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House of Treasures - 150 Objects from Canterbury Museum Nga Taonga Tuku Iho by James Herries Beattie, Et Al
$70.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non-Fiction
Since first opening its doors to the public on Rolleston Avenue on 1 October 1870, Canterbury Museum has come to house an estimated 2.3 million taonga (treasures). To celebrate the Museum’s 150th anniversary, 150 taonga (treasures) from this vast collection are showcased in a superbly designed and photo ...Show more
Maori Philosophy - Indigenous Thinking from Aotearoa by Georgina Stewart (Series edited by); Omar Rivera (Series edited by); Pascah Mungwini (Series edited by); James Madaio (Series edited by); Leah Kalmanson (Series edited by); Monika Kirloskar-Steinbach (Series edited by); Nader El-Bizri (Series edited by); Sarah Mattice (Series edited by); Takeshi Morisato (Series edited by)
$39.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non-Fiction | Series: Bloomsbury Introductions to World Philosophies Ser.
Covering the symbolic systems and worldviews of the Indigenous peoples of Aotearoa, New Zealand, this book is a concise introduction to Maori philosophy. It addresses core philosophical issues including Maori notions of the self, the world, epistemology, the form in which Maori philosophy is conveyed, a ...Show more
New Zealanders: A Field Guide by Tom Sainsbury
$37.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non-Fiction
A revealing guide to the weird and wonderful inhabitants of New Zealand... and the places you'll find them After years of mimicking various celebrities and stereotypes on his social media platforms, comedian Tom Sainsbury has now compiled his favourite New Zealand personalities into a book. This array o ...Show more
Rough Habit: An Unlikely Champion by Ken Linnett
$28.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non-Fiction
Rough Habit An Unlikely Champion is a tale that captures the essence of horse racing - from dreaming to inspiration, to luck good and bad, to fortunes and reputations made. It's the story not just of an unexpected champion horse, but of those who took him to greatness. Rough Habit is one in the long li ...Show more
Common Ground: Garden Histories of Aotearoa by MATT MORRIS
$45.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non-Fiction
Common Ground: Garden histories of Aotearoa takes a loving look at gardens and garden practices in Aotearoa New Zealand over time. While a lot of gardening books focus on the grand plantings of wealthy citizens, Matt Morris explores the historical processes behind humble gardens' those created and ma ...Show more
Railways Studios by NEILL PETER ATKINSON ALSOP
$70.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non-Fiction
For many decades the Railways Department's design studios, Railways Studio, was New Zealand's 'go-to' advertiser. Its tourism and product ads appear on railway-station hoardings and billboards throughout the land, and it developed some of New Zealand's most iconic graphic images. This big, beautiful boo ...Show more
He Pukapuka Tataku: Nga Mahi a Te Rapuaraha Nui (A Record of the Life of the Great Te Rauparaha) by Tamihana Te Rauparaha
$60.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non-Fiction
"A biography of Te Rauparaha by his son Tamihana, published for the first time in a bilingual Maori/English edition.Kaore kau he kaumatua hei rite ma Te Rauparaha te mahio ki te whawhai, me te toa hoki, me te tino tangata ki te atawhai tangata. There has never been a man equal to Te Rauparaha in terms o ...Show more
This Pakeha Life: An Unsettled Memoir by Alison Jones
$40.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non-Fiction
This book is about my making sense here, of my becoming and being Pakeha. Every Pakeha becomes a Pakeha in their own way, finding her or his own meaning for that Maori word. This is the story of what it means to me. I have written this book for Pakeha - and other New Zealanders - curious about their sen ...Show more
Te Mahi Oneone Hua Parakore : A Maori Soil Sovereignty and Wellbeing Handbook by Edited by Jessica Hutchings and Jo Smith
$40.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non-Fiction
Soil health and security are key components of our wellbeing. Even so, soil is faced with many environmental challenges under the current iteration of capitalism. A paradigm shift is needed to encourage care for this resource. In te ao Maori, soil is taonga. It is also whanaunga - it holds ancestral co ...Show more
Landmarks by Owen Marshall; Grahame Sydney; Brian Turner
$75.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non-Fiction
A handsome, landmark book celebrating the work of three of our literary and artistic heavyweights. The complementary work of artist Grahame Sydney, fiction writer Owen Marshall and poet Brian Turner was first brought together in the hugely successful Timeless Land in 1995. Its pages showed their shared, ...Show more
Surf Dreams - New Zealand Surf Culture by Derek Morrison
$50.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non-Fiction
From Ahipara in the north to Riverton in the south - Derek Morrison has surfed and photographed the best spots up and down the country. In this spectacularly illustrated book, he presents 15 major surfing communities and those who live there and who live to surf (Ahipara, Tutukaka, Piha, Whangamata, Mt ...Show more
Navigating the Stars: Maori Creation Myths by Witi Ihimaera
$45.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non-Fiction
From master storyteller Witi Ihimaera, a spellbinding and provocative retelling of traditional Maori myths for the twenty-first century. In this milestone volume, Ihimaera traces the history of the Maori people through their creation myths. He follows Tawhaki up the vines into the firmament, Hine-titama ...Show more
