One historian's research and the transformation of te Tiriti in New Zealand life.
Ruth Ross is hardly a household name, yet most New Zealanders today owe the way they understand the Treaty of Wai..
From its beginnings in 1969 as a student capping stunt, student radio has gone on to become an influential source of music and culture across Aotearoa New Zealand. Fresh sounds, new talent and creativ..
From trees to ground covers, ferns to hebes, an expert guide to the top 100 New Zealand native plants for gardens.
From trees to ground covers, ferns to hebes, an expert guide to the top 100 New ..
A chronological survey of the world's most influential books.
Many books have become classics, must-reads or overnight publishing sensations, but how many can genuinely claim to have changed the ..
A collection of the most inspiring and powerful letters of all time.
The written word has the power to inspire, astonish and entertain, as this collection of 100 letters that changed history will..
A guide to surviving and thriving in fashion school, from an award-winning fashion designer and illustrator
Success in fashion school requires more than a passion for fashion. It calls for the st..
An illustrated, accessible introduction to filmmaking from a Hollywood screenwriter, producer, script consultant, and film school professor
Bringing a film to life requires skills in storytelling..
Product design is not art, engineering, or craft, yet the skills and understandings it calls for touch all these areas. In 101 brief, illustrated lessons, this accessible guide leads students and desi..
This landmark book on New Zealand artists and their work was first written by Gil Docking, published in 1971, extended to 1990 by art historian Michael Dunn, and again to 2020 by art historian, writer..
30 Queer Lives explores the lives, struggles and successes of LGBTQIA+ New Zealanders. The author, Matt McEvoy, notes that as a young gay Kiwi kid growing up, books about All Blacks and Sir Edmund Hil..
Master the biology ideas that shape our living world.
In a series of 50 accessible essays, JV Chamary introduces and explains the fundamental processes, ideas and theories that are vital to..
Master the chemistry ideas that shape the world we live in today.
In a series of 50 accessible essays, Hayley Birch introduces and explains everything you need to know about the world of ch..
Who would have thought at the beginning of 1973 that the planting of a few grape vines in Marlborough would turn the wine world upside down? Who could have foreseen the international success that woul..
New Zealand has a huge range of backcountry huts, most of which are available for public use. Some can sleep 80 people, while others are tiny two-bunk affairs with not even room to stand up in. They a..
THIS BOOK IS FOR HUMANS - BOTH YOUNG AND OLD.
DON’T WORRY! IT’S NOT ALL DOOM AND GLOOM! THERE ARE ALSO LOTS OF GOOD NEWS STORIES ABOUT CONSERVATION SUCCESSES AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEROES.
IT’S PACK..
New Zealand was the last major landmass, other than Antarctica, to be settled by humans. The story of this rugged and dynamic land is beautifully narrated, from its origins in Gondwana some 80 million..
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 'portrait..
In 2013 Quinn Hautapu presented to hospital with the seemingly minor symptom of a limp arm, within a short time she was on a Life Flight to Wellington to work out the cause of a massive bleed on the b..
'A Feeling for Food' began as a letter to two sons leaving home, giving them the recipes of the food they'd grown up with so they could feed themselves, but Lis Cowey soon realised she was giving them..
A go-to, illustrated field guide of edible native New Zealand plants, including a section on poisonous plants.
A go-to, illustrated field guide of edible native New Zealand plants, including a se..
'If you were to ask me about the nature of leadership in terms of what I've learnt, you've got to have a fire in your belly for an outcome' - Sir Tipene O'ReganWhat makes a Maori leader? Are there co..
A memoir about belonging and motherhood, told through the author's lifelong passion for wild food
When Helen Lehndorf moves to the city after a childhood living off the land in rural Taranaki..
For some, gardening is a mysterious activity involving muck, unfathomable know-how and physical labor. To others, it is a gateway to creativity, well-being and magic. Julia Atkinson-Dunn knows what it..
Life on Otematata Station, a 40,000 hectare high country station in Otago, is busy and varied. Philippa Cameron and her husband, Joe, who is the fifth generation to work the farm, help care for this v..
