How to Save a Forest by Peter Thomas
Category: NZ Non-Fiction
‘Trespasser!’ This was the allegation, repeated in a newspaper in 1946, made by the State Forest Service against NRW Thomas for his unauthorised visit to Waipoua Forest. Who saved the Waipoua Kauri Forest of Northland, New Zealand? Why has nothing of any substance been written about the campaign to pr ...Show more
Those Who Have the Courage - The History of the Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps by Matthew Wright
Category: NZ Non-Fiction
'Those Who Have the Courage will be a valuable resource for anyone who is interested in the military and social history of New Zealand. It is a comprehensive history of the Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps, the Mounted Rifles and predecessor units ¿' - Governor-General Dame Cindy Kiro, from the Foreword ...Show more
Six-Legged Ghosts: The insects of Aotearoa by Lily Duval
Category: NZ Non-Fiction
Why isn’t Aotearoa famous for its insects? We have wētā that can survive being frozen, weevils with ‘snouts’ almost as long as their bodies, and the world’s only alpine cicadas. There is mounting evidence that insect numbers are plummeting all over the world. But the insect apocalypse isn’t just a fara ...Show more
The Trials Of Nurse Kerr by Scott Bainbridge
Category: New Arrivals
This story has never been told before. In 1992 some builders were demolishing a house in Devonport to build a new fancy one and came across a skeleton beneath the foundations. Forensic tests confirmed it belonged to a woman who died in the 1930s. There were rumours going around that she was a victim of ...Show more
Because I'm Maori by Hemi-Morehouse, Nicolla
Category: NZ Non-Fiction
He pukapuka rawe mo nga tamariki nohinohi e whakakipakipa nei i te whakahi ahurea. A delightful pukapuka for young tamariki that inspires cultural pride.
The Three Quicks: Tim Southee, Trent Boult, Neil Wagner and the road to the World Test Championship by Trevor Auger
Category: NZ Non-Fiction
In 2021 the New Zealand cricket team won the inaugural ICC World Test Championship. Thirteen years before, a 19-year-old Tim Southee had played his first Test match for his country, and before long he would be joined by Trent Boult and Neil Wagner. One hailing from a farm in Northland, one who grew up i ...Show more
Kiwis in Conflict: A History of New Zealanders at War Revised and Updated by Christopher Pugsley; Laurie Barber; 93299210342009329921034200
Category: NZ Non-Fiction
Kiwis in Conflict is the story of New Zealand and New Zealanders at war from the mid-19th century to the present day. Originally published as Scars of the Heart, this new revised and updated edition examines the impact of war through the eyes of those involved using photographs, paintings, letters and d ...Show more
The Team That Hit the Rocks: The Inside Story of the Wahine Disaster by Peter Jerram
Category: NZ Non-Fiction
In April 1968 the New Zealand interisland passenger ferry Wahine, a fast and modern ship for its time, hit Barrett Reef at the entrance to Wellington Harbour in a cyclone, the worst storm ever recorded in New Zealand's history. Six and a half hours later the ship heeled over and sank, with the eventual ...Show more
Marilynn Webb: Folded in the Hills by Lauren Gutsell, Lucy Hammonds and Bridget Reweti
Category: NZ Non-Fiction
Marilynn Webb: Folded in the hills is a substantial bilingual publication to mark the monumental retrospective of Ngāpuhi, Te Roroa and Ngāti Kahu artist Marilynn Webb (NZOM) (1937–2021) at Dunedin Public Art Gallery. It presents essays by curators Lucy Hammonds, Lauren Gutsell, and Bridget Reweti, ext ...Show more
Hine Toa: A Story of Bravery by Ngahuia Te Awekotuku
Category: New Arrivals
An incredible memoir by a trailblazing voice in women's, queer and Maori liberation movements. In the 1950s, a young Ngahuia is fostered by a family who believe in hard work and community. Although close to her kuia, she craves more: she wants higher education and refined living. But whanau dismiss her ...Show more
Foraging New Zealand: Over 250 plants and fungi to forage in New Zealand by Peter Langlands
Category: New Arrivals
New Zealand is full of incredible, edible wild foods - fruit, fungi and seaweed; berries, herbs and more - you only need to know where to look and how to do it safely. Foraging New Zealand is the ultimate guide to unearthing more than 250 of our tastiest wild plants. Packed with stunning photography, u ...Show more
Dear Colin, Dear Ron: The Selected Letters of Colin McCahon and Ron Reilly by Peter Simpson
Category: NZ Non-Fiction
This substantial book of letters selected by esteemed Colin McCahon scholar Peter Simpson shines a light on one of the most remarkable relationships in New Zealand art. The painter Colin McCahon and the librarian Ron O'Reilly first met in 1938, in Dunedin, when McCahon was 19 and O'Reilly 24. They rem ...Show more