Thought for Food: Why What We Eat Matters (BWB Texts) by John D. Potter
14.99 NZD
Category: NZ General Non Fiction | Reading Level: very good
We are no longer like our ancestors. We no longer depend on our skills as foragers, gatherers, scavengers, hunters and fishers for food. We are only part-time food raisers at best. . . Our biology, on the other hand, has changed far less. Now there is a mismatch between who we are and what we eat. And i ...Show more
Better Lives: Migration, Wellbeing and New Zealand (BWB Texts) by Julie Fry; Peter Wilson
14.99 NZD
Category: NZ General Non Fiction
Better Lives provides a comprehensive overview of immigration in New Zealand, showing how immigration is not just an economic imperative that needs to be managed, but an opportunity to enhance people's lives.Migration is at historically high levels and more than a quarter of the New Zealand population w ...Show more
Maea te Toi Ora: Maori Health Transformations by Te Kani Kingi, Mason Durie, Hinemoa Elder, Rees Tapsell, Mark Lawrence, Simon Bennet
45.00 NZD
Category: Maori Tikanga
Maori clinicians and researchers explore the relationship between Maori culture and Maori mental health. The six contributing authors in the collection are Simon Bennett, Mason Durie, Hinemoa Elder, Te Kani Kingi, Mark Lawrence and Rees Tapsell and are all well known in the mental health field. Each di ...Show more
Song for Rosaleen by Desmond Pip
29.99 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoir | Reading Level: very good
A beautifully crafted memoir of a family coping with their mother's dementia, Song for Rosaleen is both a celebration of Rosaleen Desmond's life and an unflinching account of the practical and ethical dilemmas that faced her six children. Told with love, insight, humour and compassion, it raises importa ...Show more
Towards Democratic Renewal by Palmer Geoffrey and Andrew Butler
40.00 NZD
Category: NZ General Non Fiction
Towards Democratic Renewal reinforces Palmer and Butler's argument for a robust and democratic framework that will safeguard our political system against future challenges, from climate change to earthquakes, `post-truth' politics and surveillance.
Te Hokowhitu A Tu - The Maori Pioneer Battalion In The First World War by Christopher Pugsley
45.00 NZD
Category: Maori History
Maori soldiers signing up for the First World War representing a formidable fighting force - Te Hokowhitu a Tu, or the Seventy twice-told warriors of the war god, Tumatauenga. Some 2,227 Maori and 458 Pacific Islanders enlisted with the Maori Pioneer Battalion, providing an essential element in the New ...Show more
The Waikato - A History of New Zealand's Greatest River by Paul Moon
69.99 NZD
Category: NZ History | Reading Level: near fine
From snow to surf, the Waikato is New Zealand's longest river. This fascinating account takes a historical journey along its 425 kilometre length, uncovering extraordinary reports of the people, places and events along its route. Starting from a desolate, icy volcanic plateau, historian Paul Moon traces ...Show more
The Bulford Kiwi: The Kiwi We Left Behind by Colleen Brown
39.99 NZD
Category: NZ General Non Fiction | Reading Level: near fine
Little known story from after WW1, when NZ troops waited months in Sling Camp in southern England after the war ended to get a ship home. * Rioting in the camp led to plans to keep troops busy by cutting a giant Kiwi into the chalk hill behind the camp. * The Bulford Kiwi has become a monument built by ...Show more
Hellholes of the World - A Love Story by David Brown
35.00 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoir | Reading Level: near fine
Hellholes of the World compiles writings over three decades of travel until the author's untimely death. Part memoir, part travelogue, part reportage.
Odyssey of the Unknown Anzac by Hastings David
34.99 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoir | Reading Level: very good
Ten years after the end of World War I, the Sydney Sun reported that an unknown Anzac still lay in a Sydney psychiatric hospital. 'This man . . . was found wandering in a London street during the war,' reported the paper. 'He said he was an Australian soldier. Beyond his first statement that he was a Di ...Show more
Gallipoli to the Somme - Recollections of a New Zealand Infantry Man by Aitken Alexander
39.99 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoir | Reading Level: near fine
Alexander Aitken was an ordinary soldier with an extraordinary mind. The student who enlisted in 1915 was a mathematical genius who could multiply nine-digit numbers in his head. He took a violin with him to Gallipoli (where field telephone wire substituted for an E-string) and practiced Bach on the Wes ...Show more
Ko Rongowhakaata: Ruku I Te Po, Ruku I Te Ao | The Story of Light and Shadow by Te Papa
39.99 NZD
Category: Maori History | Reading Level: near fine
This book is published to mark the opening of the Ko Rongowhakaata: The Story of Light and Shadow exhibition at Te Papa, which represents the culmination and breadth of Rongowhakaata history and whakaaro (considerations) and has the significant meeting house Te Hau ki Turanga as its central statement of ...Show more