The New Zealand Wars | Nga Pakanga o Aotearoa by Vincent O'Malley
40.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction | Series: 1st
The New Zealand Wars were a series of conflicts that profoundly shaped the course and direction of our nations history. Fought between the Crown and various groups of Maori between 1845 and 1872, the wars touched many aspects of life in nineteenth century New Zealand, even in those regions spared actual ...Show more
Everything I Know About Books: An insider look at publishing in aotearoa by Edited by Odessa Owens and Theresa Crewdson
35.00 NZD
Category: Gift Books
A wide range of publishers, illustrators, poets, publicists, designers and award-winning authors such as Ashleigh Young, Anahera Gildea, Michael Bennett, Paula Morris, Selina Tusitala Marsh discuss their writing. Covering a blend of genres, including advice, poems, listicles, creative insights, graphi ...Show more
Excommunicated - A multi-generational story of leaving the Exclusive Brethren by Craig Hoyle
40.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
A heart-wrenching multigenerational family memoir by an excommunicated member of the Exclusive Brethren. After coming out as gay as a teenager, Craig Hoyle was excommunicated from the New Zealand Exclusive Brethren. The conservative sect was everything he'd ever known - a childhood where television, po ...Show more
Great Tales from New Zealand History by Gordon McLauchlan
25.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
An intriguing collection of tales plucked from the byways of our country's history by a master storyteller who recognises a good yarn when he sees it. Gordon McLauchlan tempts our imagination with 46 little-known tales from New Zealand¿s past. Here you will discover: - that Auckland applied twice to the ...Show more
The Life-Size Guide to Native Trees: and Other Common Plants of New Zealand's Native Forest by Andrew Crowe
28.00 NZD
Category: Plants & Trees | Series: The Life-Size Guide to...
Identifying native trees and other common plants of New Zealand's native forest can be fun for all the family with this new pictorial guide. Match leaves, flowers, seeds, berries and bark against beautiful, life-sized photographs for fast, accurate identification. Written by one of New Zealand's foremos ...Show more
One of Them by Shaneel Lal
37.00 NZD
Category: Biography & Autobiography
'Shaneel is not like anyone you have ever met. An absolute must-read.' - Ruby TuiWhat would you do if you were told by the people you loved the most that the way you were born was evil and wrong?For Shaneel Lal, this was their reality from the time they were five. Growing up in a tiny, traditional villa ...Show more
Kainga - People, Land and Belonging (BWB Texts) by Paul Tapsell
15.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction | Series: BWB Texts
Is New Zealand ready to not just tick the Treaty partnership box, but actually open it and accept that Māori community-driven world views concerning their whenua is equally valid science, capable of underpinning, guiding and reshaping agricultural science and farming practices? This book calls for poli ...Show more
ANZAC Animals (HB) by Maria Gill
30.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
Who knew our soldiers had such a variety of animal companions in the two world wars? Apart from the beasts of burden that one might expect, such as horses, mules, donkeys and camels, many battalions had mascots as well: kangaroos, monkeys, dogs, chickens, tortoises, cats... all of whom provided comfort, ...Show more
Waitohu by Hinemoa Elder
30.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
From the best-selling author of Aroha and Wawata comes a new and inspiring journal to help you make deeper connections using the energies of Hina the Māori moon goddess and the power of aroha. Kia ora! Welcome to Waitohu - a journal where the Māori lunar calendar invites us to write about our lives in ...Show more
Ans Westra: A Life in Photography by Paul Moon
50.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
The photographer Ans Westra, who died in 2023, took hundreds of thousands of images over her long career. Together, those images constitute what is arguably a photo album of Aotearoa. Her dedication and determination sometimes came at a cost but she was focused and driven, overcoming a difficult childho ...Show more
Into the White: Scott's Antarctic Odyssey by Joanna Grochowicz
19.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
Together, they have taken on the greatest march ever made and come very near to great success; never giving up, and never giving up on each other. This is the story of Robert Falcon Scott's Terra Nova expedition to Antarctica and the memorable characters, who with a band of shaggy ponies and savage dogs ...Show more
Kid-Friendly Adventures: Auckland (Outdoor Kid) by Outdoor Kid
25.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
Auckland is an amazing region to explore with kids. Clamber up volcanoes, squelch across tidal mudflats or jump on a ferry and zip across the harbour to the country’s youngest volcano, Rangitoto Island. Our completely revised guidebook has 100+ of the best crowd-pleasing favourites to explore. The 2 ...Show more