The Covid Chronicles by Paul Little

$36.99 NZD

Category: New Zealand

The dramatic story of New Zealand's response to a global pandemic. For the first time in history, on 15 March 2020 the New Zealand government closed the country's borders. What followed was a story unprecedented in almost every way imaginable. Featuring Finance Minister Grant Robertson, science commun icator Siouxsie Wiles, Queenstown Mayor Jim Boult, funeral directors Francis and Kaiora Tipene, Student Volunteer Army founder Sam Johnson, the Prime Minister's Chief Science Adviser Juliet Gerrard, businesswoman Jenene Crossnan and Auckland City Missioner Chris Farrelly - from a kura kaupapa principal to real estate agents: The Covid Chronicles is a multi-stranded account of one of the most extraordinary times in Aotearoa's history, and the lessons we must heed for our future. ...Show more

New Zealand Wildlife by James Kavanagh

$12.99 NZD

Category: New Zealand

This beautifully illustrated guide highlights over 140 familiar species of birds, mammals, reptiles and amphibians, fishes and butterflies and the top wildlife viewing areas in the country. Laminated for durability, this handy guide is a great source of portable information and ideal for field use by novices and experts alike. ...Show more

Good Luck to All the Lads: the Wartime Story of Brian Cox 1939-43 by Peter Cox

$13.99 NZD

$39.99 (65% off)

Category: New Zealand

The Wartime Story of Brian Cox 1939-43 'Good luck to all the lads'. Brian Cox wrote those words in his diary on 26 August 1940, just before he and his mates from 9 Platoon of 27 (Machine Gun) Battalion experience enemy action for the first time in the Western Desert. Good Luck To All The Lads is the sto ry of Brian Cox and his schoolmates from Nelson College and of 9 Platoon during the Second World War. This moving and fascinating book written by Brian's son Peter Cox, covers the men's time training in New Zealand and Egypt, the action they saw in Greece, Libya and the Western Desert. It is a memorial to the young men, many of them from Nelson College, who bravely served, and sometimes died, so far from home. Over 110 phots & maps. ...Show more

Encounters and Collisions by Gordon McLauchlan

$35.00 NZD

Category: New Zealand

It was widely reported, when he died earlier in 2020, that Gordon McLauchlan’s last book was "Stop the Clock" but, in fact, he was finalising details of Encounters until several days before his death in January. In 26 engaging and provocative essays, Gordon McLauchlan writes about people, illustrious an d unknown, he has rubbed up against since his Press Gallery days in Wellington in the early 1950s. He gives fresh, and beautifully written, insights into a kaleidoscope of human nature – providing new perspectives on famous politicians, writers, broadcasters and ‘ordinary’ people who piqued his interest. Most – like Holland, Holyoake, Holmes, Key, Lange, Shadbolt, Davin and Ihimaera – are New Zealanders. Others – like Noam Chomsky and Felipe Fernández-Armesto– are from elsewhere. Gordon McLauchlan was one of New Zealand best-known and most popular writers, cultural critics and social historians. In a long career he was a newspaper journalist, magazine editor, columnist, book reviewer, radio commentator, and television frontperson. For 10 years he was the editor-in-chief of The New Zealand Encyclopedia, and the author of more than 20 books, with The Passionless People the most famous of several bestsellers. ...Show more

Official New Zealand Road Code 2019/20

$25.50 NZD

Category: New Zealand

The New Zealand Road codes have been updated. There are no major content changes. There are some minor changes which include an update of test guides to reflect current test guidelines, an update to driver licensing system requirements and formatting changes to make the road codes easier to read.

Wild at Heart - The Dangers and Delights of a Nomadic Life by Miriam Lancewood

$32.99 NZD

$36.99 (10% off)

Category: New Zealand

  Gripping sequel to the international bestseller Woman in the Wilderness, Miriam Lancewood's story of the quest for a simple life, unfettered by society's norms. Miriam Lancewood's first book Woman in the Wilderness told her story of living for seven years in the wilderness of New Zealand with her husb and, hunting and gathering, and roaming the mountains like nomads. Miriam and Peter left New Zealand to explore other wild places. They walked 2000 km through the forests of Europe and along the coast of Turkey, mostly camping under trees and cooking by fire. They lived on the edge, embracing insecurity, and found the unexpected: sometimes it was pure bliss, sometimes it was terrifying. But when they moved on to the Australian desert, they met with disaster. This gripping story is about life and death, courage and the power of love ...Show more

