Kia Hiwa Ra! Maori Journalism in Aotearoa by Atakohu Middleton
$45.00 NZD
Category: NZ
Maori journalism in Aotearoa New Zealand has become a vibrant industry, reporting through print, radio, television and the internet. This book looks at the history of Maori journalism and the elements that make it what it is today. The author examines the way that news values common in English-speaking ...Show more
Do You Still Have Time For Chaos? by Lynn Davidson
$35.00 NZD
Category: NZ
Do You Still Have Time for Chaos? tells the story of poet and teacher Lynn Davidson’s late-life decision to leave Aotearoa New Zealand, with scant resources, to build a life in Scotland. In 2020, in the frightening quiet of a Covid-emptied Edinburgh, she begins her memoir; temporarily at home at the Ra ...Show more
Pounamu Treasures - Ngā Taonga Pounamu by Russell Beck; Maika Mason
$35.00 NZD
Category: NZ | 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
Treaty of Waitangi by Calman Ross
$25.99 NZD
Category: NZ
A short, balanced introduction to the nation's founding document. In plain language it covers the events around the signing of The Treaty of Waitangi, and what has happened since. Also included is information on the key personalities, a wealth of illustrations, and the full text of the treaty, in Englis ...Show more
Favourite Maori Legends by A.W. Reed; Ross Calman
$29.99 NZD
Category: NZ
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 yarns - reflective of a time when telling and listening to stories was a key leisure activity in Maori ...Show more
Hard by the Cloud House by Peter Walker
$39.99 NZD
Category: NZ
A massive, predatory bird and its place in history and myth. The legend of Pouakai, aka the extinct Haast's Eagle, takes Peter Walker on a journey from an 1860s Canterbury sheep run to a deep cave near Karamea as he learns the story of the mighty hunter that inhabited a peak in the foothills of the Sout ...Show more
Dame Suzy D: My Story by Susan Devoy
$37.99 NZD
Category: NZ
A four-time world squash champion, Dame Susan Devoy has led a remarkably varied life. She's been Race Relations Commissioner, a television star, a newspaper columnist, raised four boys and met Bill Clinton and King Charles. Fiercely driven and wildly competitive, her straight up style and hilarious turn ...Show more
Keyflowers: A Homeopathic Transformation by Angela Hair
$32.00 NZD
Category: NZ
Angela Hair is a homeopath, mother, grandmother, artist and a person who has lived with a pineal brain tumour for over a decade. This book describes how life took her on an adventure that required many skills. Some of these skills she learned in the mountains as a climber, others came through raising th ...Show more
Hine Toa: A Story of Bravery by Ngahuia Te Awekotuku
$39.99 NZD
Category: NZ
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
Evolving: Finding Health and Happiness as We Age by Judy Bailey
$39.99 NZD
Category: Biography
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 that retirement would bring some of the most fulfilling years of her life. Ever the journalist, Judy sea ...Show more
BBQ Economics: How Money Works And Why It Matters by Liam Dann
$40.00 NZD
Category: NZ
From interest rates to the price of cheese and everything in between, this is an essential guide to the New Zealand economy, how it works and why it matters. Should I fix or float? Is everyone moving to Australia? What's with the price of cheese? Who controls the OCR? What do self-made billionaires know ...Show more
On Call - The Anatomy of My Life As a Surgeon, a Daughter, a Mother by Ineke Meredith
$39.99 NZD
Category: NZ
Frank, sharp-witted and heart-rending, On Call is a stunning memoir by a female Samoan-New Zealand general surgeon about life, death, and the human limits of care As soon as she could, Ineke Meredith left her family home in Samoa for New Zealand, filled with determination not to be like her mother: lovi ...Show more