Mad on Meth - How New Zealand Got Hooked on P by Benedict Collins
39.99 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
The eye-opening evolution of crystal meth in New Zealand and what can be done about it Only fifty years ago in New Zealand, methamphetamine was a publicly prescribed drug used as widely as by housewives, shift workers, students, and anybody looking to party. Legal for decades, meth was about to undergo ...Show more
The Vanishing Point by Andrea Hotere
37.99 NZD
Category: NZ Fiction
A dazzling and spellbinding debut about a mysterious painting, the secrets it keeps, and the two women connected across centuries by a quest to discover the truth - for readers of Geraldine Brooks, Tracy Chevalier and Maggie O'Farrell. London, 1991: Alex Johns, an art intern at the Courtauld, believes ...Show more
Pounamu Pounamu - Te reo Māori edition by Witi Ihimaera
29.99 NZD
Category: NZ Fiction
Witi Ihimaera's first published book - Pounamu Pounamu - translated into te reo Maori. Published in collaboration with Kotahi Rau Pukapuka. E rima tekau tau ki muri, ka puta mai a 'Pounamu Pounamu' hei kai ma te ao panui reo Pakeha. Ko te whakataunga o nga mana matauranga o Aotearoa o taua wa, he pukapu ...Show more
Mila and the Bone Man by Lauren Roche
38.00 NZD
Category: Contemporary Fiction | Reading Level: near fine
Naked Eye Wonders: A Short Guide to the Stars as seen from Aotearoa New Zealand (4th Edition, 2005) by Paul Taylor
19.99 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
A lightweight pocket size guide to the stars of Aotearoa for travellers & backpackers. Fourth edition now in full colour and includes chapter about Matariki.
A Field Guide to the Native Edible Plants of New Zealand by Andrew Crowe
34.99 NZD
Category: NZ Field Guides | Reading Level: near fine
A go-to, illustrated field guide of edible native New Zealand plants, including a section on poisonous plants. In this useful and attractive book, over 190 trees, shrubs, herbs, ferns, mushrooms, lichens and seaweeds are described in detail with information on which part is edible and when, how plants h ...Show more
A Different Light: First Photographs of Aotearoa by Catherine Hammond, Shaun Higgins
64.99 NZD
Category: NZ Pictorial
In 1848, two decades after a French inventor mixed daylight with a cocktail of chemicals to fix the view outside his window onto a metal plate, photography arrived in Aotearoa. How did these 'portraits in a machine' reveal Maori and Pakeha to themselves and to each other? Were the first photographs 'a g ...Show more
Did I Ever Tell You This? A Memoir by Sam Neill
44.99 NZD
Category: NZ Biographies & Memoirs
In this unexpected memoir, written in a creative burst of just a few months in 2022, Sam Neill tells the story of how he became one of the world's most celebrated actors, who has worked with everyone from Meryl Streep to Isabel Adjani, from Jeff Goldblum to Sean Connery, from Steven Spielberg to Jane Ca ...Show more
A Naturalist's Guide to the Birds of New Zealand (2nd ed.) by Oscar Thomas
29.99 NZD
Category: NZ Field Guides | Series: Naturalists' Guides
A Naturalist's Guide to the Birds of New Zealand is an introductory photographic identification guide to 250 bird species, including the most commonly seen, unique and endemic species, and is perfect for resident and visitor alike. High-quality photographs from one of New Zealand's youngest nature photo ...Show more
Feijoa: A Story of Obsession and Belonging by Kate Evans
39.99 NZD
Category: NZ Natural History
Inspired by a personal obsession with this singular exotic fruit, Feijoa is a sweeping, global tale about the dance between people and plants - how we need each other, how we change each other, and the surprising ways certain species make their way into our imaginations, our stomachs, and our hearts. ...Show more
Wild Pork and Watercress (Popular Penguin) by Barry Crump
15.99 NZD
Category: NZ Fiction
A tale of raw adventure as Uncle Hec and Ricky use all their skills to survive in the hard world of precipitous hills and impassable forest. It uncovers the slow maturing of love and trust between two loners in a hard world. Filmed as Hunt for the Wilderpeople.
The Whale Rider (Popular Penguin) by Witi Ihimaera
15.99 NZD
Category: NZ Fiction
Eight-year-old Kahu craves her great-grandfather's love and attention. But he's focused on his duties as chief of the Maori in Whangara, New Zealand—a tribe that claims descent from the legendary "whale rider." In every generation since the whale rider, a male has inherited the title of chief. But now t ...Show more