New Zealand history through a new lens - 100 objects offer 100 entry points into the powerful, captivating stories of our shared past.
Authored by award-winning historian Jock Phillips, The..
"A comprehensive history of New Zealand seen through a female lens. Brookes argues that while European men erected the political scaffolding to create a small nation, women created the infrastructure ..
Te Puni Kokiri and Huia Publishers have partnered to publish this book that documents the history of the nineteen Maori trust boards established from 1922. Between 1922 and 1953, ten Maori trust board..
Sixty-eight writers and eight artists gather at a hui in a magnificent cave-like
dwelling or meeting house. In the middle is a table, the tepu korero, from which the
rangatira speak; they converse..
The updated edition of a travel classic
Twenty years ago Joe Bennett hitchhiked the length and breadth of New Zealand. The result was A Land of Two Halves, a portrait of the country and its ..
'Matt has a hilarious way of articulating an important message. Highly valuable advice for anyone.' - KIERAN READ
Why is it that no matter how good things get, we still feel dissatisfied? A few y..
A stunning photographic book recording the extraordinary beauty of farm animals - cattle to be precise!
Amanda King grew up in Brisbane, Australia, and like so many young Australasians before her..
HAUNTING PORTRAITS BY ONE OF NEW ZEALAND'S FINEST PHOTOGRAPHERS
Selected by the legendary photographer himself, the 79 extraordinary images in
Glenn Busch's A Man Holds A Fish cement and celebrate..
A Maori Phrase a Day offers a simple, fun and practical entry into the Maori language. Through its 365 phrases, you will learn the following-
- Everyday uses
- English translations
- Fact..
A Maori Word a Day offers an easy, instant and motivating entry into the Maori language. Through its 365 Maori words, you will learn the following-- English translations- Word category, notes and back..
A handy, pocket-sized guide to the identification of New Zealand native trees.
A handy, pocket-sized guide to the identification of New Zealand native trees.
Condensed from Andrew Crowe's ..
A portable guide to the identification of New Zealand's native and introduced spiders
A portable guide to the identification of New Zealand's native and introduced spiders. This Mini Guide has be..
A handy, pocket-sized guide to the identification of New Zealand's land birds.
A handy, pocket-sized guide to the identification of New Zealand's land birds.
Condensed from Andrew Crowe's ..
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. High-quality ph..
A Naturalist's Guide to the Butterflies & Moths of Aotearoa New Zealand is an easy-to-use introductory identification guide to 361 species of butterfly and moth found in Aotearoa New Zealand
High..
A Naturalist's Guide to the Reptiles & Amphibians of New Zealand is an introductory photographic identification guide to all 141 reptile and amphibian species of New Zealand.
High-quality photogr..
Gordon McLauchlan continues his bestselling Short History series with an in-depth look into the history of the farming industry in New Zealand.
From the early migrant farmers and regional produce..
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At 10:15am on January 19th 2022, renowned solo sailor, Andrew Fagan, set sail from Auckland, New Zealand, in his tiny 5.1m sloop-rigged plywood yacht Swirly World in Perpetuity in an a..
Memoirs of a Kiwi who spent her 1940s and 50s childhood in semi-rural New Zealand, raised two sons, taught yoga & worked as UNICEF New Zealand National Director for 14 years before heading overseas fo..
'Whether you are contemplating your second act, a fellow Francophile, introvert or gourmande, whether you are a romantic, a clown, or just a lover of life in all its messy wonder, I dare you to read t..
Of modest stature, from Central European stock and born in West Auckland, Peter Hubscher first trialled as a winemaker
in Hawke's Bay in the 1960s. His apprenticeship completed, he returned to the W..
This fully revised and updated version of Peter
Janssen's hugely popular book A Walk A Day has 365 short walks (and a bonus
walk for the leap year) meaning locals and overseas visitors will always..
A Wild Life is a tribute to the outdoor photography of New Zealand's leading tramping author and photographer, Shaun Barnett. For the past 30 years Shaun Barnett wrote about and photographed the New Z..