Wai Pasifika - Indigenous Ways in a Changing Climate by David Young
60.00 NZD
Category: NZ Nature | Reading Level: near fine
Science can be as wondrous as the explanations that come out of earth-rooted cultures. Polynesians, like the inhabitants of Oceania generally, have always lived in a state of heightened awareness of the profundity and subtlety of natures moods and interrelationships. Theirs was a holistic view of the wo ...Show more
Beachcombing: A guide to seashores of the Southern Hemisphere by Ceridwen Fraser
30.00 NZD
Category: NZ Nature
If you've ever walked along a beach or rocky shore and peered, poked or wondered at the things cast upon it by the waves, this book is for you. Sea foam, ambergris, giant squid, stranded whales, seaweed, shells, plastic, dead birds, shoes and pieces of planes or rockets ... Beaches are our windows to th ...Show more
Te Mahi Oneone Hua Parakore : A Maori Soil Sovereignty and Wellbeing Handbook by Edited by Jessica Hutchings and Jo Smith
40.00 NZD
Category: NZ Nature
Soil health and security are key components of our wellbeing. Even so, soil is faced with many environmental challenges under the current iteration of capitalism. A paradigm shift is needed to encourage care for this resource. In te ao Maori, soil is taonga. It is also whanaunga - it holds ancestral co ...Show more
A Naturalist's Guide to the Birds of New Zealand by Oscar Thomas
29.99 NZD
Category: NZ Nature | Series: Naturalists' Guides
High-quality photographs from one of New Zealand's youngest nature photographers are accompanied by detailed species descriptions, which include nomenclature, size, distribution, habits, and habitat. The user-friendly introduction covers climate, vegetation, biogeography, and the key sites for viewing t ...Show more
Birds of New Zealand: Collective Nouns by Melissa Boardman
29.99 NZD
Category: NZ Nature | Reading Level: near fine
A beautifully illustrated book featuring New Zealand Aotearoa's native birds, each with its very own collective noun. A tussock of takahē? A hoon of kākā? A whistling of whio? This beautifully illustrated book of collective noun names for our native birds reveals something unique about their cha ...Show more
On the Brink: New Zealand's Most Endangered Species by Maria Gill
28.00 NZD
Category: NZ Nature
Discover our most threatened animals in New Zealand. From the beautiful forest ringlet butterfly to the down-right ugly southern elephant seal, the cheeky kākāpō to the super-sensory-powered ambush hunters the great white sharks. Every one of the unique species in our waters and on our land is threaten ...Show more
The 50 Best Birdwatching Sites in New Zealand by Liz Light
39.99 NZD
Category: NZ Nature
New Zealand has a diverse range of bird species and is especially important for pelagics. Thirteen of the world's 18 penguin species have been recorded in the New Zealand region (including the Ross Dependency). Nine of these species breed here. Of petrels, 37 of the world's 114 species breed in the New ...Show more
A Guide to the Identification of New Zealand Common Weeds in Colour by E A Upritchard
24.95 NZD
Category: NZ Nature | Reading Level: very good
A handy, full-colour identification booklet to the common weeds of New Zealand. First produced by the New Zealand Weed and Pest Control Society (now NZPPS), this booklet has been reprinted five times since 1985. It is intended as a field guide for people concerned with weeds and their control, from the ...Show more
Lost Gold - Ornithology of the Subantarctic Auckland Islands by Colin Miskelly (ed.); Craig Symes (ed.)
55.00 NZD
Category: NZ Nature | Reading Level: very good
This special book-format issue of Birds New Zealands journal Notornis is devoted to the birds of the Auckland Islands Maukahuka/Motu Maha, the largest and biologically most diverse island group in the New Zealand subantarctic region. Its 19 chapters, written by leading ornithologists, cover a wide range ...Show more
Tea for the Tui: Fun Recipes to Entice Birds into Your Garden by Rosemary Tully
21.99 NZD
Category: NZ Nature
Birds add an immeasurable element of life, movement and colour to your garden, and this delightful book of more than 35 recipes provides the ideal way of not only tempting them to pay a visit but also ensuring that they stay healthy all year round, particularly during winter. The recipes feature inexpen ...Show more
New Zealand Seaweeds: An Illustrated Guide by Wendy Nelson
65.00 NZD
Category: NZ Nature | Reading Level: near fine
A fully revised and completely redesigned edition of the first photographic identification guide to New Zealand's unique marine algae, by the country's pre-eminent seaweed expert Wendy Nelson. Across three main sections covering green, brown and red algae, over 150 genera and 250 key species are describ ...Show more
Totara by Phillip Simpson
49.99 NZD
Category: NZ Nature
A new softback edition of this modern classic of our most renowned tree, the tōtara. A wonder of evolution, the big tree of the forest, the wood behind Māori carving and Pākehā fence posts: the ‘mighty tōtara’ is New Zealand’s tree and this book tells its story. The ‘mighty tōtara’ is one of our most ex ...Show more