The Maori Meeting House: Introducing the Whare Whakairo by Damian Skinner
Category: NZ Non-Fiction
This all-new introductory guide to the whare whakairo, or Maori meeting house, covers every aspect of these magnificent taonga (treasures) - their history and evolution, structure and art forms, symbolism and cultural power. Generously illustrated with over a hundred intriguing historical and contempor ...Show more
New Zealand Photography: Collected by Athol McCredie
Category: NZ Non-Fiction | Reading Level: Very Good
New Zealand Photography spans the country's history, from early 19th-century portraits of Maori and scenic views to the latest contemporary art photography. The book features more than 350 photographs drawn from the national collection at Te Papa, with each image is beautifully reproduced and accompanie ...Show more
The Field Guide to the Birds of New Zealand by Barrie Heather, Hugh Robertson
Category: NZ Non-Fiction
The Field Guide to the Birds of New Zealand is the modern classic of the genre - the tried and trusted reference for lovers of New Zealand birds. Comprehensive, reliable and easy to use, this fourth revised edition features: * 374 species, including 35 new additions - the book's biggest revision since ...Show more
Antiques in the Antipodes - The story of a shop by Yvonne Sanders
Category: Sale Book | Reading Level: very good
Description: Yvonne Sanders Ltd is not only an Auckland icon but one of Australasia's largest and most colourful antique stores. This sumptuous book tells the story of the shop and its owner. It features over 400 photographs and the fascinating stories behind collectors, decorators, colleagues and craft ...Show more
A Photographic Guide to Trees of New Zealand by Lawrie Metcalf
Category: NZ Non-Fiction | Series: A\Photographic Guide To... Ser. | Reading Level: good
In this text, fact-filled descriptions highlighting key identification features of New Zealand trees are supported by distribution maps and colour photographs of over 100 species. Compact and easy to use, this text should appeal to those interested in natural history.
New Zealand: A Painted Country by Denis Robinson
Category: Sale Book
The intertwined themes of natural beauty and artistic representation of that beauty led Robinson to invite more than thirty New Zealand artists of this generation to contribute works inspired by their chosen region along with a short written piece expressing their thoughts on the region. In Robinson¿s w ...Show more
The Bumper Book of New Zealand Wildlife to Read, Colour and Keep by Dave Gunson
Category: Sale Book | Series: Read, Colour and Keep
NOTE: THIS IS A COLOURING IN BOOK This wonderful bumper-size colouring-in book for children features simple black and white illustrations of wildlife from our present environment as well as the distant past, all ready to be coloured in. Each is accompanied by a sentence or two of basic explanatory text ...Show more
Kitchens: The New Zealand kitchen in the 20th century by Helen Leach
Category: NZ Non-Fiction | Reading Level: very good
‘You could say that the 1930s saw the highpoint of Macaroni Cheese.’ ‘New Zealand kitchens of the late twentieth century became increasingly spacious, as the average number of household members declined.’ This engrossing history of the domestic kitchen covers 10 decades that saw our culinary traditions ...Show more
Frontiers: A Colonial Dynasty by Simon Best
Category: NZ Non-Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Two airmen of Māori descent lie buried together on a hilltop in Dorset, England. They are the grandson and great-grandson of a whaling captain who entered New Zealand waters in 1835, and who became one of the leading pioneers of European settlement in Wellington. The story’s main thread covers the four ...Show more
Pounamu Treasures - Ngā Taonga Pounamu by Russell Beck; Maika Mason
Category: NZ Non-Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Pounamu, or jade, is one of New Zealand's most treasured natural resources, celebrated for its rich beauty and significance to the Māori people. Pounamu Treasures - Ngā Taonga Pounamu is a simple and stylish collection of object photographs that honours the stone in its many forms. Respected pounamu spe ...Show more
New Zealand's Lost Heritage: The Stories Behind our Forgotten Landmarks by Richard Wolfe
Category: Sale Book | Reading Level: good-very good
Features 20 notable structures which, for various reasons, no longer exist. Most of the buildings have been demolished in the name of urban development, creating controversy ... Each building is discussed and illustrated including the circumstances of its demise. The selection includes: Ruapekapeka pa i ...Show more
Illustrated History of New Zealand by Matthew Wright
Category: Sale Book | Reading Level: very good
"New Zealand's past has been a rollercoaster ride of hopes, dreams, wars and peace." In his fully revised Illustrated History, noted historian Matthew Wright brings New Zealand's turbulent, exciting past to life, tracing our journey from the arrival of Polynesians over 800 years ago, to the discovery by ...Show more