Whatu Kākahu - Māori Cloaks by Awhina Tamarapa
$75.00 NZD
Category: NZ Arts & Culture | Reading Level: near fine
The revised edition of this award-winning book opens the storeroom doors of the Te Papa Tongarewa Maori collections once again, illuminating the magnificent kakahu and the art and tradition of weaving itself. More than 50 rare and precious kakahu are specially featured, with glossy colour detail illustr ...Show more
Our First Foreign War - The impact of the South African War 1899-1902 on New Zealand by Nigel Robson
$55.00 NZD
Category: NZ History | Reading Level: near fine
When war broke out between the British Empire and the Boer republics in 1899, New Zealand was among Britain's most enthusiastic supporters. The South African War was a chance for New Zealand to prove its military capabilities and loyalty to the Empire. There was a huge surge in nationalist feeling and i ...Show more
Healthy Bee, Sick Bee by Phil Lester
$30.00 NZD
Category: NZ Flora & Fauna
Phil Lester's first book, The Vulgar Wasp, was about one of the world's most hated insects. His second is about just the opposite the honey bee, arguably one of our best-loved six-legged creatures. People have revered honey bees for centuries. Today we celebrate them with toys, postage stamps and camp ...Show more
Specimen - Personal Essays by Madison Hamill
$20.00 NZD
$30.00 (33% off)
Category: NZ Essays | Reading Level: very good
A father rollerblading to church in his ministerial robes, a university student in a leotard sprinting through fog, a trespass notice from Pak'nSave, a beautiful unborn goat in a jar . . . In scenarios ranging from the mundane to the surreal, Madison Hamill looks back at her younger selves with a sharp ...Show more
Te Manu Huna a Tane: The hidden bird of Tane by Jennifer Gillam
$45.00 NZD
Category: NZ Arts & Culture
This special photo book documents a wananga or class for three generations of women from Ngati Torehina Ki Mataka to learn the customary practice of pelting North Island brown kiwi so their feathers can be used for weaving. This passing on of customary knowledge developed out of a partnership between co ...Show more
Gottfried Lindauer's New Zealand: The Maori Portraits by Ngahiraka Mason
$70.00 NZD
Category: NZ Arts & Culture
An exquisite piece of art publishing that showcases Bohemian artist Gottfried Lindauer’s New Zealand in 75 plates and detailed contextual essays. From the 1870s to the early twentieth century, the Bohemian immigrant artist Gottfried Lindauer travelled to marae and rural towns around New Zealand and – c ...Show more
Tears of Rangi: Experiments Across Worlds by Anne Salmond
$50.00 NZD
Category: NZ History
Six centuries ago Polynesian explorers arrived in Aotearoa New Zealand, where they rapidly adapted to new plants, animals, landscapes, and climatic conditions. Four centuries later, European explorers arrived with maps and clocks, grids and fences, and they too adapted to a new island home. In this remo ...Show more
He Pukapuka Tataku I Nga Mahi a Te Rauparaha Nui: A Record of the Life of the Great Te Rauparaha by Tamihana Te Rauparaha
$70.00 NZD
Category: NZ Biography
A biography of Te Rauparaha by his son Tamihana, published for the first time in a bilingual Māori/English edition. Kaore kau he kaumatua hei rite ma Te Rauparaha te mahio ki te whawhai, me te toa hoki, me te tino tangata ki te atawhai tangata. There has never been a man equal to Te Rauparaha in terms o ...Show more