100% Pure Future - New Zealand Tourism Renewed (BWB Texts) by Sarah Bennett (ed.)
$14.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Non Fiction | Series: BWB Texts | Reading Level: very good
Covid-19 has had a devastating effect on New Zealand tourism, but the industry was already troubled by unchecked growth and questionable governance that has put pressure on the environment, infrastructure and communities. In this urgent collection of essays, nine authors outline their vision for sustain ...Show more
50 Years Young by Taylor Kate
$50.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Non Fiction
For 50 years the New Zealand Young Farmer of the Year awards have tested the mettle of New Zealand men and women as they go to head to head in a challenging competition that tests a range of farming and agribusiness skills.This warm-hearted book tells that history, beginning with the first regional fina ...Show more
60 Million Gingernuts: a Book of New Zealand Records by Peter Janssen
$27.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Non Fiction
60 Million Gingernuts gathers together this country's most amazing, inspiring, and bizarre records. With chapters on nature, history, people, manmade wonders, popular culture, sport, and eating & drinking, this extensive book will captivate both young and old, Kiwi and tourist, from quiz teams ...Show more
A City Recovers: Christchurch Two Years After the Quakes by The Press
$49.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Non Fiction
Fascinating review of Christchurch two years after the earthquakes' devastation with analysis of the social, economic and demographic changes and implications, It's also an excellent photographic record of where the city is at this point. It's two years since the massive Christchurch earthquakes complet ...Show more
A Guide to Touring New Zealand Wineries by Joelle Thomson
$49.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Non Fiction
‘AGE AND GLASSES OF WINE SHOULD NEVER BE COUNTED’ - Italian Proverb Celebrated New Zealand Wine Connoisseur JOËLLE THOMSON takes you on a tour throughout eight picturesque New Zealand wine regions with the sole intention of providing the travelling New Zealander factual and up to date information of al ...Show more
A History of New Zealand in 100 Objects by Jock Phillips
$55.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Non Fiction | Reading Level: very good
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 History of New Zealand in 100 Objects is gripping, inclusive, often revelatory and deeply human. A colourful and c ...Show more
A History of Queen's Redoubt & The Invasion of the Waikato by Ian Barton; Neville A. Ritchie
$49.95 NZD
Category: New Zealand Non Fiction
On 12 July 1863, British and colonial troops under the command of Lt. Gen. Duncan Cameron crossed Mangatawhiri stream, Waikato Maori’s northern border, instigating the Waikato War. In order to do so they had amassed a vast infrastructure that included building the Great South Road (the ‘Road to War’), ...Show more
A History of the Wairarapa Aero Club 1929-2019 by John G. Hill; Carol Hill; Wairarapa Aero Club Staff (Contribution by)
$20.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Non Fiction
A Land of Milk & Honey? by Edited by Avril Bell, Vivienne Elizabeth, Tracey McIntosh , Matt Wynyard
$59.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Non Fiction
Since colonisation, New Zealand has been mythologised as a 'land of milk and honey'-a promised land of natural abundance and endless opportunity-but does this country live up to its mythology? In this introductory textbook for first year sociology students, 21 of this country's leading social scientists ...Show more
A Long Time Coming: The story of Ngai Tahu's treaty settlement negotiations with the Crown by Martin Fisher
$39.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Non Fiction | Reading Level: near fine
The Ngai Tahu settlement, like all other Treaty of Waitangi settlements in Aotearoa New Zealand, was more a product of political compromise and expediency than measured justice. The Ngai Tahu claim, Te Kereme, spanned two centuries, from the first letter of protest to the Crown in 1849 to the final hea ...Show more
A Naturalist's Guide to the Birds of New Zealand (2nd ed.) by Oscar Thomas
$29.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Non Fiction | Series: Naturalists' Guides
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, and is perfect for resident and visitor alike. High-quality photographs from one of New Zealand's youngest nature photo ...Show more