The Platform - The radical legacy of the Polynesian Panthers (BWB Texts) by Melani Anae
14.99 NZD
Category: NZ General Non Fiction | Series: BWB Texts | Reading Level: near fine
In a book that is both deeply personal and highly political, Melani Anae recalls the radical activism of Auckland's Polynesian Panthers - the movement modelled on the US Black Panther Party 'but without guns'. The Polynesian Panthers was founded in response to the racist treatment of Pacific Islanders i ...Show more
Stories from Our Back Roads The South Island by Ray Stone
49.99 NZD
Category: NZ General Non Fiction | 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 ...Show more
Stories from Our Back Roads The North Island by Ray Stone
49.99 NZD
Category: NZ General Non Fiction | 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: North Island will introduce you to some ...Show more
From Gondwana to the Ice Age by John Malcolm & Bradshaw Laird
89.99 NZD
Category: NZ General Non Fiction
Until about 100 million years ago, New Zealand lay on the Pacific-facing edge of the ancient supercontinent of Gondwana; the formation of our sedimentary rocks provides a fascinating view of the tectonic activity and changes since that time. This volume is the culmination of a comprehensive survey of Ne ...Show more
Wild Horses of the World by Kelly Wilson
60.00 NZD
Category: NZ General Non Fiction
Wild horses have been an important part of wildlife on Earth for centuries, yet many herds now face serious threats - and very few people can claim to have seen them galloping free across the plains, or scaling mountain passes. Kelly Wilson has. For this book, she spent years researching the world's wil ...Show more
Cohousing for Life: A Practical and Personal Story of Earthsong Eco-Neighbourhood by Robin Allison
49.99 NZD
Category: NZ General Non Fiction | Reading Level: near fine
In "Cohousing for Life", architect Robin Allison describes her journey from lonely mother of two in the suburbs to determined driver of the development of New Zealand's first cohousing community. It is a very personal story of a collective endeavour, a heroic journey of despair and triumph, as the obst ...Show more
When Darkness Stays: Hohepa Kereopa and a Tuhoe Oral History by Paul Moon
29.99 NZD
Category: NZ General Non Fiction
This extraordinary book – unsettling, harrowing, and ultimately redemptive – is based on the time the author spent with the Tūhoe tohunga, Hōhepa Kereopa. It plunges deep into a cultural landscape that has almost vanished, bringing to light insights that are enriching and sometimes shocking. The work ...Show more
Against All Odds by Jillian Rothwell
34.99 NZD
Category: NZ General Non Fiction
This dramatic story of hope and devotion is based entirely on the cache of letters and documents found in an old 1930s leather suitcase. Intrigued by these family letters, Jillian Rothwell travelled half way across the world to trace generations of her family's journey from the Hapsburg Empire's Eastern ...Show more
Surf Dreams: New Zealand Surf Culture by Derek Morrison
50.00 NZD
Category: NZ General Non Fiction
From Ahipara in the north to Riverton in the south - Derek Morrison has surfed and photographed the best spots up and down the country. In this spectacularly illustrated book, he presents 15 major surfing communities and those who live there and who live to surf (Ahipara, Tutukaka, Piha, Whangamata, Mt ...Show more
The Missing Files - Unsolved New Zealand Missing Persons Cases by Scott Bainbridge
39.99 NZD
Category: NZ General Non Fiction
The Covid Chronicles - Lessons From New Zealand by Paul Little
36.99 NZD
Category: NZ General Non Fiction | Reading Level: near fine
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 communic ...Show more
Agency of Hope - The story of the Auckland City Mission 1920-2020 by Peter Lineham
49.99 NZD
Category: NZ General Non Fiction | Reading Level: near fine
A CENTURY OF AUCKLANDERS HELPING AUCKLANDERS. This lively history by well-known historian Peter Lineham features over 100 photographs and takes readers inside a remarkable organisation working at the front lines of a society in which poverty has become entrenched. For 100 years the Auckland City Mission ...Show more