The Boy from Gorge River: From New Zealand's remotest family to the world beyond by Chris Long
40.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
The story of how an extraordinary childhood shaped an extraordinary life. On the West Coast of the South Island, past deep fiords and snow-capped mountains, Chris Long grew up two days' hike from the nearest road. He was born into the country's most isolated family, his parents committed to freedom from ...Show more
Hiakai: Modern Maori Cuisine by Monique Fiso
65.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
Monique Fiso is a modern-day food warrior, taking Māori cuisine to the world. After years overseas in Michelin-star restaurants, Monique returned to Aotearoa to begin Hiakai, an innovative pop-up venture that's now a revered, award-winning restaurant in Wellington. Monique has also gone on to feature on ...Show more
Wahine Toa : Omniscient Māori Women by Robyn Kahukiwa & Patricia Grace
110.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
An exploration of the stories of 8 women from Maori myths, in art works and texts. The artist intends her work to be visual representations of the myths, rather than just accompanying illustrations. Oil paintings and pencil drawings are reproduced in full-page format, and the second section of the book ...Show more
Fierce Hope - Youth Activism in Aotearoa by Karen Nairn, Judith Siglo, Carisa R. Showden, Kyle R. Matthews, Joanna Kidman
40.00 NZD
Category: Social Issues
Youth activism has been a defining feature of Aotearoa's recent political landscape. Amidst these unsettling political times haunted by climate change, colonisation, ongoing inequality and the upheaval of the pandemic, the political actions of young New Zealanders are a source of inspiration, challenge ...Show more
Golden Eyes: The Yellow-eyed Penguin/Hoiho by Kelly Lynch
22.00 NZD
Category: Birds
Golden Eyes is a yellow-eyed penguin/hoiho who lives at the bottom of the South Island of New Zealand. He makes his nest in the bushes at the base of a cliff. Every morning, Golden Eyes waddles down to the beach to fish for food. Golden Eyes is shy and prefers to live in secret . . . Read this book to ...Show more
Hunting Life: Moments Of Truth by Peter Ryan
40.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
Intrepid hunter, adventurer and writer Peter Ryan has produced yet another deeply satisfying collection of hunting tales, complemented by sensational imagery. His new collection Hunting Life - Moments of Truth delivers superbly written essays on hunting, the natural world and life in general from an a ...Show more
A Queer Existence - The lives of young gay men in Aotearoa New Zealand by Mark Beehre
45.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
Queer Existence is a major documentary project that uses photographic portraitureand oral history to record the life experiences of a group of 27 gay men bornsince the passing of the Homosexual Law Reform Act in 1986. In New Zealand,discrimination in work was outlawed in 1993, same-sex relationships wer ...Show more
The Abundant Garden: A practical guide to growing a regenerative home garden by Niva Kay, Yotam Kay
45.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
Home gardening the natural way. Niva and Yotam Kay of Pakaraka Permaculture, on the Coromandel Peninsula of Aotearoa New Zealand, share their long experience of organic gardening in this comprehensive book on how to create and maintain a productive and regenerative vegetable garden. Taking care of the s ...Show more
The Alarmist - Fifty Years Measuring Climate Change by Dave Lowe
40.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
Alarmist (pre-2020): Someone who exaggerates a danger and so causes needless worry or panic. Alarmist (post-2020): Someone who justifiably raises the alarm about a global danger to Earth's biosphere. His research was urgent fifty years ago. Now, it’s critical. In the early 1970s, budding Kiwi scientist ...Show more
The Forager's Treasury by Johanna Knox
50.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
A New Zealand guide to the art of foraging - a comprehensive guide to finding sustainable, free and fascinating plants. In the urban and rural wildernesses, there is an abundance of food just waiting to be discovered, if only you know what to look for. Foraged food is healthy, economical and sustainable ...Show more
We Will Not Cease by Archibald Baxter
30.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
To oppose the military machine means to accept the possibility that one may be destroyed by it. - Archibald BaxterWe Will Not Cease is the unflinching account of New Zealander Archibald Baxter's brutal treatment as a conscientious objector during World War I.In 1915, when Baxter was 33, he was arrested, ...Show more
Rants in the Dark: From One Tired Mama to Another by Emily Writes
35.00 NZD
Category: Parenting & Teaching
Popular blogger Emily Writes gives words of encouragement to sleep-deprived parents everywhere. With two small boys, both non-sleepers, Emily finds herself awake in the wee small hours night after night. Her writing is often done then, and she offers her own often hilarious and always heart-warming expe ...Show more