Fox Spirit On A Distant Cloud by Lee Murray
$28.00 NZD
Category: NZ
Wellington, 1923, and a sixty-year-old woman hangs herself in a scullery; ten years later another woman 'falls' from the second floor of a Taranaki tobacconist; soon afterwards a young mother in Taumarunui slices the throat of her newborn with a cleaver. All are women of the Chinese diaspora, who came t ...Show more
Alpine Panorama: A view to a climb by Andy Buchanan
$59.99 NZD
Category: NZ
For lovers of the great outdoors and those captivated by the silent allure of Canterbury’s alpine horizon, Andy Buchanan’s Alpine Panorama: A view to a climb is a celebration of nature’s majesty and a tribute to the enduring connection between man and mountain. The distant alpine skyline served as a mag ...Show more
Bob Crowder - A New Zealand Organics Pioneer by Matt Morris
$45.00 NZD
Category: Gardening
Bob Crowder: A New Zealand organics pioneer, by leading garden historian Matt Morris, tells the story of Bob Crowder's life and his role in the birth of the organics movement in Aotearoa New Zealand. Growing up in wartime Britain, the peaceful pursuit of gardening was young Bob's refuge. He later became ...Show more
The Beautiful Afternoon by Airini Beautrais
$38.00 NZD
Category: NZ
In The Beautiful Afternoon, award-winning poet and short-story writer Airini Beautrais plumbs history, literature, Star Wars, sea hags, beauty products, tarot, swimwear, environmentalism and pole dancing to deliver a virtuoso inquiry into how we become, and change, who we are. Beautrais surveys the man ...Show more
The Unsettled: Small Stories of Colonisation by Richard Shaw
$39.99 NZD
Category: NZ
WHAT IT MEANS TO OWN YOUR PAST After Richard Shaw published his acclaimed memoir The Forgotten Coast in 2021, he made contact with Pakeha with long settler histories who were coming to grips with the truth of their respective families' 'pioneer stories'. They were questioning the foundation of aggressi ...Show more
Traditional Lifeways of the Southern Maori by James Herries
$60.00 NZD
Category: NZ
Journalist James Herries Beattie recorded southern Māori history for almost fifty years and produced many popular books and pamphlets. Traditional Lifeways of the Southern Māori is his most important work. This significant resource, which is based on a major field project Beattie carried out for the Ota ...Show more
The Team That Hit the Rocks: The Inside Story of the Wahine Disaster by PeterJerram
$39.99 NZD
Category: NZ
In April 1968 the New Zealand interisland passenger ferry Wahine, a fast and modern ship for its time, hit Barrett Reef at the entrance to Wellington Harbour in a cyclone, the worst storm ever recorded in New Zealand's history. Six and a half hours later the ship heeled over and sank, with the eventual ...Show more
MORE Late Life Adventures in London & Beyond by Annemarie Rawson
$32.99 NZD
Category: NZ
Join Annemarie and her husband Steve in their inspiring travelogue as they explore London’s hidden gems, the UK, and a host of enticing European destinations. Experience the beauty of the fascinating places they visit, immerse yourself in local history and culture, meeting local characters while savouri ...Show more
Kia Hiwa Ra! Maori Journalism in Aotearoa by Atakohu Middleton
$45.00 NZD
Category: NZ
Maori journalism in Aotearoa New Zealand has become a vibrant industry, reporting through print, radio, television and the internet. This book looks at the history of Maori journalism and the elements that make it what it is today. The author examines the way that news values common in English-speaking ...Show more
Do You Still Have Time For Chaos? by Lynn Davidson
$35.00 NZD
Category: NZ
Do You Still Have Time for Chaos? tells the story of poet and teacher Lynn Davidson’s late-life decision to leave Aotearoa New Zealand, with scant resources, to build a life in Scotland. In 2020, in the frightening quiet of a Covid-emptied Edinburgh, she begins her memoir; temporarily at home at the Ra ...Show more
Pounamu Treasures - Ngā Taonga Pounamu by Russell Beck; Maika Mason
$35.00 NZD
Category: NZ | Reading Level: very good
Pounamu, or jade, is one of New Zealand's most treasured natural resources, celebrated for its rich beauty and significance to the Māori people. Pounamu Treasures - Ngā Taonga Pounamu is a simple and stylish collection of object photographs that honours the stone in its many forms. Respected pounamu ...Show more
Treaty of Waitangi by Calman Ross
$25.99 NZD
Category: NZ
A short, balanced introduction to the nation's founding document. In plain language it covers the events around the signing of The Treaty of Waitangi, and what has happened since. Also included is information on the key personalities, a wealth of illustrations, and the full text of the treaty, in Englis ...Show more