Young Billy Bowman and his mate Jack get caught up in the excitement when war is declared in August 1914 and leave their jobs on the farm to rush off and enlist in the Mounted Rifles - because the war..
Mel and her cousin Harriet are keen to nurse brave Kiwi boys fighting in the Great War, half a world away. But when they join the NZ Army Nursing Service and board a hospital ship headed for Egypt, An..
Four Christmases have passed since the world went to war in 1914. Struggling to survive in the trenches, close to enemy lines, amid the terror of gunfire and the whine of warplanes, Kiwi soldier Henry..
Fiordland has been waiting for them....and you.
Memories of the past call out to those brave enough to dream of an incredible land. Teen twins Seth and Zoe are flung through time once again, returni..
Book one in a startling new trilogy. We meet Merel, a girl living on a futuristic island in the middle of a sea. Many years have past since the community survived the floods and the severe heat that h..
'It's one of them days when everything is off. A hot sweaty night in Rusty Bus means we kids is all grouchy-tired. Me and my best friend, Jaguar, is trying to cool down by taking turns at dipping in t..
Amorangi and Millie lost their mum. Their only clue to her whereabouts is a carving on a tree that says I'm in the past! Rescue me! To do this, Amorangi and Millie must travel up every branch of their..
In a very near future the International Space Station has been replaced by a massive new satellite, known as Spacetown, complete with the world's first space hotel, restaurants, bars, fun park, and ga..
Avis's life is complicated. Humbert the chocolate-eating dragon is getting bigger and more demanding and wants to test his wings, but he's distracting Avis from her schoolwork. Then on one flight they..
Avis has a dream to work with animals, so when a scientist with a witchy-looking house offers her a job as a pet-sitter she jumps at the chance.
But it turns out Avis is not looking after pets at a..
It's the holidays, and Awatea is staying with his grandparents at the beach. He's got lots of time and freedom to explore, visit the tree house and have adventures with Carrot, the talking parrot. Awa..
Awatea and his brother Tai are staying with their nan and pop on the farm. It's summer, and they're free to explore. They're also helping spruce up Mrs Carol's house and shed, which Nan and Pop inheri..
The third hilarious adventure featuring loveable Lin, everyone's favourite Bad Panda.A documentary crew have come to the zoo, to film every day life with the animals. The only thing is that the realit..
Jasper Robinson-Woods is not okay - his name is too long, his mum has an annoying boyfriend, he never sees his dad, and he can't sleep because of a terrifying nightmare! Oh, and to top it off, his gol..
A nerve-wracking underground adventure from a master storyteller . . .
Caught in a tunnel collapse, Liam and Imogen have to use all their wits to survive in this gripping novel for readers eig..
Sometimes it can take one special friend to show you what you're capable of, even if does take you a while to believe it.
Eleven-year-old Rebecca tries to make herself invisible so people won't c..
On a beach clean-up, thirteen-year-old one-legged Charlie and his half-brother, Robbie, find a ponaturi - a mermaid - washed up on a beach. An ancient grudge between the Maori gods Tane and Tangaroa h..
Children of the Rush - Book 3 is the third and final book in the Children of the Rush middle grade novel trilogy. It is historical fiction, set in Otago and Hokitika, New Zealand during the gold rushe..
It's 1861, and gold fever is sweeping the world. Otherwise sensible adults have gone mad and will do anything to get their hands on the precious metal.
But two children have been caught up in the r..
All is well in Gabriel's Gully, the ramshackle gold rush town.
But not for long.
Michael and Atarangi have become firm friends with Siu, a Chinese miner's daughter who came to the schoolhouse to..
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A New Zealand Adventure Story
Jake and his father are on a hunting trip in the south of New Zealand. On their first night in the wilderness they are attack..
A frozen palace and a sparkling secret - an epic Russian adventure awaits! Anna Orlov might be the luckiest girl in the world. She is the daughter of a Russian Count and lives in a beautiful snowbound..
The battle against the DETAWOU is over but all is not well in Dragonfree. The pirates are back! Why did the sea dwellers and tree dwellers not warn Maggold and the Calamus family?
Are the tales of r..
This cosmic audiobook will transport you to magical worlds that are rich in Te Ao Maori, including karanga, waiata, karakia, and theatrical soundscapes. Join Tamara Star on her whirlwind adventure and..
