A Place For The Heart: The Life and Work of Dave Comer, Photographer and Film Location Scout by Peta Carey
59.99 NZD
Category: NZ Art | Reading Level: very good
Dave Comer was a highly respected and reknown photographer and film location scout, popularly known as `The man who found Middle Earth' for his central role in finding what are now the world famous locations for The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit films. He lived much of his life in and around Fiordlan ...Show more
The Complete English-Maori Dictionary (4th edition) by Bruce Biggs
39.99 NZD
Category: Maori Tikanga | Reading Level: very good
Compiled by a renowned linguist and expert in New Zealand's Māori language, this dictionary was designed as a comprehensive finder list. Incorporating words from leading dictionaries from the colonial periods as well as contemporary Māori words, this handy introduction to the language includes more than ...Show more
Patched by Jarrod Gilbert
49.99 NZD
Category: NZ History | Reading Level: good-very good
From 'bikie' gangs to skinheads, the Mongrel Mob to Black Power, gangs have had a massive impact on our society. Based on intensive research within gangs, Patched is the first major history of gang life in New Zealand. Jarrod Gilbert traces the story from the early bodgies and widgies, the rise of Hell' ...Show more
Wayfinding Leadership: Ground-Breaking Wisdom for Developing Leaders by Chellie Spiller; Hoturoa Barclay-Kerr; John Panoho
45.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
This book presents a new way of leading by looking to traditional waka navigators or wayfinders for the skills and behaviours needed in modern leaders. It takes readers on a journey into wayfinding and leading, discussing principles of wayfinding philosophy, giving examples of how these have been applie ...Show more
Kiwiana by Stephen Barnett; Richard Wolfe
24.99 NZD
Category: NZ General Non Fiction
Kiwiana is an essential guide for both New Zealanders and overseas visitors, identifying and celebrating some of the more colourful and durable aspects of this country's popular culture. Known as Kiwiana, these are characterful objects and customs that define the New Zealand way of life. They have becom ...Show more
New Zealand North & South (revised edition 2006) by Craig Potton
14.99 NZD
Category: NZ Photography
Landscape photographer Craig Potton has selected 144 images from journeys around (and over) both North and South Islands of New Zealand capturing the essence of New Zealand's natural and cultural landscape.
Tinkering: The Complete Book of John Clarke by John Clarke
40.00 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoir | Reading Level: very good
Introduction by Lorin Clarke This book tells the story of John Clarke's writing life, including the fan letter he sent to All Black Terry Lineen when he was ten, a golf instruction manual unlike any other, Anna Kareninain forty-three words, and the moving essays he wrote after the deaths of his parents. ...Show more
Te Ao Tawhito: The Old World 3000 BC- AD 1830: 2018 by Atholl Anderson
59.99 NZD
Category: Maori History | Series: Tangata Whenua: An Illustrated History
Te Ao Tawhito : The Old World contemplates Maori origins in the blue continent, the vast Pacific Ocean across which the earliest ancestors travelled to settle these southernmost Pacific islands. Here they organised into hapu and iwi, adapting tropical ways to life in a huge but temperate land, building ...Show more
150 Treasures by Oliver Stead (ed.)
89.99 NZD
Category: NZ Art | Reading Level: good-very good
For all its 150 years Auckland Museum has been a storehouse of New Zealand's and the Pacific's treasures. Its collections also cover applied arts from around the world, the weird and the wonderful of natural history, stunning ethnographic pieces, art and much more. In this book, a selection of 150 piece ...Show more
Radiata Logging, Trucks and Truckers by Gavin M. Abbot
57.99 NZD
Category: NZ History
The third book from ex-log truck driver Gavin Abbot brings us stories from the early days of pinus radiate logging. The photos in the book come from the families, drivers, Forest Service, Ben Uncles, Terry Callaway and Gavin’s own collection. The provide a valuable insight into logging transport, especi ...Show more
Aotearoa: The New Zealand Experience
9.99 NZD
19.99 (50% off)
Category: NZ Photography
This book aims to present a book for the New Zealand traveller that closely mirrors their experience in New Zealand. Using the best of contemporary digital photography, Aotearoa: The New Zealand Experience showcases both the extraordinary landscapes that draw people to this country, and the fantastic op ...Show more