Nuku: Stories of 100 Indigenous Women by Qiane Matata-Sipu
65.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
NUKU is a powerful and important snapshot of Indigenous wāhine today. Through wide-ranging voices this ambitious social documentary showcases diverse representations of leadership, systems change and success. Readers obtain authentic insight into life as an Indigenous woman in a way like never before. ...Show more
The Great War For New Zealand - Waikato 1800-2000 by Vincent O'Malley
80.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
A monumental new account of the defining conflict in New Zealand history. It was war in the Waikato in 1863-64 that shaped the nation in all kinds of ways: setting back Maori and Pakeha relations by several generations and allowing the government to begin to assert the kind of real control over the coun ...Show more
We Are Here: An Atlas of Aotearoa by Chris McDowall
70.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
An extraordinary visual data book like no other. Clustered yet scattered, we New Zealanders live across the country's physical landscapes, experiencing its varied weather and environments. We co-create its political, economic and social systems on a daily basis. Each of us has a particular view of Aotea ...Show more
The New Zealand Nature Activity Book by Rachel Haydon & Pippa Keel (illustrations)
35.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
A must-have natural science activity book for young New Zealanders and their families. From experiments and observation to conservation and mindfulness, this appealing, activity-packed book stimulates curious minds and encourages children to relate to the natural world around them. Written by an expert ...Show more
Which New Zealand Insect? by Andrew Crowe
35.00 NZD
Category: Bugs and Insects | Series: Which...?
Ninety percent of New Zealand's insects are unique. Many of these little-known creatures play an important part in our ecology. This book is both a field guide and a gallery, displaying the variety and beauty of an often-overlooked side of New Zealand’s wildlife. Ideal for children, trampers, mountainee ...Show more
Dressed: Fashionable Dress in Aotearoa New Zealand 1840 to 1910 by Claire Regnault
70.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
When crinolines, bustles and ostrich feathers were the height of colonial fashion. This richly illustrated and lively social history explores the creation, consumption and spectacle of fashionable dress in Aotearoa New Zealand from 1840 to the early 1900s. Dressmakers were essential contributors to the ...Show more
Uprising: Walking the Southern Alps of New Zealand by Nic Low
40.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
This book is about walking as a form of knowing. Armed with Ngāi Tahu’s ancient oral maps and modern satellite atlas, I crossed the Southern Alps more than a dozen times, trying to understand how our forebears saw the land. What did it mean to define your identity by sacred mountains, or actually see th ...Show more
When Darkness Stays: Hohepa Kereopa and a Tuhoe Oral History by Paul Moon
30.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
This extraordinary book – unsettling, harrowing, and ultimately redemptive – is based on the time the author spent with the Tūhoe tohunga, Hōhepa Kereopa. It plunges deep into a cultural landscape that has almost vanished, bringing to light insights that are enriching and sometimes shocking. The work ...Show more
Grand: Becoming my mother's daughter by Noelle McCarthy
35.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
The astonishing debut memoir about mothers and daughters, drinking, birth and loss, running away and homecoming from prize-winning writer and broadcaster Noelle McCarthy. "I'll be grand, girl, I've great faith." —Mammy, just before she died. Funny, charismatic and generous; angry, vicious and hurt; in p ...Show more
Field Guide to New Zealand Native Trees (revised edition) by John Dawson; Rob Lucas
50.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
A companion volume to the award-winning and monumental 'New Zealand's Native Trees', this field guide is the perfect companion to take into the outdoors. Compact enough to fit in a day-pack, it contains detailed information on all native trees found on the main islands of New Zealand, including Steward ...Show more
The Everyday Herbalist by Jane Wrigglesworth
50.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
A comprehensive guide to herbs, covering everything you need to know, from how to grow them successfully in your garden to how to use them for health and wellbeing. The Everyday Herbalist contains detailed information on 30 must-have herbs and usage suggestions for a wide variety of others.Learn how to ...Show more
Introducing He Whakaputanga (BWB Texts) by Vincent O'Malley and Jared Davidson
18.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction | Series: 1st
The content of this short book is derived directly from the larger illustrated publication, foregoing all illustrations to suit the BWB Texts format. He Whakaputanga o te Rangatiratanga o Nu Tireni/The Declaration of Independence of New Zealand was signed by fifty-two rangatira from 1835 to 1839. It wa ...Show more