The Bumper Book of New Zealand Wildlife to Read, Colour and Keep by Dave Gunson
Category: Sale Book | Series: Read, Colour and Keep
NOTE: THIS IS A COLOURING IN BOOK This wonderful bumper-size colouring-in book for children features simple black and white illustrations of wildlife from our present environment as well as the distant past, all ready to be coloured in. Each is accompanied by a sentence or two of basic explanatory text ...Show more
Kitchens: The New Zealand kitchen in the 20th century by Helen Leach
Category: NZ Non-Fiction | Reading Level: very good
‘You could say that the 1930s saw the highpoint of Macaroni Cheese.’ ‘New Zealand kitchens of the late twentieth century became increasingly spacious, as the average number of household members declined.’ This engrossing history of the domestic kitchen covers 10 decades that saw our culinary traditions ...Show more
Julie Biuso at Home by Julie Biuso
Category: Sale Book
Julie Biuso at Home captures a slice of life with this international award-winning food writer, traversing the seasons with her family, friends, chickens and vegetable garden as a backdrop. While Julie is highly regarded for her well-constructed and thoroughly tested recipes, in her latest book - her mo ...Show more
Frontiers: A Colonial Dynasty by Simon Best
Category: NZ Non-Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Two airmen of Māori descent lie buried together on a hilltop in Dorset, England. They are the grandson and great-grandson of a whaling captain who entered New Zealand waters in 1835, and who became one of the leading pioneers of European settlement in Wellington. The story’s main thread covers the four ...Show more
Pounamu Treasures - Ngā Taonga Pounamu by Russell Beck; Maika Mason
Category: NZ Non-Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Pounamu, or jade, is one of New Zealand's most treasured natural resources, celebrated for its rich beauty and significance to the Māori people. Pounamu Treasures - Ngā Taonga Pounamu is a simple and stylish collection of object photographs that honours the stone in its many forms. Respected pounamu ...Show more
New Zealand's Lost Heritage: The Stories Behind our Forgotten Landmarks by Richard Wolfe
Category: Sale Book | Reading Level: good-very good
Features 20 notable structures which, for various reasons, no longer exist. Most of the buildings have been demolished in the name of urban development, creating controversy ... Each building is discussed and illustrated including the circumstances of its demise. The selection includes: Ruapekapeka pa i ...Show more
Illustrated History of New Zealand by Matthew Wright
Category: Sale Book | Reading Level: very good
"New Zealand's past has been a rollercoaster ride of hopes, dreams, wars and peace." In his fully revised Illustrated History, noted historian Matthew Wright brings New Zealand's turbulent, exciting past to life, tracing our journey from the arrival of Polynesians over 800 years ago, to the discovery by ...Show more
A Walking Guide to New Zealand's Long Trail: Te Araroa — 115 walks from Cape Reinga to Bluff, including day walks and long tramps by Geoff Chapple
Category: NZ Non-Fiction | Reading Level: very good
This is the guidebook of Te Araroa Trail: The Long Pathway, a continuous trail running from Cape Reinga to Bluff, 35 years in the making, which officially opened in late 2011. The book maps the 3000-kilometer trail in 40-kilometer sections, with maps by leading map maker Roger Smith of Geographx. Author ...Show more
New Zealand's Night Sky by Stardome Observatory Planetarium
Category: NZ Non-Fiction
When you look up at the stars in the night sky it can be easy to think of them as lights glowing on a large dark ceiling. Can you identify the brightest stars and planets? Do you know which constellations are visible right now, and what their stories are? New Zealand's Night Skyby the Stardome Observato ...Show more
202 Great Walks: The Best Day Walks in New Zealand by Mark Pickering
Category: NZ Non-Fiction
There is an extraordinary range of landscape and walking challenges in 202 Great Walks. You can saunter by a steaming Rotorua lake, through limestone archways in the King Country, or along an historic Maori trail to the top of the Kaimai Ranges. There is an island sanctuary at Stewart Island, or goldmin ...Show more
Behind the Canvas: An Insider's Guide to the New Zealand Art Market by Warwick Henderson
Category: Sale Book | Reading Level: Very Good
An accessible handbook that demystifies the aura surrounding the New Zealand art market. Written by an experienced and accomplished art dealer and gallery owner, it traces the history of art in this country, and the emergence of the art boom in the 1970s and 80s. The market for art has continued to grow ...Show more
A Field Guide to the Native Edible Plants of New Zealand by Andrew Crowe
Category: NZ Non-Fiction | 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