Missionaries, Wives & Roses by Ann Chapman
$25.00 NZD
$35.00 (28% off)
Category: NZ History
Roses bred by Ken Nobbs and named after the early Far North pioneers - generally the wives of missionaries, but includes a few others also. Pictures of most roses, and a biography of the person the rose is named after.
Matariki: Te Whetu o te Tau by Rangi Matamua
$35.00 NZD
Category: Te Reo Māori | Series: 1st | Reading Level: very good
Te Reo Māori edition. In mid-winter, Matariki rises in the pre-dawn sky, and its observation is celebrated with incantations on hilltops at dawn, balls, exhibitions, dinners and a vast number of events. The Matariki tradition has been re-established, and its regeneration coincides with a growing interes ...Show more
Mātāmua ko te Kupu! - Kotahi Rau Pukapuka #1 by Timoti Karetu
$30.00 NZD
Category: Te Reo Māori | Series: Kotahi Rau Pukapuka
Mātāmua ko te Kupu! He kohinga whakaaro, he kohinga wheako hoki mō te waiata me te haka nā tētahi tokānuku kua aua atu e tū ana i taua ao. Ko Tā Tīmoti Kāretu tētahi o ngā tohunga reo Māori o te motu – ko ia te kaiarataki i Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori, i Te Māngai Pāho, i Te Kōhanga Reo tae atu ki Te ...Show more
Nothing Significant To Report: A Kiwi soldier's hilarious true stories of mischief and misadventure in the New Zealand Army by Dario Nustrini
$40.00 NZD
Category: NZ Biography
Laugh-out-loud yarns from a soldier in the New Zealand Army. When new recruit Dario Nustrini's head was freshly shaved in preparation for the army, he knew nothing about what training to fight, kill and die for New Zealand would look like. Since leaving leaving high school the year before, he had been ...Show more
Mickey: The cat who helped me through times of change by Helen Brown
$40.00 NZD
Category: NZ Biography
From the New York Times bestselling author of Cleo, a warm, wistful coming-of-age true story about the transition from childhood to adolescence, and the small stray cat who helped guide the way. It was 1966 and the times they were a-changing, even in the provincial New Zealand coastal town of New Plymo ...Show more
An Angel at My Table - The Complete Autobiography by Janet Frame; Jane Campion (Introduction by)
$35.00 NZD
Category: NZ Biography | Series: Virago Modern Classics Ser.
'Janet Frame's luminous words are the more precious because they were snatched from the jaws of the disaster of her early life. It is one of the classics of autobiography. She knew that a writer must search her soul in order to say anything that is essential' HILARY MANTEL'Janet Frame is the greatest Ne ...Show more
The Economic Possibilities of Decolonisation (BWB Text) by Matthew Scobie, Anna Sturman
$18.00 NZD
Category: NZ Essays | Series: BWB Texts
What do the economics of decolonisation mean for the future of Aotearoa? This question drives the work of Matthew Scobie and Anna Sturman as they explore the complex relationship between tangata whenua and capitalism. By weaving together historical insights and contemporary analysis, this Text reveals ...Show more
On Call - The Anatomy of My Life As a Surgeon, a Daughter, a Mother by Ineke Meredith
$40.00 NZD
Category: NZ Biography
Frank, sharp-witted and heart-rending, On Call is a stunning memoir by a female Samoan-New Zealand general surgeon about life, death, and the human limits of care As soon as she could, Ineke Meredith left her family home in Samoa for New Zealand, filled with determination not to be like her mother: lovi ...Show more
Hopurangi Song Catcher: Poems for the Maramataka by Robert Sullivan
$30.00 NZD
Category: NZ Poetry
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Otherhood: Essays On Being Childless, Childfree, and Child Adjacent by Alie Benge; Lil O'Brien; Kathryn van Beek (Editors)
$40.00 NZD
Category: NZ Essays
In Aotearoa the number of people who will never have children is growing — and they’re pushing back against the narrative that if they don’t, their lives will be somehow ‘less than’. Otherhood’s essays are by writers who’ve felt on the outside looking in, who’ve lived unexpected lives and who’ve given ...Show more
Alpine Panorama: A view to a climb by Andy Buchanan
$60.00 NZD
Category: NZ Flora & Fauna
For lovers of the great outdoors and those captivated by the silent allure of Canterbury’s alpine horizon, Andy Buchanan’s Alpine Panorama: A view to a climb is a celebration of nature’s majesty and a tribute to the enduring connection between man and mountain. The distant alpine skyline served as a mag ...Show more
Marilynn Webb: Folded in the Hills by Lauren Gutsell, Lucy Hammonds and Bridget Reweti
$70.00 NZD
Category: NZ Arts & Culture
Marilynn Webb: Folded in the hills is a substantial bilingual publication to mark the monumental retrospective of Ngāpuhi, Te Roroa and Ngāti Kahu artist Marilynn Webb (NZOM) (1937–2021) at Dunedin Public Art Gallery. It presents essays by curators Lucy Hammonds, Lauren Gutsell, and Bridget Reweti, ext ...Show more