A Photographic Guide to Alpine Plants of New Zealand by Lawrie Metcalf
27.99 NZD
Category: NZ Nature
This new addition to New Holland's popular pocket Photographic Guide series showcases the flowers that add so much to the attractions of walking in New Zealand's alpine zone. The ideal size for slipping into a backpack when tramping, it will appeal to walkers, nature lovers, tour guides and educators, a ...Show more
A Photographic Guide to Insects of New Zealand by Brian Parkinson
27.99 NZD
Category: NZ Nature | Series: Photographic Guide to | Reading Level: good
This new addition to a popular series recognises the fact that New Zealand is a fascinating arena of study for anyone with an interest in insect life, be it casual or academic. The country's long isolation from other land masses has led to a flowering of remarkable species including the world's heaviest ...Show more
A Photographic Guide to Mammals of New Zealand by Carolyn M King; Rod Morris
27.99 NZD
Category: NZ Nature | Reading Level: good
This new addition to a popular series delves into a fascinating field of New Zealand's natural history. In prehistory, only a few bats, marine mammals and odd quadrupeds constituted our local land-breeding mammals; but today these have been joined by a throng of colonisers. These include several carnivo ...Show more
Know Your New Zealand Native Plants by Lawrie Metcalf
39.99 NZD
Category: NZ Nature
New Zealand has a unique and attractive native plant life that is of interest to everyone from gardeners and trampers to students of botany and ecology. Lawrie Metcalf introduces a selection of the most interesting, iconic and important New Zealand plants, spanning latitudes from subtropical to temperat ...Show more
A Photographic Guide to Fossils of New Zealand by Hamish Campbell; Alan Beu; James Crampton; Liz Kennedy; Marianna Terezow
27.99 NZD
Category: NZ Nature
A new addition to the popular New Holland series of natural history and science photographic guides, the thirteenth title focuses on plant and animal fossils commonly found in New Zealand. Fossils are the preserved remains of past life and are very much part of the natural environment in this country. T ...Show more
A Photographic Guide to Moths & Butterflies of New Zealand by Robert Hoare; Oliver Ball (Photographer)
27.99 NZD
Category: NZ Nature
Given that they are found in a huge range of habitats, from the porch light to the forests, pastures and high country, it is easy to stumble across New Zealand's moths and butterflies. That study is still very much a 'work in progress': in addition to about 1720 named species - the great majority of whi ...Show more
A Photographic Guide to Spiders of New Zealand by Cor J. Vink; Bryce McQuillan (Photographer)
27.99 NZD
Category: NZ Nature
Spiders are found everywhere in New Zealand, from bathroom to bush, beach and beyond, and although many people find them distasteful, they are valuable predators of pests and fascinating components of any ecosystem. This new guide introduces over 90 species, focusing on the more commonplace introduced s ...Show more
A Photographic Guide to Sea Fishes of New Zealand by Wade Doak
27.99 NZD
Category: NZ Nature
The fishes of New Zealand are part of the Indo-Pacific fish fauna, by far the richest in the world. This guide covers many bony (or teleostean) reef fishes belonging to the super class PISCES, class OSTEICHTHYES, and discusses their habits by day and night, their modes of life, diet and relation to thei ...Show more
Molesworth: Stories from New Zealand’s Largest High-Country Station by Harry Broad
69.99 NZD
Category: NZ Nature
The name of Molesworth has huge national recognition, not only because it is our largest highcountry station, but also because of the remarkable story of how, from the late 1940s, the legendary manager Bill Chisholm rebuilt a ruined landscape and turned it into a flourishing and profitable farm. Moleswo ...Show more
The Field Guide to New Zealand Geology (revised edition 2009) by Jocelyn Thornton
50.00 NZD
Category: NZ Nature
This is the first field guide written for the general public and beginners in geology in New Zealand. Now fully revised and updated, it shows travellers in New Zealand something of the tremendous variety of our rocks, minerals and fossils and describes what to look for in many areas where rock formation ...Show more
The Life-Size Guide to the New Zealand Beach by Andrew Crowe
25.00 NZD
Category: NZ Nature | Series: The Life-Size Guide to...
Join Andrew Crowe in solving the mysteries of beachcombing. The puzzling flotsam and jetsam - both common and strange - is shown here and explained with clear, life-size colour photographs. Besides providing a simple introduction to New Zealand geology, this book's new approach to the beach shows: *Pebb ...Show more
Godwits: Long-haul Champions by Keith Woodley
50.00 NZD
Category: NZ Nature | Reading Level: Very Good
Godwits: Long-haul champions, an enchanting, wonderfully illustrated book by shorebird expert Keith Woodley, tells the miraculous story of the godwits and their migrations - why and how they do it. It follows the birds on their intrepid journeys, examining the places they visit, be it an estuary in nort ...Show more