Voices from the New Zealand Wars | He Reo nō ngā Pakanga o Aotearoa by Vincent O'Malley
$50.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non-Fiction
'Welcome to our story, this history. Wherever in the world the bones of your ancestors lie, wherever their ashes may have been dispersed, here you will find traces of them, and of yourself... It is, of course, a story of colonisation and resistance - and a history that has never stopped repeating.' The ...Show more
New Zealand's Backyard Birds (PB) by Ned Barraud
$22.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non-Fiction
New Zealand’s Backyard Birds is a children’s guide to the birds that live in their backyard, both native birds, such as tūi, and pīwakawaka/fantail, and introduced birds such as thrush, blackbird and sparrow. With useful background information about birds in general and stunning illustrations by Ned Bar ...Show more
Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds and Shape Our Futures by Merlin Sheldrake
$26.00 NZD
Category: Natural History
When we think of fungi, we likely think of mushrooms. But mushrooms are only fruiting bodies, analogous to apples on a tree. Most fungi live out of sight, yet make up a massively diverse kingdom of organisms that supports and sustains nearly all living systems. Fungi provide a key to understanding the p ...Show more
Moa: The Life and Death of New Zealand's Legendary Bird by Quinn Berentson
$45.00 NZD
$60.00 (25% off)
Category: Sale Books (non-returnable)
The moa were the most unusual and unique family of birds that ever lived, a clan of feathered monsters that developed in isolation for many, many millions of years. They became extinct reasonably quickly after the arrival of the Maori, and were a distant memory by the time European explorers arrived. So ...Show more
The Raupo Phrasebook of Modern Māori by Scotty Morrison
$38.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non-Fiction
Aotearoa's most trusted guide to te reo Maori, revised and updated.The Raupo Phrasebook of Modern Maori is the most up-to-date, versatile and relevant resource for anyone wanting to use the Maori language in everyday life. Whether you're a complete beginner or emergent speaker of te reo Maori, you'll le ...Show more
Tree Sense - Ways of Thinking about Trees by Susette Goldsmith (Editor)
$37.00 NZD
Category: Natural History
At a moment when the planet is so clearly in peril, the trees stand as both guardians and messengers. They have words for us - if only we would listen. As climate change imposes significant challenges on the natural world we are being encouraged to plant trees. At the same time, urban intensification an ...Show more
Transgressing Tikanga - Captured by Maori - First-hand Accounts 1816-1884 by Trevor Bentley
$40.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non-Fiction
Transgressing Tikanga is a collection of 20 first-hand accounts written by Europeans who were captured by Maori between 1816 and 1884. These Pakeha men and women were seized when they either committed blatant acts of aggression or unknowingly transgressed tikanga Maori (customary law), for which utu was ...Show more
Ex Libris: 100 Books for Everyone's Bookshelf by Michiko Kakutani
$40.00 NZD
Category: General Non-Fiction
From 'the most powerful book critic in the English-speaking world' (Vanity Fair) comes an inspiring and beautifully illustrated selection of the life-changing books that none of us should miss 'Why do we love books so much?' For legendary literary critic Michiko Kakutani, books have always been an esca ...Show more
He Pou Hiringa - Grounding Science and Technology in Te Ao Maori (BWB Texts) by Katharina Ruckstuhl (ed.); Merata Kawharu (ed.); Maria Amoamo (ed.)
$18.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non-Fiction | Series: BWB Texts
This book brings together writing on the big questions about the role of Maori, tikanga and matauranga in shaping science and technological innovation. Written by Maori from diverse disciplines, it explores the potential for novel approaches, theories, methods and community engagement models in science ...Show more
Living with the Climate Crisis - Voices from Aotearoa (BWB Texts) by Tom Doig (editor)
$18.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non-Fiction | Series: BWB Texts
If much of the world can work together to beat a deadly pandemic, imagine what might happen if we turned our collective energy to tackling the climate crisis. The devastating summer of Australian bush fi res underlined the terrifying sense of a world pushed to the brink. Then came Covid-19, and with it ...Show more
Kainga - People, Land and Belonging (BWB Texts) by Paul Tapsell
$18.00 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
Field Guide to New Zealand Native Trees (revised edition) by John Dawson; Rob Lucas
$50.00 NZD
Category: Natural History
A companion volume to the award-winning and monumental 'New Zealand's Native Trees', this field guide is the perfect companion to take into the outdoors. Compact enough to fit in a day-pack, it contains detailed information on all native trees found on the main islands of New Zealand, including Steward ...Show more