He Pou Hiringa - Grounding Science and Technology in Te Ao Maori (BWB Texts) by Katharina Ruckstuhl (ed.); Merata Kawharu (ed.); Maria Amoamo (ed.)
17.99 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction | Series: BWB Texts | Reading Level: very good
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
Searching For Charlie - In Pursuit of the Real Charles Upham VC & Bar by Tom Scott
49.99 NZD
Category: NZ Biographies & Memoirs | Reading Level: very good
Captain Charles Hazlitt Upham is the only combat soldier ever to win the Victoria Cross twice. His acts of bravery in World War II meant he probably deserved six more. The mystery of how a reserved, modest, slightly built farm valuer from New Zealand, could be so ferocious and fearless in battle has int ...Show more
Stories from Our Back Roads The North Island by Ray Stone
49.99 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction | Reading Level: near fine
This book is for people who enjoy driving and exploring the stories of our back roads, but most of all it is for people who love New Zealand, whether they choose to do it from behind the wheel of their SUV or the comfort of their sofa. Stories from our Backroads: North Island will introduce you to some ...Show more
Stories from Our Back Roads The South Island by Ray Stone
49.99 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction | Reading Level: near fine
This book is for people who enjoy driving and exploring the stories of our back roads, but most of all it is for people who love New Zealand, whether they choose to do it from behind the wheel of their SUV or the comfort of their sofa. Stories from our Backroads: South lsland will introduce you to some ...Show more
Imagining Decolonisation (BWB Texts) by Bianca Elkington; Jennie Smeaton; Rebecca Kiddle; Ocean Ripeka Mercier; Mike Ross; Amanda Thomas
17.99 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction | Series: BWB Texts | Reading Level: very good
Decolonisation is a term that scares some, and gives hope to others. It is an uncomfortable and bewildering concept for many New Zealanders yet needed if we are going to build a country that is fair and equal for all who live there. This book sets out the case for decolonisation by illuminating through ...Show more
New Zealand's Native Trees (revised edition) by John Dawson, Rob Lucas et al
129.99 NZD
Category: NZ Natural History
A complete revision, of the best selling, award-winning landmark book on New Zealand’s native trees. New Zealand’s Native Trees is a landmark book, the kind that is published only once in a generation. It celebrates our unique and magnificent native forests, and describes and generously illustrates m ...Show more
Rich Enough? A Laid-Back Guide for Every Kiwi by Mary Holm
39.99 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Read this one book, set up your money, and get on with your life! Find out what many in the financial world don't want you to know. Laid-back investing is not only easier, it can actually make you richer. Learn how to kill off debt, curb spending, find your best KiwiSaver fund, save painlessly, buy a ho ...Show more
I Have Loved Me a Man by Mazer Sharon
59.99 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction | Reading Level: near fine
From the Old Mill Disco in Timaru to San Francisco's ACT UP protests, through Jazzercise and drag, AIDS and homosexual law reform, I Have Loved Me a Man takes readers inside the social revolution that has moved New Zealand from the 1960s to the present day through the story of the one, the only, queer M ...Show more
The Ground Between: Navigating the Oil and Mining Debate in New Zealand: 2017 (BWB Texts) by Sefton Darby
14.99 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction | Series: BWB Texts | Reading Level: Very Good
Battles over oil and mining developments in New Zealand are fierce and polarised. Often presented as a simple trade-off between conservation or quick profit, the debate leaves little space for discussion across ideological divides. The Ground Between provides a rare account from someone who has worked w ...Show more
Dancing With the King - The rise and fall of the King Country 1864-1885 by Belgrave Michael
75.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction | Reading Level: near fine
After the battle of Orakau in 1864 and the end of the war in the Waikato, Tawhiao, the second Maori King, and his supporters were forced into an armed isolation in the Rohe Potae, the King Country. For the next twenty years, the King Country operated as an independent state - a land governed by the Maor ...Show more
A Life on Gorge River - New Zealand's Remotest Family by Robert Long
39.99 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Robert Long and his family - wife Catherine, and children Christan (17) and Robyn (14) - live in complete isolation, in a hut two days' walk south of Haast in South Westland. Robert has lived there for nearly 30 years; Catherine for 20 and the kids all their lives. Their only contact with the outside wo ...Show more
Patched by Jarrod Gilbert
49.99 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction | Reading Level: good-very good
From 'bikie' gangs to skinheads, the Mongrel Mob to Black Power, gangs have had a massive impact on our society. Based on intensive research within gangs, Patched is the first major history of gang life in New Zealand. Jarrod Gilbert traces the story from the early bodgies and widgies, the rise of Hell' ...Show more