Jumping Sundays - The Rise and Fall of the Counterculture in Aotearoa New Zealand by Nick Bollinger
$50.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non-Fiction
Award-winning writer Nick Bollinger’s deep history of the transformation of New Zealand life wrought by the counterculture in the 1960s and ’70s.On a Sunday afternoon in the spring of 1969, thousands of people defied Auckland city bylaws and came to party in Albert Park. A rock band played on the rotund ...Show more
Making Space - A History of New Zealand Women in Architecture by Elizabeth Cox (Editor)
$65.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non-Fiction
Overlooked, underpaid, and often undermined, New Zealand women architects have faced decades of struggle to maintain a position in a male-dominated profession yet their work has been both important and of significance. This groundbreaking new book tells the story of their contribution to the creativity, ...Show more
Kiwi Bikers - 85 New Zealanders and Their Motorbikes by Ken Downie (Photographer)
$65.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non-Fiction
From Vincents to Moto Guzzis and the legendary Britten to the BSA Goldstar 350, Kiwi Bikers captures the love affair New Zealanders have with motorcycles.From north to south and from veteran bikes to the latest high performers, this book showcases 85 incredible motorbikes and their passionate owners. Sh ...Show more
Straight Arrows and Fast Bullets: A Hunter's Tales by Peter Hill
$40.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non-Fiction
Nock an arrow or load your rifle and get set to experience some old-school hunting tales told by a real character who has devoted his life to hunting! From when he was a young boy growing up in Hamilton in the 1970s, Peter Hill has been obsessed with hunting. First mastering archery and eventually prog ...Show more
Secrets of the Sea: The Story of New Zealand's Native Sea Creatures by Robert Vennell
$55.00 NZD
Category: Rivers & Oceans
An illuminating tour through the native sea creatures of Aotearoa, by the bestselling author of The Meaning of Trees. Secrets of the Sea is a fascinating introduction to New Zealand's fish and shellfish, weaving together history, biology and culture to reveal how these unique and intriguing creatures ha ...Show more
Becoming Pakeha by John Bluck
$35.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non-Fiction
A journey between two cultures. After more than 200 years of co-existence under the umbrella of a unique treaty, you might think things would be better than ever. In this perceptive and piercing book, John Bluck argues that Pakeha and Māori worlds grow ever more separate: the Aotearoa of today is a land ...Show more
Thief, Convict, Pirate, Wife - The Many Histories of Charlotte Badger by Jennifer Ashton
$35.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non-Fiction
Thief, Convict, Pirate, Wife: Unravelling the many mysteries surrounding one of the first Pakeha women residents in New Zealand.This is a story of doubt. It is a story of people who left little trace. . . . There are no writings to pore over; no monuments to gaze at; no perfectly preserved homes to visi ...Show more
A Fish In the Swim of the World by Ben Brown
$30.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
Affecting and evocative, this classic memoir by one of Aotearoa's finest Maori writers is now updated with new material. 'This is a book of memories. Some of them are my own. Some of them belong to others. They are as true and as fallible as any memories-distorted by time and distance and a writer's cho ...Show more
The English Text of the Treaty of Waitangi by Ned Fletcher
$70.00 NZD
Category: Education & Learning
How was the English text of the Treaty of Waitangi understood by the British in 1840? That is the question addressed by historian and lawyer Ned Fletcher, in this extensive work. With one exception, the Treaty sheets signed by rangatira and British officials were in te reo Maori. The Maori text, Te Tiri ...Show more
Democracy in Aotearoa New Zealand: A Survival Guide by Geoffrey Palmer; Gwen Palmer Steeds
$40.00 NZD
Category: Politics
A survival guide to democracy in Aotearoa New Zealand, this book aims to unravel the mysteries of our political system and show how ordinary people can navigate the political world and influence decisions made by our government. Its 40 chapters include a succinct history of government in Aotearoa New Ze ...Show more
The Sheep's Tale - The Story of Our Most Misunderstood Farmyard Animal by John Lewis-Stempel
$40.00 NZD
Category: Farming
A warm and personal biography of the sheep by one of our most celebrated nature writers.Everybody thinks they know everything about sheep, because there is nothing to know. They are stupid, noisy, cowardly ('lambs to the slaughter'), and they're 'sheepwrecking' the environment.Or maybe not. Contrary to ...Show more
So Far, For Now by Fiona Kidman
$38.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
Evocative, wry and thought-provoking, this is a rewarding journey with one of our finest writers. It is a little over a decade since Fiona Kidman wrote her last volume of memoir. But her story did not end on its last page; instead her life since has been busier than ever, filled with significant changes ...Show more