Living On Shaky Ground - The science and story behind New Zealand’s earthquakes by Matthew Wright
39.99 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
What makes our isles so shaky? Why was Christchurch not the first of our big quakes? Any why won’t it be our last? This book investigates our turbulent tectonics. It tells us how earthquakes are measured and described, and how scientists predict future shakes. It details New Zealand’s lesser-known quake ...Show more
Retirement Villages - Residents' Verdict by Brian Colegate
24.99 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
Climate Aotearoa: What's Happening and What We Can Do About It by Helen Clark (ed)
36.99 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
The science on climate change in Aotearoa New Zealand now and in the future, and what changes we all need to make. Contributions from a range of climate scientists and commentators Rob Bell, Jason Boberg, Adelia Hallett, Sophie Handford, Rhys Jones, Haylee Koroi, Matt McGlone, Jamie Morton, Rod Oram, Ji ...Show more
Wars Without End: New Zealand's Land Wars - A Maori Perspective by Danny Keenan
40.00 NZD
Category: Māori History
From the earliest days of European settlement in New Zealand, Māori have struggled to hold on to their land. Tensions began early, arising from disputed land sales. When open conflict between Māori and Imperial forces broke out in the 1840s and 1860s, the struggles only intensified. For both sides, land ...Show more
Black Hands - Inside the Bain Family Murders by Martin van Beynen
38.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction | Reading Level: very good
This is the story of a mass-murder that divided a nation. It's a story that began in a rickety old home on a cold June morning in 1994, where five members of a seemingly ordinary New Zealand family were gunned down. There were two suspects. One lay dead from a single bullet to the head. The other was th ...Show more
With the Wind Behind Us - Stories that made New Zealand a sailing nation by Matt Elliott
36.99 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction | Reading Level: near fine
From red socks to kauri yachts, these are the stories that made New Zealand Aotearoa a sailing nation. Stretching back to the Pacific navigators and the great migrations from Polynesia to the humble 'P' class dinghy and the world-beating success of Team New Zealand: With the Wind Behind Us is a celebrat ...Show more
Birds of New Zealand: Collective Nouns by Melissa Boardman
29.99 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction | Reading Level: near fine
A beautifully illustrated book featuring New Zealand Aotearoa's native birds, each with its very own collective noun. A tussock of takahē? A hoon of kākā? A whistling of whio? This beautifully illustrated book of collective noun names for our native birds reveals something unique about their cha ...Show more
The Platform - The radical legacy of the Polynesian Panthers (BWB Texts) by Melani Anae
14.99 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction | Series: BWB Texts | Reading Level: near fine
In a book that is both deeply personal and highly political, Melani Anae recalls the radical activism of Auckland's Polynesian Panthers - the movement modelled on the US Black Panther Party 'but without guns'. The Polynesian Panthers was founded in response to the racist treatment of Pacific Islanders i ...Show more
An Exquisite Legacy - The Work and Art of New Zealand Naturalist G.V. Hudson by George Gibbs
59.99 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction | Reading Level: very good
The biography of one of New Zealand's greatest naturalist-artists, G. V.Hudson. George Hudson, 1867-1946, was one of New Zealand's pioneer naturalists, who devoted his life to collecting and describing the New Zealand insect fauna. He amassed what is probably the largest collection of New Zealand insect ...Show more
Busted: Stories from New Zealand's Leading Private Investigator by Ron McQuilter
34.99 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Ralph Hotere - The Dark is Light Enough - A Biographical Portrait by Vincent O'Sullivan
45.00 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs | Reading Level: very good
Vincent O'Sullivan's compelling, nuanced portrait of the great New Zealand artist Ralph Hotere brings the man and his art to life. Ralph Hotere (Te Aupouri and Te Rarawa; 1931-2013) was one of Aotearoa's most significant modern artists. Hotere invited the poet, novelist and biographer Vincent O'Sullivan ...Show more