The Raupo Book of Maori Proverbs by Aw Reed et al.
Category: NZ Non-Fiction | Series: 1st | Reading Level: Very Good
Proverbs (or whakatauki) express the wisdom, wit and commonsense of the Maori people. They are of great value and inspiration to writers, story-tellers and anyone speaking in a Maori setting. Several hundred proverbs are contained in The Raupo Book of Maori Proverbs, categorised under a large number of ...Show more
The Raupo Pocket Dictionary of Modern Maori: Revised 2009 Edition by P. M. Ryan
Category: NZ Non-Fiction
The Raupo Pocket Dictionary of Modern Maori is a portable reference source for speakers of English and Maori at all levels. This new edition has been fully revised by the author.The Raupo Pocket Dictionary of Modern Maori is a portable reference source for speakers of English and Maori at all levels. Th ...Show more
A Mini Guide to the Identification of New Zealand's Land Birds by Andrew Crowe
Category: NZ Non-Fiction | Series: Mini Guide to the Identification of New Zealand... | Reading Level: very good
Condensed version of: Which New Zealand bird? : a simple step-by-step guide to the identification of New Zealand's native and introduced birds.
Maori Place Names: Their Meanings and Origins by A. W. Reed; Peter Dowling
Category: NZ Non-Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Pronounce and understand Māori place names with the new fourth edition of A.W. Reed's classic guide to meanings and origins of names across New Zealand. From Ahaura to Whitianga, this handily sized book is the definitive guide to over 2300 of the most common and notable Maori names on our land. Why do W ...Show more
A Mini Guide to the Identification of New Zealand Insects by Andrew Crowe
Category: NZ Non-Fiction | Series: Mini Guide to the Identification of New Zealand...
A handy, pocket-sized guide to the identification of New Zealand's insects.Condensed from Andrew Crowe's popular best-seller Which New Zealand Insect?, this mini guide has been designed to fit into a pocket, day pack or bag. Full of essential information for quick and accurate identification of insects, ...Show more
Wealth and New Zealand by Max Rashbrooke
Category: NZ Non-Fiction | Series: BWB Texts | Reading Level: Very Good
The most recent NBR Rich List has revealed the biggest proportional increase in wealth since the list first appeared in 1986. But what do these figures mean and what else do we know about New Zealand's fortunes? Following his groundbreaking work on income inequality, Max Rashbrooke examines how wealth ...Show more
New Zealand: A Photographic Journey by Todd Sisson
Category: NZ Non-Fiction
New Zealand: A photographic journey presents a fresh collection of world-class landscape images that have been captured across the length and breadth of New Zealand by acclaimed landscape photographers Todd and Sarah Sisson during the past decade. Like the countryside that it artfully presents, New Zeal ...Show more
Post Marks: The Way We Were - Early New Zealand Postcards, 1897-1922 by Leo Haks; Colleen Dallimore; Alan Jackson
Category: NZ Non-Fiction | Reading Level: New
The aim of this book is to provide an introduction to New Zealand picture postcards beginning in 1897, when the first official postcard was published. The 25-year period that this book covers includes the boon years in New Zealand postcard production, 1903-1910 and World War 1. As a lifelong collector, ...Show more
Rugby: a New Zealand History by Palenski Ron
Category: NZ Non-Fiction
Rugby is New Zealand's national sport. From the grand tour by the 1888 Natives to the upcoming 2015 World Cup, from games in the North African desert in World War II to matches behind barbed wire during the 1981 Springbok tour, from grassroots club rugby to heaving crowds outside Eden Park, Lancaster Pa ...Show more
In the Arena: The Diane Foreman Story by Diane Foreman
Category: NZ Non-Fiction
A candid portrait of one of New Zealand's most successful entrepreneurs, as well as a practical hands-on guide to what it takes to succeed in business. In this candid and engaging book New Zealand businesswoman Diane Foreman tells how she went from being a single mother to creating a successful multi-mi ...Show more
Kiwi Tractors by S. Hale
Category: Sale Book
From lifestyle blocks to vineyards, high country stations and boat ramps, the humble tractor is a much-loved and instantly recognisable feature in any New Zealand landscape. The tractor is a part of our national identity, as Kiwi as pavlova, Marmite and a silver fern on the sacred black jersey. In Kiwi ...Show more
The Maori Meeting House: Introducing the Whare Whakairo by Damian Skinner
Category: NZ Non-Fiction
This all-new introductory guide to the whare whakairo, or Maori meeting house, covers every aspect of these magnificent taonga (treasures) - their history and evolution, structure and art forms, symbolism and cultural power. Generously illustrated with over a hundred intriguing historical and contempor ...Show more