Stories from our Back Roads The South Island by Ray Stone

$49.99 NZD

Category: New Zealand | Reading Level: near fine

This book is for people who enjoy driving and exploring the stories of our back roads, but most of all it is for people who love New Zealand, whether they choose to do it from behind the wheel of their SUV or the comfort of their sofa. Stories from our Backroads: South lsland will introduce you to some fascinating stories of, tracks, trails and back roads across the South Island. Many of them cross through forgotten parts of the country, and all of them have their own rich and exciting stories. Whether they follow the route of Maori foot trails or the path of early European settlers, each adds something to our history. For example, Ray drives the Danseys Pass Road before heading out onto the trails that cross the Oteake Conservation Park high above the Maniototo Plains. There he explores the huts and diggings left behind by the gold miners who flocked to the place in the 1860s, before heading back down to the old gold town of Naseby. ...Show more

Down South: In Search of the Great Southern Land by Bruce Ansley

$44.99 NZD

$49.99 (10% off)

Category: New Zealand

In Down South, writer Bruce Ansley goes on a journey back to his beloved South Island. From Curio Bay to Golden Bay, in Down South writer Bruce Ansley sets off on a vast expedition across the South Island, Te Waipounamu, visiting the places and people who hold clues to the south's famous character. Not so very long ago, the South Island had most of New Zealand's people and just about all of the money. Gold miners found fortunes in the hills and rivers, sheep barons straddled mountains, valleys and plains. Wealthy southerners ruled the government. Where now lies the South Island's golden fleece? And what is its future? ...Show more

Her Space: Kiwi She Sheds, Back Rooms and the Kitchen Table by Marilyn Jessen

$9.99 NZD

$39.99 (75% off)

Category: New Zealand

Her Space steps into the creative spaces used by more than fifty artistic and inspirational women, who are following their passions. Among them are women who knit, sew, paint and build things.  Also featured are jewellers, milliners, sculptors and quilters.  Women of all walks of life will find someone they can identify with, something new to try, or someone to be inspired by. Includes special sections on: Getting started creatively  Staying passionate about being creative Creating your very own ‘Her Space’ The M words – marketing and money  Artists included in this book:  Jo Dixey, Traditional hand embroiderer  Julie Jensen, Knitted chairs  Dhyana Muir & Reina Cottier, Photographer/writer, painter  Helen Hagan, Patchwork quilter Susan Flight, Potter  Jill Mathews, Glass artist  Nynke Piebenga, Weaver Sue Lund, Painter  Jan Kerr, Wearable art and sculptor  Kristy Wilson, Jade carver Hannah Kidd, Metal sculptor        ...Show more

Heart of Flame: Katherine Mansfield's Flowers and Trees by Beverley Randell

$30.00 NZD

Category: New Zealand

Colin McCahon: There is Only One Direction: Vol. 1 1919-1959 by Peter Simpson

$75.00 NZD

Category: New Zealand | Reading Level: very good

Colin McCahon (1919–1987) was New Zealand’s greatest twentieth-century artist. Through landscapes, biblical paintings and abstraction, the introduction of words and Māori motifs, McCahon’s work came to define a distinctly New Zealand modernist idiom. Collected and exhibited extensively in Australasia an d Europe, McCahon’s work has not been assessed as a whole for thirty-five years. In the first of two richly-illustrated volumes, written in an accessible style and published to coincide with the centenary of Colin McCahon’s birth, leading McCahon scholar, writer and curator Peter Simpson chronicles the evolution of McCahon’s work. Simpson has enjoyed unprecedented access to McCahon’s extensive correspondence with friends, family, dealers, patrons and others. This material enables us to begin to understand McCahon’s work as the artist himself conceived it. Each volume includes over three hundred illustrations in colour, with a generous selection of reproductions of McCahon’s work (many never previously published), plus photographs, catalogue covers, facsimiles and other illustrative material. Along with Colin McCahon: Is this the Promised Land? Vol.2 1960-1987, this will be the definitive work on New Zealand’s leading artist for many years to come. ...Show more

Birds of New Zealand: Collective Nouns by Melissa Boardman

$29.99 NZD

Category: New Zealand

A beautifully illustrated book featuring New Zealand Aotearoa's native birds, each with its very own collective noun.   A tussock of takahe?   A hoon of kaka?   A whistling of whio?   This beautifully illustrated book of collective noun names for our native birds reveals something unique about their cha racter, so we can get to know them better. It also includes information on how they live, so we can help protect them. Birds of New Zealand: Collective Nouns - Nga Manu o Aotearoa: Nga Kupuingoa topu - is a book for all bird-lovers. ...Show more