Big Ideas: 100 Wonders of New Zealand Engineering by Matthew Wright

$30.00 NZD

Category: New Zealand

Roads, bridges, dams, railway viaducts, tunnels ...New Zealand is full of amazing feats of engineering. Our number-eight wire mentality has brought about some incredible engineering solutions to create structures and systems to wonder at, from the Manapouri underground power station to Burt Munro's famo us Indian motorcycle. Who designed these amazing things? How were they built? What innovative solutions did their engineers use to overcome problems of terrain, weather, materials and cost? From early Maori and European settlement through the boom days of the late 1900s into the Depression-era projects of the early twentieth century and on to the Think Big years, Wonders of New Zealand Engineering features 100 projects from around the country with informative text, fact boxes and historic photographs. This is a great book to dip into or read from cover to cover, showing the development of New Zealand's fascinating engineering heritage. ...Show more

Sir Peter Blake - An Amazing Life by Alan Sefton

$12.00 NZD

Category: Sailing | Reading Level: very good

Sir Blake was a sailor, captain, and legend. The late Sir Peter Blake was perhaps the greatest competitive yachtsman of all time, the man who seized the America's cup and won the Whitbread. In his later years he turned away from international competition and used the yacht Seamaster to draw attention to threats to the world's environment. It was in pursuit of this cause that in 2001 Blake was tragically murdered at the mouth of the Amazon while defending Seamaster from pirates. In this first ever biography, close friend and colleague Alan Sefton traces Blake's extraordinary life. From the small boy crazy about the sea to the rigours of ocean racing and the America's Cup triumphs, to the decision to devote his life to saving the world's oceans and to his sad but brave end on the Amazon. Blake lived life to the limit. An Amazing Life offers both gripping adventure and inspiration to sailors and non-sailors alike. ...Show more

The Climate Dispossessed: Justice for the Pacific in Aotearoa? (BWB Texts) by Teall Crossen

$8.00 NZD

Category: New Zealand | Reading Level: very good

The world is heating up beyond the capacity of some countries to cope. Entire populations of Pacific islands are threatened, jeopardising the sovereign rights of these countries and the security of the region. This book explores what a just response to the risk of climate change displacement in the Paci fic could look like. It¿s a difficult conversation. For many Pacific islands, talking about plans to abandon their country risks providing the international community with an excuse to not reduce emissions. Yet internal climate change displacement cannot be avoided, and cross-border displacement may become a reality without urgent climate action. The risk of this dispossession presents profound questions of life, identity and justice for all of us living in the Pacific, in light of the fundamental principles of international law and our commitments in Te Tiriti o Waitangi. ...Show more

Alternative Cinema Vol. 11 no. 4 Summer 1983/4 by Karl Mutch (ed.)

$14.00 NZD

Category: Film | Reading Level: very good

Duperrey's Visit to New Zealand in 1824 by Andrew Sharp (ed.)

$35.00 NZD

Category: Maori | Reading Level: very good

The Warrior Mountains by Katerina Mataira

$15.00 NZD

Category: Maori | Reading Level: very good

The Zoo War - J J Boyd's Aramoho and Royal Oak Zoos 1908-1922 by Lisa J Truttman

$20.00 NZD

Category: Regional | Reading Level: very good

By Batons and Barbed Wire - A response to the 1981 Springbok Tour of New Zealand by Tom Newnham

$25.00 NZD

Category: New Zealand | Reading Level: good-very good

Early History of New Zealand From Earliest Times to 1840, From 1840-1845 by R A A Sherrin and J H Wallace

$120.00 NZD

Category: New Zealand | Reading Level: very good

The Opouriao-Taneatua Settlement of 1896 by Alison B Heath

$75.00 NZD

Category: Regional | Reading Level: very good

Delving into the Past of Auckland's Eastern Suburbs Section 6 by Elizabeth T. Jackson

$40.00 NZD

Category: Regional | Reading Level: very good

The Northlander No. 9 by E B Berry (ed.)

$25.00 NZD

Category: Regional | Reading Level: very good