The New Zealand Wars | Nga Pakanga o Aotearoa by Vincent O'Malley
40.00 NZD
Category: NZ History | Series: 1st | Reading Level: near fine
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
Blood & Dirt: Prison Labour and the Making of New Zealand by Jared Davidson
50.00 NZD
Category: NZ History | Series: 1st
'Picture, for a minute, every artwork of colonial New Zealand you can think of. Now add a chain gang. Hard labour men guarded by other men with guns. Men moving heavy metal. Men picking at the earth. Over and over again. This was the reality of nineteenth-century New Zealand.' Forced labour haunts the ...Show more
Ultimate Road Trips: Aotearoa New Zealand by Brett Atkinson
50.00 NZD
Category: NZ Travel and Guides | Series: Ultimate Ser.
Ultimate Road Trips: Aotearoa New Zealand is your inspirational and comprehensive touring guide to New Zealand, featuring 36 road trips across the North and South islands. From coastal journeys exploring the country's beaches and bays, to inland adventures through rugged volcanic and alpine landscapes, ...Show more
New Zealand Migration by Philippa Werry
30.00 NZD
Category: NZ History
'In a country inhabited for a mere thousand years, everyone is an immigrant or a descendant of an immigrant.' - Michael King With six books now published, The NZ Series is a valuable non-fiction resource for general readers and schools, introducing complex subjects in simple, concise terms. In this seve ...Show more
Living On Shaky Ground - The science and story behind New Zealand’s earthquakes by Matthew Wright
39.99 NZD
Category: NZ History
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
The Disappearance of Lydia Harvey: A true story of sex, crime and the meaning of justice by Julia Laite
25.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Books
An extraordinary story.
A Photographic Guide to Moths and Butterflies of New Zealand by Robert Hoare; Olivier Ball (Photographer)
28.00 NZD
Category: NZ Natural History
A reprint under a new ISBN, A Photographic Guide to Moths & Butterflies of New Zealand is essential to those that want to know more about the species. Given that they are found in a huge range of habitats, from the porch light to the forests, pastures and high country, it is easy to stumble across N ...Show more
Katherine Mansfield's Europe - Station to Station by Redmer Yska
50.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Books | Reading Level: very good
Beautifully written and illustrated with maps and stunning photography, Katherine Mansfield's Europe is part travelogue, part literary biography, part detective story and part ghost story. Guided by Mansfield's journals and letters, Redmer Yska traces her restless journey in Europe, seeking out the pla ...Show more
Would that be funny?: Growing up with John Clarke by Lorin Clarke
40.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Books | Reading Level: near fine
A family memoir about the beloved comedian John Clarke by his daughter, writer Lorin Clarke. A warm, witty and uplifting book about how our families make us who we are. When satirist John Clarke died in April 2017, many people mourned his passing as if they had lost a friend or a member of the family. ...Show more
A Strange Beautiful Excitement: Katherine Mansfield's Wellington by Redmer Yska
40.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Books | Reading Level: near fine
How does a city make a writer? Described by Fiona Kidman as a 'ravishing, immersing read', A Strange Beautiful Excitement is a 'wild ride' through the Wellington of Katherine Mansfield's childhood. From the grubby, wind-blasted streets of Thorndon to the hushed green valley of Karori, author Redmer Ysk ...Show more
The Health of the People (BWB Texts) by David Skegg
18.00 NZD
Category: NZ History | Series: BWB Texts | Reading Level: very good
In August 2016, forty per cent of the residents of Havelock North were suddenly struck down by a serious bacterial infection. The outbreak of campylobacter, caused by the contamination of the water supply with sheep faeces, hospitalised forty-five people and left at least three dead. Eminent public heal ...Show more
The Monarch Butterfly by Annemarie Florian
28.00 NZD
Category: NZ Natural History
The Monarch Butterfly is the first mainstream New Zealand's children's book about this most recognisable butterfly. It explains the pollination, migration, hibernation and transformation of this incredible insect. It also explains the transformation from caterpillar to pupa to butterfly and describes th ...Show more