Tamatea Dusky: The Remarkable Story of Fiordland's Dusky Sound by Peta Carey
69.99 NZD
Category: NZ Natural History | Reading Level: near fine
The remarkable story of conservation and history in Fiordland's Tamatea/Dusky Sound, by Peta Carey. With a fascinating history, both Maori and European, it is the place where Captain Cook arrived in 1773, and where ground-breaking conservation began in New Zealand over 120 years ago.
Blood of the Flax by Ray Caird
45.00 NZD
Category: NZ Natural History
Toto o te Harakeke explores the most important plant-human relationship in the history of Aotearoa. This beautiful, illustrated coffee table book takes us on a poetic personal journey from ancient Gondwanaland to the fashion catwalks of New York. The result, with whanau boom and bust, is a playful and s ...Show more
Upriver - From the Sea to the Southern Alps by Colin Heinz
49.99 NZD
Category: NZ Natural History | Reading Level: very good
Upriver will appeal to everyone who loves New Zealand’s South Island/Te Waipounamu and wants to find out more about the formation of its diverse landscapes and the story of human settlement since the very first landings about eight centuries ago. It will also provide all the information needed by those ...Show more
Lost Gold - Ornithology of the Subantarctic Auckland Islands by Colin Miskelly (ed.); Craig Symes (ed.)
55.00 NZD
Category: NZ Natural History | Reading Level: very good
This special book-format issue of Birds New Zealands journal Notornis is devoted to the birds of the Auckland Islands Maukahuka/Motu Maha, the largest and biologically most diverse island group in the New Zealand subantarctic region. Its 19 chapters, written by leading ornithologists, cover a wide range ...Show more
Volcanoes of Auckland: A Field Guide by Bruce W Hayward
49.99 NZD
Category: NZ Field Guides
A fully illustrated field guide for Aucklanders and visitors to take with them out among the 53 volcanoes that shape this city. Volcanoes of Auckland is a handy field guide to the fiery natural world that so deeply shapes New Zealand's largest city - from Rangitoto to One Tree Hill, Lake Pupuke to Orak ...Show more
Totara by Phillip Simpson
49.99 NZD
Category: NZ Natural History
A new softback edition of this modern classic of our most renowned tree, the tōtara. A wonder of evolution, the big tree of the forest, the wood behind Māori carving and Pākehā fence posts: the ‘mighty tōtara’ is New Zealand’s tree and this book tells its story. The ‘mighty tōtara’ is one of our most ex ...Show more
Rescue by Michael Willis
45.00 NZD
Category: NZ Natural History
Michael Willis was ten years old, already keeping rabbits, guinea pigs, frogs, possums and birds in his parents¿ garden and dreaming of running a zoo of his own. Then came a life-changing present: a copy of naturalist Gerald Durrell¿s The Bafut Beagles. Suddenly the idea of working with animals became m ...Show more
Hauturu: History, Flora and Fauna Te Hauturu-o-Toi/Little Barrier Island by Dick Veitch and Lyn Wade
60.00 NZD
Category: NZ Natural History
Often described as the most intact native ecosystem in the country, Te Hauturu-o-Toi/Little Barrier Island holds a special place in the minds of all New Zealanders interested in preserving our countrys unique natural heritage. Written by experts across a range of fields, there are detailed chapters on t ...Show more
The Kiwi: An Endangered New Zealand Icon by Matt Elliott
39.99 NZD
Category: NZ Natural History
The Kiwi: Endangered New Zealand Icon is about our historical fascination with a unique national icon - the kiwi - and the extraordinary efforts being made to save it from extinction.
100 Natural History Treasures of Te Papa by Susan Waugh
45.00 NZD
Category: NZ Natural History | Series: Ten X Ten Ser.
In this fascinating book Te Papas science team of experts showcase 100 collection objects that demonstrate the breadth and depth of the collection and the museums important ongoing research. Te Papas expert curators and collections managers tell the fascinating stories of everything from the colossal sq ...Show more