Black Barn: portrait of a place by Gregory O'Brien and Jenny Bornholdt (authors); Brian Culy (photographer)
85.00 NZD
Category: NZ General Non Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Meandering across the foothills of Te Mata Peak and through the Tuki Tuki Valley, Black Barn Vineyards has become one of Hawke's Bay's most popular attractions. Its evolution over the past 20 years is a story of enterprise and creativity - from a single cottage into a wine, food and luxury accommodation ...Show more
Dancing With the King - The rise and fall of the King Country 1864-1885 by Belgrave Michael
75.00 NZD
Category: Maori History | Reading Level: near fine
After the battle of Orakau in 1864 and the end of the war in the Waikato, Tawhiao, the second Maori King, and his supporters were forced into an armed isolation in the Rohe Potae, the King Country. For the next twenty years, the King Country operated as an independent state - a land governed by the Maor ...Show more
Collins Maori Phrasebook and Dictionary (revised edition 2006) by Patricia Turoa
27.99 NZD
Category: Te Reo Maori
First published in 1990, and reprinted steadily ever since, the first edition of the Collins Māori Phrasebook and Dictionary was an inaugural Silver Premier New Zealand Bestseller, and has sold over 30,000 copies. This revised edition includes an update of the original book to incorporate modern terms a ...Show more
The Short Life & Mysterious Death of Jane Furlong by Kelly Dennett
42.00 NZD
Category: NZ General Non Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Jane was 17 when she disappeared off Auckland's Karangahape Road in 1993. She was a girlfriend, a daughter, a sex worker, and the mother of a young baby. Her disappearance made sensational headlines across the country, particularly when it was linked to the sex crimes of a wealthy businessman, and it be ...Show more
No.8 Re-charged: 202 World-changing Innovations from New Zealand by David Downs & Dr Michelle Dickinson
45.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
Take notice, world, New Zealand is undergoing a re-charge.The 'No. 8 wire' thinking we have been so proud of is being expanded and improved.No. 8 Re-charged tells a compelling and accessible story of modern New Zealand and its world-beating products and ideas. From drone technology to electric farm bike ...Show more
Drawn Out - A Seriously Funny Memoir by Tom Scott
45.00 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoir | Reading Level: very good
Secondhand. Tom Scott is a political commentator, political cartoonist, satirist, scriptwriter, playwright, raconteur and funny man. He's been drawing political cartoons for Wellington's Dominion Post since 1988, was in the Press Gallery and was famously banned by PM Muldoon. He's observed David Lange, ...Show more
Ten x Ten : 100 Favourite Artworks at Te Papa by Athol McCredie
45.00 NZD
Category: NZ Art | Series: Ten X Ten Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Published to coincide with the imminent opening of the beautiful new art galleries at Te Papa, this book takes an intimate yet expert look at the national art collection. Ten art curators each pick ten art works and tell us why they love/admire/revere/are moved by them. It's an entirely fresh way to app ...Show more
New Zealand Between the Wars by Rachael Bell
45.00 NZD
Category: NZ History
If World War One was the crucible that forged an independent New Zealand identity, then the two decades following are surely the years in which the foundation for the new nation was laid. In shedding the last vestiges of colonial society in exchange for the trappings of a modern democratic nation, the 1 ...Show more
Vintage Trucks and Commercials Kiwi Coll by Steve Reid
37.49 NZD
49.99 (25% off)
Category: NZ General Non Fiction
It could be said that behind many great businesses is a great truck (or two). In this book we look at a fascinating line up of 40 plus commercial vehicles that have been put to use for many years serving their owners well and helping create many successful businesses. Most of these trucks were only reti ...Show more
Sunday Best: How Religion Shaped New Zealand and How New Zealand Shaped Religion by Peter Lineham
55.00 NZD
Category: NZ History
The early arrival of the missionaries in Aotearoa set the scene for a new 'moral colony' that would be founded on religious precepts and modern Christian beliefs. It did not take long for a combination of circumstances to confound the aspirations of the Church Missionary Society, the Church in Rome and ...Show more
Fearless: The Extraordinary Untold Story of New Zealand's Great War Airmen by Adam Claasen
59.99 NZD
Category: NZ History | Reading Level: very good
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 World War. Among them were leading air aces, including Keith Caldwell, Ronald Bannerman and the famous tenn ...Show more
A Short History of the New Zealand Wars by Gordon McLauchlan
29.99 NZD
Category: NZ History | Reading Level: very good
Following the ongoing success of A Short History of New Zealand, Great Tales of New Zealand History and Great Tales of Rural New Zealand - all reprinted and still going strong - Gordon McLauchlan has turned his masterful storytelling skills to one of the most important periods in this country's history. ...Show more