Luxurious and inviting, luscious and opulent, the search for paradise is a search for what brings a person happiness and peace. To bring tranquillity and beauty into your own home requires finding wha..
From creating a festival of dreams to nurturing a space for Maori storytelling, from editing poetry to crafting an Ockham-shortlisted novel on a wild Hokitika beach, this collection weaves together pi..
An inspiring and personal guide to ageing well and with happiness, by national treasure Judy Bailey
When beloved broadcaster Judy Bailey signed off her final news bulletin in 2005, she had no idea ..
This completely revised and updated New Zealand best-selling walking book, inveterate tramper Peter Janssen presents more than 450 short walks in the South Island and Stewart Island that are ideal for..
Inside Lonely Planet's Experience New Zealand:
Unique experiences to string together an unforgettable trip
Inspiring full-colour travel photography and maps throughout
Highlights and..
Bounded by the wild waves of the Pacific on the east, and the more sheltered harbour on the west, the Otago Peninsula is a remarkable landscape. Today a habitat for a diverse array of wildlife includi..
June 2016, Far North, New Zealand.
The job seemed simple: leave Auckland, pick up
500kg of meth from Ninety-Mile Beach and drive it back south, keeping a low
profile.
How har..
"A techno-optimist's manifesto...Ben Reid may be 50 years ahead of most of us in his thinking, but Fast Forward Aotearoa presents a compelling case for why we urgently need to catch up." - Peter Grif..
Maori myths and legends have an important role in transmitting and regenerating traditional knowledge. Yet as Ross Calman points out in his introduction to this new edition, they are also simply great..
More than 1000 New Zealanders served in the Royal Flying Corps, Royal Naval Air Service and the Royal Air Force. Several, including Sir Keith Park, later became senior air commanders of the Second Wor..
Inspired by a personal obsession with this singular exotic fruit, Feijoa is a sweeping, global tale about the dance between people and plants - how we need each other, how we change each other, and th..
A companion volume to the award-winning and monumental 'New Zealand's Native Trees', this field guide is the perfect companion to take into the outdoors. Compact enough to fit in a day-pack, it contai..
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 r..
When Frances Hodgkins, our most celebrated artist, first left New Zealand in 1901, location became a key factor in her determination to succeed as an artist. In this engaging book, curator Mary Kisler..
By 1965 at the age of thirty, Frank Erceg had established an impressive reputation as a marksman, mountaineer and photographer, with his work widely published in newspapers and magazines of the day. T..
'Our Laws are forever present and provide the pathways for all Australians to truly learn how to belong to this continent.' - June Oscar
'No other current work has been able to so comprehensively..
In First Things, Harry Ricketts chronicles his early life through the lens of 'firsts': those moments that can hold their detail and potency across a lifetime. Set mostly in Hong Kong and Oxford, thes..
Tired of boring and drab Maori language learning books? THIS book is bursting with vivid, entertaining illustrations by Stephen Cartwright that will attract even beginner adult learners. The book inc..
With a long and complex coastline scattered with countless islands, and freshwater waterways weaving all through our rugged landscape, Aotearoa really is an aquatic nation. As such, it is home to a bo..
This big, glorious big book mines Te Papa's collections to explore and expand upon the way we think about our botanical world and its cultural imprint. A true treasure,
it features over 400 selectio..
Richard Wolfe eloquently summarises this book's scope in his Introduction:
'For upwards of 800 years, humans have made New Zealand their home, modifying the landscape to suit their needs. Although t..
This gorgeous collection of photographs, accompanied by extended captions and insightful interviews, is a visual celebration of the New Zealand farmer and the landscape in which they live and work.
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An essential guide to foraging in New Zealand.
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 h..
Force of Nature Te Aumangea o te Turoa, written by David Young and Naomi Arnold, is the inspiring history of New Zealand's oldest independent conservation organisation. Forest & Bird. It has been at t..
Long-awaited short and reorganised version of The Musket Wars * Brilliantly written and clearly explained, with fact boxes * Detailed maps and plentiful illustrations Ron Crosby brilliantly rewrites h..
In Forms of Freedom Dougal McNeill explores how the creative literary imagination can influence progressive social change in the real world. In engaging prose and with impressive intellectual range, M..
A paleontological site of international significance, Foulden Maar in Otago, New Zealand is home to an amazing record of life on Earth. Formed by a volcanic eruption 23 million years ago, the Maar's u..
The arrival of Europeans in Aotearoa brought about an inevitable clash between the laws and values of Maori societies and those of the newcomers.
Like a subduction zone between two tectonic plate..
New Zealand-born Frances Hodgkins (1869-1947) arrived in London in 1901 and, by the 1920s, had become a leading British modernist, exhibiting frequently with avant-garde artists such as Ben Nicholson,..
Before the 1970s, Maori existed in New Zealand literature as figures created by Pakeha writers. The Maori renaissance of the 1970s changed all that. Fiction writers led by Ihimaera and Grace challenge..
The remarkable memoirs of a remarkable writer
With photographs and quotes from her many, hugely loved books, Patricia Grace begins with her grandparents and parents and takes us through her child..
From Willingdon to Lyttleton, a memoir about love, learning and the journey to thirty
The first 30 years - the informative ones - of one of New Zealand most popular columnists and commentato..
Central Otago-born Doug Jolly was one of the greatest war surgeons of the
twentieth century. Tireless, dedicated and courageous, he was one of the most
gifted Republican Army surgeons in the Spani..
The complete introduction to finding, identifying and using mushrooms and other fungi in New Zealand
Enter and explore the fascinating world of fungi.
In this practical and up-to-date guid..
The Hunters Club are back with more hard-case hunting adventures! This time they are stalking their prey on two fronts - from New Zealand's majestic high-country wilderness regions, to spearfishing ou..
Battle Story Gallipoli takes you to the frontline and beyond, ensuring that you will appreciate the ultimate sacrifice made by these WWI soldiers. The Gallipoli campaign was in some ways the brainchi..
The much anticipated follow-up to the bestseller that exposed the escalation of organised crime in New Zealand.
Gangster's Paradise is about drugs, guns, gangs and money. Lots of money.
A gang..
One of the least known, and subsequently least celebrated parts of Aotearoa's native wildlife surely are our lizards. The reason is simple - our geckos and skinks are shy, secretive creatures, rarely ..
Have you ever wondered why New Zealand's plants and animals are so different from those in other countries? Why kakapo is the only parrot in the world that cannot fly, or why the kiwi lives here and n..
In the 1980s, life in New Zealand became brighter, louder, faster and wilder. While the decade is remembered for its big hair, bright clothing and excessive shows of wealth, it was also a time of soci..
Ready for a dog but not sure on the best next steps? Or do you already have a dog of your own and want to give them their best life? Gavin and Helen Cook run Country Retreat Animal Sanctuary and are e..
In this remarkable study by the late Francis Pound, author of the landmark Invention of New Zealand, we are introduced to the making of a New Zealand modernist - tracing the work of Gordon Walters (19..
The astonishing debut memoir about mothers and daughters, drinking, birth and loss, running away and homecoming from prize-winning writer and broadcaster Noelle McCarthy.
"I'll be grand, girl, I'..
New Zealand
has an extraordinary range of plants and animals, yet a great many species are
trending towards extinction. The arrival of humans to the country, and the
predators we brought with us..