Tarawera The Destruction of the Pink and White Terraces by Geoff Conly

$35.00 NZD

Category: Regional | Reading Level: very good

Auckland Through a Victorian Lens by William Main

$25.00 NZD

Category: Regional | Reading Level: very good

Why Go To The Riviera: Images of Wellington by Peter Shaw

$35.00 NZD

Category: New Zealand | Reading Level: very good

Shortlisted for the 2004 NZ Montana Book Awards, Illustrative section. This high-quality art book illustrates 100 paintings, prints and photographs by well-known and highly ranked New Zealand artists. The images have been chosen primarily because they provide a distinctive record of first-rate art works recording the landscape in Wellington city. The images will provide local readers with a shock of recognition and other readers with a valuable record of a place they have visited. Images range from early historic images to contemporary ones and include some more abstract treatments based on the landscape while not actually illustrating them. The historic images have been chosen for the way in which they cast light on much changed contemporary places. Accompanied by an introductory text of 2500 words, and each image is interestingly captioned in such a way as to draw attention to the significance of the image. Peter Shaw, graduate of University of Canterbury, was a secondary school teacher for 11 years. From 1983 to 1991 he was a full-time arts writer contributing articles on architectural history, music and theatre, and the fine arts to Art New Zealand, Music in New Zealand, House and Building and Architecture New Zealand. In 1981 he wrote the first Lively Arts column in Metro, continuing in this role until 1996. He is the author of Art Deco Napier: Styles Of The Thirties (1987., 4th edition 1998) and A Hostory Of NZ Architecture (1991., 2nd edition 1997) among others. Peter is currently a lecturer with the Faculty of Architecture and Design at UNITEC, Auckland, and the curator for the Fletcher Trust Art Collection, the DB Group and the Kelliher Trust Art Collection. ...Show more

Taranaki Culture : Fresh out of the box by Bill Millbank et al.

$15.00 NZD

Category: New Zealand | Reading Level: very good

This is the accompanying publication for this special collection of Taranaki treasures from the Puke Ariki heritage collection and new artworks that reflect the culture of Taranaki. The exhibition explores the art and literature, lifestyles, value systems, traditions and beliefs that make Taranaki a pla ce like no other. Fifteen artists, each with a link to Taranaki, have responded to specific items from the heritage collection selected by Puke Ariki Senior Researcher Ron Lambert. Ron has carefully and personally selected a variety of unique objects that provide an illustration of what it means to be a 'Taranakian'.Curated by Bill Milbank, Taranaki Culture: fresh out of the box features new works from Mark Billinghurst, David Clegg, Ian Clothier, Nicky Foreman, Nicole Freeman, Paul Hartigan, Ngahina Hohaia, Rangi Kipa, Richard Mathieson, John McLean, Leonie Smith, Hemi Sundgren, Sopolemalama Filipe Tohi, Terry Urbahn and Tim Wigmore. These artists have produced works in a variety of media including paintings, photographs, installations and sculptures, launching Taranaki Culture: fresh out of the box into both an art and object realm. Taranaki Culture: fresh out of the box is the third in a series of five exhibitions in the Common Ground series, and is proudly supported by the TSB Community Trust. The Common Ground series is designed to encourage better understanding of the history of Taranaki and its significance in the modern history of New Zealand. Taranaki Culture: fresh out of the box ($50) Edited by Susette Goldsmith Published by Puke Ariki, 2009 Taranaki Culture: fresh out of the box is a publication of the exhibition currently showing at Puke Ariki. Art and literature, lifestyles, value systems, traditions and beliefs individually and collectively contribute to make Taranaki a place like no other. Taranaki Culture: fresh out of the box explores all these as it defines what Taranaki culture might have meant in the past, what it might mean now and in the future. Through images of intriguing artefacts from Puke Ariki's collection and the creative responses of 15 artists, along with enlightening texts from Elizabeth Smither, Te Miringa Hohaia and Ron Lambert, and comprehensive curator-artist interviews, this book portrays culture – Taranaki style. Jane Dove Juneau 2009 © It is the third exhibition in the Common Ground series designed to encourage better understanding of the history of Taranaki and its significance to the modern history of New Zealand as a whole. Don't miss your chance to take a piece of Taranaki Culture home with you. Purchase your copy here [email link to Vivid address ...Show more

A First Year in the Canterbury Settlement by Samuel Butler

$25.00 NZD

Category: History | Reading Level: very good

Edited by A. C. Brassington and P. B. Maling

Gold Trails of Otago being a Traveller's Guide to the Goldfields of Otago, Including an Abbreviated Account of the Methods Employed on the Goldfields, and Providing Valuable Instruction for the Intending Prospector in the Subtle Art of Winning the Preciou by June A. Wood

$20.00 NZD

Category: Regional | Reading Level: very good

Bunnythorpe and District 1872-1952 by R. E. Clevely

$20.00 NZD

Category: Regional | Reading Level: very good

Small City Big Heart, built heritage of Gisborne's commercial district by Sheridan Gundry

$10.00 NZD

Category: New Zealand | Reading Level: very good

A history of the architectural heritage of Gisborne's commercial district.

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

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

The Times of our Life 1880-1980

$15.00 NZD

Category: Regional | Reading Level: very good

West Coast Yesterdays by Mona Tracy

$15.00 NZD

Category: Regional | Reading Level: good