Explore New Zealand Nature: A Natural History Road Trip by Brian Parkinson
$34.99 NZD
Category: NZ
Naturalist and author Brian Parkinson follows the main highways and back country roads, stopping off at New Zealand’s most spectacular locations. The country’s isolation for millions of years means its flora and fauna are unique. Parkinson highlights forest birds, towering trees, glacial lakes and acti ...Show more
The English Text of the Treaty of Waitangi by Ned Fletcher
$69.99 NZD
Category: NZ
How was the English text of the Treaty of Waitangi understood by the British in 1840? That is the question addressed by historian and lawyer Ned Fletcher, in this extensive work. With one exception, the Treaty sheets signed by rangatira and British officials were in te reo Maori. The Maori text, Te Tiri ...Show more
Stories of Historic Hawke's Bay by Michael Fowler
$79.99 NZD
Category: NZ
Michael Fowler’s latest 176 page book contains 69 feature length stories richly illustrated with photos (many in colour) on Hawke’s Bay’s history.
A History of St Joseph's Māori Girls College by Malcolm Mulholland; Sisters of our Lady of the Missions (New Zealand) Staff (Contribution by)
$24.99 NZD
$45.00 (44% off)
Category: NZ
This is the first comprehensive history of St Joseph’s Māori Girls’ College, the second oldest Māori boarding school, which was started by Sisters of Our Lady of the Mission in 1868. For 152 years, the college has been dedicated to nurturing the aspirations of young Māori women. Their teachings are grou ...Show more
A History of New Zealand in 100 Objects by Jock Phillips
$55.00 NZD
Category: NZ | 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
Wawata - Moon Dreaming by Hinemoa Elder
$30.00 NZD
Category: NZ
Hina, the Maori moon goddess, has 30 different faces to help illuminate life's lessons - a different face and a different energy for each day of the month. And with her changing light, new insights are revealed. This book gives us the chance to connect to the ancient wisdom of the old people, who reach ...Show more
Maori Bird Lore: An Introduction by Murdoch Riley
$69.99 NZD
Category: NZ
Beautifully illustrated and presented. A book that is a work of art. For many a century the pre-contact Maori developed a sophisticated structure of beliefs and customs about the birds of this land, this Aotearoa, this New Zealand. The basic myths and traditions came with the immigrants from legendary ...Show more
Robin White: Something Is Happening Here by Sarah Farrar; Nina Tonga; Jill Trevelyan
$70.00 NZD
Category: NZ
Robin White: Something is happening here is the first book to be devoted to Robin White's art in 40 years. Its assessment of her remarkable 50 years as an artist includes fresh perspectives by 24 writers and interviewees from Australia, the Pacific, and Aotearoa New Zealand and celebrates her status as ...Show more
Fragments from a Contested Past (BWB Texts) by Joanna Kidman, Vincent O'Malley, Liana MacDonald, Tom Roa and Keziah Wallis
$17.99 NZD
Category: NZ | Reading Level: near fine
‘What a nation or society chooses to remember and forget speaks to its contemporary priorities and sense of identity. Understanding how that process works enables us to better imagine a future with a different, or wider, set of priorities.’ History has rarely felt more topical or relevant as, all across ...Show more
Kainga - People, Land and Belonging (BWB Texts) by Paul Tapsell
$17.99 NZD
Category: NZ | Series: BWB Texts | Reading Level: near fine
Is New Zealand ready to not just tick the Treaty partnership box, but actually open it and accept that Māori community-driven world views concerning their whenua is equally valid science, capable of underpinning, guiding and reshaping agricultural science and farming practices? This book calls for poli ...Show more
Stepping Up: COVID-19 Checkpoints and Rangatiratanga by Luke Fitzmaurice and Maria Bargh
$9.99 NZD
$15.00 (33% off)
Category: NZ
Stepping Up: Covid 19 Checkpoints and Rangatiratanga discusses the roadside checkpoints that were set up by Māori to protect communities during the nationwide COVID-19 lockdown in 2020. Case studies of four different checkpoints are examined, each of which looked slightly different, but all of which we ...Show more