The Oxford Book of New Zealand Plants by Lucy B. Moore; J. B. Irwin

$45.00 NZD

Category: Natural History | Reading Level: very good

Kapiti by Chris Maclean

$55.00 NZD

Category: Natural History | Reading Level: very good

Winner of the 2000 Montana NZ Book Awards, history & biography section. Heading north from Wellington, travellers come to Pukerua Bay and there, across the water, is Kapiti Island, remote and alluring. In the morning light its contours and its forest stand out; by afternoon it is a dark, brooding sh ape. Today, Kapiti gives its name to the mainland opposite and the island appears on almost every local sign and logo, but this association is surprisingly new. In the past, Kapiti was best known as the stronghold of the great Ngati Toa chief, Te Rauparaha; more recently it has become renowned as a refuge for endangered birds that have not survived on the mainland. First published 1999. ...Show more

Beached As: Our New Zealand Beaches Then And Now by Craig Levers

$16.00 NZD

Category: Natural History

New Zealand's favourite beaches in magnificent "then and now" photographs. With nostalgic images that invoke memories of days gone by, each spread features a stunning photograph from over 60 years ago, taken by the author's aunt, and a present day image shot from the exact same spot. The beaches featur ed cover New Zealand from top to bottom. ...Show more

Taranaki Whenua: Life, Blood, Legacy by Bill Milbank

$25.00 NZD

Category: Regional | Reading Level: very good

Dop May 2008, New Plymouth softcover 238pp Explores in detail the significance of taranaki in New Zealand's history through more than one hundred paintings, photographs, historical objects and thought provoking essays. This was published in association with the exhibition at Puke Ariki February -May 2008. ...Show more

Prehistoric New Zealand by Graeme Stevens

$25.00 NZD

Category: Natural History | Reading Level: very good

Volcanoes of Tongariro National Park. A New Zealand Geological Survey Handbook by D. R. Gregg

$25.00 NZD

Category: Natural History | Series: Information Series No. 28 | Reading Level: good-very good

New Zealand's Great White Sharks. How science is revealing their secrets by Alison Ballance

$14.00 NZD

Category: Natural History | Reading Level: very good

Great white sharks are one of the world's most impressive and familiar predators - but until recently we knew surprisingly little about them. This book changes all that, opening a window into the amazing world of New Zealand's great whites. Join Kiwi shark scientists Malcolm Francis and Clinton Duffy as they track great white sharks from the cool waters of southern New Zealand to the warm waters of the Great Barrier Reef and the tropical Pacific. Discover how electronic tags have revolutionised the study of great whites, revealing that these mighty ocean predators are international travellers that dive to depths of more than a kilometre as they journey to and from shark hotspots at Stewart Island and the Chatham Islands. Visit Australia's shark nurseries, meet the Stewart Island shark gang and join the teenage great white sharks, Nicholas Cage and Pip, on their travels. Award-winning natural history writer and broadcaster Alison Ballance has been following the New Zealand great white shark project for the last decade. She takes readers out on a research boat to experience first-hand the thrill of encountering and tagging a great white shark, follows the excitement and frustration of tracking their movements around the southwest Pacific, and uses science to paint a portrait of great white sharks as you've never understood them before. Find out what pieces of the great white shark puzzle have been solved, and what questions remain unanswered, in a science adventure book for young adults and anyone with an interest in sharks and the sea. ...Show more

Ernest Dieffenbach - Rebel and Humanist by Gerda Elizabeth Bell

$20.00 NZD

Category: Biography | Reading Level: very good

The Southern Ark - Zoological Discovery in New Zealand, 1769-1900 by J.R. H.. Andrews

$85.00 NZD

Category: Maud’s Picks | Reading Level: very good

Beyond the RMA: An In-Depth Exploration of the Resource Management ACT, 1991conference Proceedings

$20.00 NZD

Category: Law | Reading Level: near fine

When the Resource Management Act 1991 came into force it was generally recognised as a world-leading piece of legislation. But is the Act able to address the significant environmental issues facing New Zealand sixteen years later? In May 2007, the Environmental Defence Society hosted a conference which focused on answering this question. These proceedings of the conference bring together a considered body of thought on the performance of the Resource Management Act. They include a wide range of high quality papers from both international and local commentators. The proceedings should be of considerable interest to everyone concerned with the effective design and implementation of environmental legislation in New Zealand. ...Show more

Awatere: Portrait of a Marlborough Valley by Harry Broad; Jim Tannock (Photographer); Rob Suisted (Photographer); Dave Hansford (Photographer)

$40.00 NZD

Category: Regional | Reading Level: very good

The Awatere is the Marlborough river and valley south of Blenheim. It runs from Molesworth Station in the high country all the way to the sea below the township of Seddon, overlooked by Mt Tapuae-o-Uenuku, the highest peak in the Inland Kaikoura Range. Author Harry Broad¿s interest in this area w as piqued when he was working on his acclaimed and best-selling book Molesworth, and he has followed through with this to produce Awatere. This is a fascinating and extensive collection of stories that document the multi-facetted, changing face of rural New Zealand, and which explores both the people and the landscape of this area. The upper Awatere valley has many well-known, classic high-country stations, such as The Muller, which borders Molesworth. In the lower valley, there are still many conventional pastoral farms, but the huge change has come through the wine industry. Many people do not realise that the Awatere valley is now the second-largest wine sub-region in New Zealand, with three times the production of an area like Central Otago. This mix of farming and wine has given this area its own unique flavour and character, captured both in Harry Broad¿s stories, but also through the stunning images from photographers Jim Tannock, Rob Suisted and Dave Hansford, as well as a range of others. Awatere will be a beautiful and engaging book, a must-read for anyone interested in Marlborough, or rural New Zealand. ...Show more

Walter Buller The Reluctant Conservationist by Ross Galbreath

$30.00 NZD

Category: Biography | Reading Level: very good