealand in 100 Objects by Jock Phillips
$55.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Non Fiction | Reading Level: very good
New Zealand history through a new lens - 100 objects offer 100 entry points into the powerful, captivating stories of our shared past. Authored by award-winning historian Jock Phillips, The History of New Zealand in 100 Objects is gripping, inclusive, often revelatory and deeply human. A colourful and c ...Show more
A History of Queen's Redoubt & The Invasion of the Waikato by Ian Barton; Neville A. Ritchie
$49.95 NZD
Category: New Zealand Non Fiction
On 12 July 1863, British and colonial troops under the command of Lt. Gen. Duncan Cameron crossed Mangatawhiri stream, Waikato Maori’s northern border, instigating the Waikato War. In order to do so they had amassed a vast infrastructure that included building the Great South Road (the ‘Road to War’), ...Show more