New Zealand Bird Calls (with App) by Lynnette Moon, Geoff Moon, John Kendrick, Karen Baird
29.99 NZD
Category: NZ Nature
This book is a 'reprint under consideration'. Author Lynnette Moon gives 60 concise accounts of the country's best-loved birds, covering their habitat, appearance and behaviour. A description of their calls, along with photographs from the magnificent collection of her late husband Geoff Moon completes ...Show more
New Zealand Lichens by MALCOLM, B & N
84.00 NZD
Category: NZ Nature
Out of print, advised 12/10/2007. Fungi can't make their own food. They survive only because they have evolved ways of getting food from other crea tures. A fifth of them have opted for the imaginative solution of taking on algal and bacterial partners which can make food by trapping sunlight. That "lif ...Show more
The Hunters: The Precarious Lives of New Zealand's Birds of Prey by Debbie Stewart
50.00 NZD
Category: NZ Nature | Reading Level: very good
From an extinct giant eagle and an owl that sounded like the devil, to the morepork we hear calling at night, the falcon that appears on our $20 note and the hawks we see swooping on the grisly remains of dead critters on the road, this book takes a close look at these fascinating birds and the people w ...Show more
Kiwi: A Natural History by Isabel C. Castro
29.99 NZD
Category: NZ Nature | Series: Family Guide to New Zealand Wildlife
New Zealand's best-known bird and national icon is the subject of this new and highly accessible title from two experts in their field. There are five recognised species of kiwi, distributed unevenly in locations throughout New Zealand and ranging from the most widespread - the North Island brown kiwi - ...Show more
Collins Field Guide to the New Zealand Seashore by Sally Carson & Rod Morris
45.00 NZD
Category: NZ Nature | Reading Level: very good
Fully revised and updated, this is the ultimate guide to the New Zealand seashore. The essential guide to New Zealand's inter-tidal wilderness - for every bach, glovebox and home library. New Zealand has over 14,000 kilometres of coastline, the 10th longest length of coast in the world. From sheltered s ...Show more
How to Mend a Kea by Janet Hunt
27.99 NZD
Category: NZ Nature
The little kaka that lost its way; the kereru with the broken wing; the tuatara that went floppy; the whio that couldn’t fly, the kea with the broken foot... All these stories and more from Wildbase, the remarkable New Zealand native animal veterinary hospital, told by expert natural history writer Jan ...Show more
Bird Words by Elisabeth Easther
35.00 NZD
Category: NZ Nature
A lively anthology of fiction, nonfiction and poetry, celebrating the birds of Aotearoa.On the skylinea hawklanguidly typinga hunting poemwith its wings.- Hone TuwhareNew Zealand birds have inspired mythology, song, whimsical stories, detailed observation, humour and poetry. There are tales of shooting ...Show more
Wetland Restoration by Monica Peters & Beverley Clarkson
55.00 NZD
Category: NZ Nature
“Wetland Restoration: A Handbook for New Zealand Freshwater Systems brings together expertise from specialists and groups actively engaged in restoring wetlands throughout the country. The handbook builds on regionally based restoration guides and provides a detailed, comprehensive ecosystem approach to ...Show more
Native Birds of New Zealand by David Hallett
24.99 NZD
Category: NZ Nature
Native Birds of New Zealand is a photographic book of New Zealand native birds that will appeal to the casual bird-watcher as well as the ornithologist. Many books in the past have been aimed at the serious ornithologist, with illustrations designed to show distinct feather patterns but not to create an ...Show more
Totara by Simpson Phillip
75.00 NZD
Category: NZ Nature
The 'mighty totara' is one of our most extraordinary trees. Among the biggest and oldest trees in the New Zealand forest, the heart of Maori carving and culture, trailing no. 8 wire as fence posts on settler farms, clambered up in the Pureora protests of the 1980's: the story of New Zealand can be told ...Show more
The Fishes of New Zealand by Clive Roberts
250.00 NZD
Category: NZ Nature
4 hardback volumes in a slipcase. The most detailed reference to the fishes of New Zealand ever published – definitive and completely illustrated. Explore, discover and identify every known species of New Zealand fish in this encyclopaedic and beautifully illustrated guide.
New Zealand's Native Trees: A Comprehensive Illustrated Encyclopedia by John Dawson; Rob Lucas
120.00 NZD
Category: NZ Nature
New Zealand's native trees are truly remarkable. From the massive kauri - the third-largest tree in the world - the showy pohutukawa and rata, and the ubiquitous cabbage tree to rare and endangered species found only on offshore islands, our glorious and diverse trees deserve to be recognised, understoo ...Show more