A funny illustrated fairy tale for early readers about the brave and capable Dulcinea, who must save her father from the witch's spell and get him home to celebrate her birthday.
Dulcinea has ..
William and Melissa have been roped into helping their weird grandparents fix up their holiday home in the country. How will they cope with no electricity, no cellphone reception, and only each other ..
The final book in this wonderful fantasy animal trilogy. Faelan the Fearless (Faelan the Wolf #3), Pack Leader Bardolph Lupus dies and his son Weylin is set to take the Stone. Faelan is fretting about..
Brand new animal fantasy series! The first of three funny, full-of-heart adventures in this new fantasy series that follows a gentle but determined vegetarian wolf named Faelan (which means 'Little Wo..
In this follow-on to Faelan the Wolf: Odd Wolf Out, Faelan's pack is under threat from the white wolf, Varg Akafar. The Pack Leader is dying, and his successor, weaselly Weylin, is not a fan of odd-ba..
Set in the 1860s, this re-release for a new audience is set in the gold rush town of Dunstan, in NZ's South Island, where Mary Brogan is looking for her father. Mary and her family moved to New Zealan..
One of the greatest children's stories of all time, J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, translated into te reo Maori. Turning the envelope over, his hand trembling, Harry saw a p..
Bank robbers ... classroom bullies ... highwaymen ... a rampaging bull. The challenges young Henry Appleton faces, as he struggles to stand up for what he believes in, make this a classic 'cowboy' yar..
This story charts the journey that Hineraukatauri - A cocoon/chrysalis who has entered a new realm, the human world, without their voice. It's dark and wet, Rangi and Papa have not yet separated or ar..
Some family holiday memories last a lifetime...
The Homer Tunnel has vanished, and with it the last link to life as the Williams family know it. Fiordland has them trapped, leaving their car - and c..
Flying Furballs, a hilarious action-packed adventure series, captures the romance and excitement of the era at the dawn of aviation - set in a world of cats verses dogs. Put simply, Flying Furballs is..
Jason Mason is a pretty average kid. The kind of kid who always ends up with drips of melted ice cream on his sweatshirt. The kind of kid who puts cake in his shorts' pocket then accidentally sits on ..
Jason mason is a pretty average kid. The kind of kid who gets to play a dog in the school play. The kind of kid who buys a hotdog and drops it on the ground. The kind of kid who believes his classmate..
Jason Mason is a pretty average kid. The kind of kid who doesn't get chosen for the rugby team. The kind of kid who gets his lunchbox picked over by the school bully every day. The kind of kid who fin..
Enzo the Russian blue gets the fright of his life when he is pushed through his new cat door. Instead of emerging out into his back yard, he finds himself in a strange forest, confronted by an angry b..
Mr Richard Henry was employed as Chief Conservator based in Dusky Sound, on New Zealand's lower west coast. Henry and Burt are assigned to catch kakapo and kiwi living on the mainland of New Zealand b..
Joseph St George is a young New Zealander, the son of diplomats in 1930s Berlin. But the Nazis are on the rise and the world is on a spinning path to destruction. Joe's world is about to change, viole..
Set in the 1960s, Koro's Star is a heart-warming, exciting, adventure story. It's the beginning of the summer holidays in 1967 when 10-year-old Atama moves with his family into a new army base. His fa..
A charming illustrated chapter book for children six years and up about friendship and finding the magic in the everyday.
A delightful illustrated novel for children about a goat and a hedgeho..
If you ever thought detectives can't be divas, you need to meet Lulu and her fabulous mystery-solving dance troupe! This illustrated chapter series is ideal for dance-mad emerging and confident reader..
If you ever thought detectives can't be divas, you need to meet Lulu and her fabulous mystery-solving dance troupe! This illustrated chapter series is ideal for dance-mad emerging and confident reader..
The third book in this illustrated chapter series, ideal for dance-mad, mystery-solving emerging and confident readers.
A dodgy dog rescue fundraiser, a dazzlingly dizzy disco, and a mystery to s..
Book 4 in this charming illustrated chapter book series, perfect for dance-mad, mystery-solving emerging and confident readers.
An all-you-can-eat restaurant, a swinging country and western dance..