Stepping Up: COVID-19 Checkpoints and Rangatiratanga by Luke Fitzmaurice and Maria Bargh
15.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
Stepping Up: Covid 19 Checkpoints and Rangatiratanga discusses the roadside checkpoints that were set up by Māori to protect communities during the nationwide COVID-19 lockdown in 2020. Case studies of four different checkpoints are examined, each of which looked slightly different, but all of which we ...Show more
Labour of Love - A Personal History of Midwifery in Aotearoa by Joan Skinner
40.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
Joan Skinner has been a midwife since 1976 and has seen extraordinary change, both in the way women are supported to give birth and in the social and political context in which they become mothers. Labour of Love weaves her own experiences as a midwife into the story of childbirth in Aotearoa: the incre ...Show more
My First Words in Maori Flashcards by Stacey Morrison
25.00 NZD
Category: Te Reo Maori Language
Help your tamariki to korero Māori with these illustrated flashcards designed to partner with Stacey Morrison's My First Words in Maori. Flashcards are a great way to have fun with tamariki on their language journey. Designed by Maori language champion Stacey Morrison, with adorable pictures by Ali Teo ...Show more
Knowledge is a Blessing on Your Mind: Selected Writings, 1980-2020 by Anne Salmond
65.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
For fifty years, Dame Anne Salmond has navigated 'te ao hurihuri' - travelling to hui in her little blue VW Beetle with Eruera and Amiria Stirling in the 1970s, working for a university marae alongside Merimeri Penfold, Patu Hohepa and Wharetoroa Kerr in the 1980s, giving evidence to the Waitangi Tribun ...Show more
The Secrets of the Little Greek Taverna by Erin Palmisano
37.00 NZD
Category: NZ Adult Fiction
In a village on the Greek island of Naxos there is a gorgeous guest house and taverna that never opened. Cressida's husband died suddenly three years ago - the taverna was their dream, and she couldn't do it alone. Until Marjory St. James, a young traveller, arrives in the middle of the night and, qui ...Show more
Juno of Taris (#1) by Fleur Beale
24.00 NZD
Category: NZ Senior Fiction | Series: Juno
'On Taris, we shave our heads. No. That's wrong. On Taris, we have our heads shaved for us.' You'd think life in a peaceful tropical island community would be idyllic. But the people of Taris follow strict rules to keep their isolated society functioning. Ages 12+. (SA: Year 6 - Year 9).
Nell
35.00 NZD
Category: Biography & Autobiography
Nell is born to a new century, her early life forged in the freedoms of the NZ high country. Her own freedom is tested: by family expectation, by husband Herb’s pride, by the rigours of family life on a Maniototo sheep station. Nell dares to step beyond the bounds; she revels and stumbles in love; encou ...Show more
Emma - Emma Twigg's Inspirational Journey to Olympic Gold by Jessica Lawry
20.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
THOSE WHO GET BACK UP, TIME AND TIME AGAIN, WILL BE REWARDED. When Emma Twigg started rowing it was difficult and not always fun. But as she stuck at it, she grew to be a world-class rower. So, winning an Olympic medal would be easy, right? Wrong. This is the remarkable true story of a young New Zealand ...Show more
Caged by Susan Brocker
21.00 NZD
Category: NZ Senior Fiction
A heart-wrenching story about Sam, a 14-year-old girl from a struggling homeless family, who is already involved in petty crime. She must face her own fears and her sense of what is right, to defy a dangerous drug criminal, and rescue starving dogs and their pups from an inhumane backyard breeder.
Dharma's Diwali: A Story from the Islands of Fiji (Children of the Pacific) by Jill MacGregor
26.00 NZD
Category: Fiction | Series: Children of the Pacific
Dharma and her family live in Lautoka, Fiji, and every year celebrate Diwali, the Fesival of Lights.
How Maui Slowed the Sun (#2 Tales of Aotearoa) by Donovan Bixley
20.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books | Series: Tales of Aotearoa
Donovan Bixley re-tells the story of HOW Maui slowed the journey of the sun through the sky each day! The traditional tale but with Donovan's unique twist and trademark humour. The pictures are bright and bring their own level of humour to the book. Darryn Joseph ensures that the story is accurate and c ...Show more
The Witch in the Cherry Tree (HB) by Margaret Mahy
25.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
It's a damp and dull day, but in the kitchen it's warm and cosy. David and his mother are baking, and the delicious smells bring a greedy witch to their garden. Witches love to steal freshly-baked cakes! She is going to use every magic trick she knows to steal their scrumptious treats, but can David out ...Show more