Ngāti Kahu: Portrait of a Sovereign Nation by Margaret Mutu; Lloyd Pōpata; Te Kani Williams; Ānahera Herbert-Graves; Reremoana Rēnata; JudyAnn Cooze; Zarrah Pineaha; Tania Thomas; Te Ikanui Kingi-Waiaua
$40.00 NZD
Category: Maori | Reading Level: very good
Ngāti Kahu book gives real insight into Treaty of Waitangi Claims process Many iwi have been through the Treaty of Waitangi Claims process to try and resolve past injustices, however very few have been able to document the detail of the process, provide an analysis of the policy and behaviour of the g ...Show more
How Bizarre - Pauly Fuemana and the Song That Stormed the World by Simon Grigg
$14.00 NZD
Category: Music | Reading Level: good-very good
Pauly Fuemana of the group Ōtara Millionaires Club (OMC) was the charismatic singer and creator, with producer Alan Jansson, of the hit record How Bizarre. After the record's release in 1995 it stormed to number one in New Zealand, Australia, Canada and European countries and Fuemana appeared twice on B ...Show more
The Democracy Sham - How Globalisation Devalues Your Vote by Bryan Gould
$12.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand | Reading Level: good-very good
The Democracy Sham explores how governments on both sides of the political spectrum are seriously constrained and compromised by the pressures of the global economy, and consequently, how our democratic rights are being eroded. Successive governments in New Zealand and around the world would have us bel ...Show more
Contemporary New Zealand Cinema from New Wave to Blockbuster by Ian Conrich (ed.); Stuart Murray (ed.)
$20.00 NZD
Category: Film | Series: Tauris World Cinema Series | Reading Level: very good
Since New Zealand Cinema burst on to the global stage in the late 1970s, it has maintained a high-profile presence, capturing the imagination and enthusiasm of both national and international audiences, through such films as "Vigil", "Whale Rider" and "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy. Contemporary New Ze ...Show more
A Century of Aviation in New Zealand - The Twentieth Century by Paul Harrison; Brian Lockstone
$16.00 NZD
Category: Aviation | Reading Level: very good
A pictorial history of aviation in New Zealand. Over 130 photographs chronicle the development of flight down-under. Aircraft broke down New Zealand's isolation. They liberated us from the shackles of time and distance from our neighbours at home and away. They transformed our economy and the way ...Show more
Warbirds Over Wanaka - The official record of the 1998 airshow by Ian Brodie
$12.00 NZD
Category: Aviation | Reading Level: very good
How to Hear Classical Music by Davinia Caddy
$12.00 NZD
Category: Music | Series: The Ginger Series #11 | Reading Level: very good
Have you ever wondered why most classical music concerts are such stuffy affairs? Had to bluff your way through conversations about classical music? Want to get a handle on music by the modern composers? Or just want a great read on music you love? How to Hear Classical Music is all this and more.
Letters from the Bay of Islands - The Story of Marianne Williams by Marianne Williams; Caroline Fitzgerald (ed.)
$12.00 NZD
Category: Biography | Reading Level: good-very good
In 1822 Marianne Williams, with her missionary husband Henry and their three small children, left England forever. Their new home, in New Zealand's Bay of Islands, was a remote one-house settlement - the Church Missionary Society mission station headquarters. This was nearly twenty years before the sign ...Show more
Geoff Murphy - A Life on Film by Geoff Murphy
$14.00 NZD
Category: Film | Reading Level: good-very good
The majorly entertaining memoir from a major entertainer - Geoff 'Goodbye Pork Pie' Murphy tells it like it really was in this director's cut of his life and times. "I'm taking this bloody car to Invercargill!" It was the line that had cinema audiences cheering. Goodbye Pork Pie became an instant classi ...Show more
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft in Australia and New Zealand by David Eyre
$40.00 NZD
Category: Aviation | Reading Level: very good
Archives of Emotion - Love, Longing, Loss by Nina Finigan
$10.00 NZD
Category: Books About Books | Reading Level: near fine
Published on the occasion of the exhibition Love & Loss, 28 July 2021