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"The four daughters of Nicholas II and Alexandra, the last Emperor and Empress of Russia, Grand Duchesses Olga, Tatiana, Maria and Anastasia, often collectively called OTMA, continue to capture the imagination of people more than a century after their...
"In 1921 a Springbok rugby team toured New Zealand for the first time, captivating the country. They came clouded in a powerful mystique - blue-eyed, "beautiful giants" from a fellow British colony. Twenty-three of the team had served in World War One,...
"This book is intended to help people living directly or indirectly with epilepsy and others, interested in knowing more about the disease and its impacts an management. It covers basic information including defining epilepsy, outlines the different types...
"A random collection of 100 true tales told by current and former fisheries officers and ex Navy and Air Force personnel of incidents and events that occurred as they went about enforcing our inshore fisheries and our 200 mile fishing zone.The stories...
"Angie Fitzgerald navigated the world of internet dating across 55 first dates in 365 days. It worked. She met her future husband just three days before her self-imposed deadline ran out and has now been happily married for 17 years. Angie is a sales...
"Projects are intended to spur growth for all their constituents, be it individuals, teams or organisations and leave them in a much better state than they were before. Technology projects form a sizeable portion of organisational project portfolios....
"Profiles of fame comprises brief biographies of all those sports people inducted into the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame. It is a who's who of the country's greatest sports achievers. It contains information not available elsewhere and includes a c...
"Between 2010 and 2016, five destructive earthquakes hit Christchurch, New Zealand. On 22 February 2011, one destroyed the city, killing 185 people. Hundreds suffered lifelong injuries. Although over 95% of properties were fully insured, tens of thousands...
"The cold blooded murder of 51 innocent people and the attempted murder of many others at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, on March 15 2019 sent shivers of horror down the collective spine of the nation. An act of terror such as this was tot...
"My Croatian Kitchen is a collection of recipes that have been passed down through generations, an immigrant's tale sharing the connection to heritage through food. It allows for not only the creation of authentically delicious food but an appreciation...
"A new and demographically significant generation of women as young as 35 is facing perimenopause and menopause - but not like our mothers or grandmothers did. We are hungry for information and keen to talk candidly about everything: sex, mental heal...
"Forget the myths and misinformation, respected health writer Nicky Pellegrino has done the work for you in this empowering and honest book. It includes the latest research on everything from hormone replacement therapy to natural therapies and hot f...
"Live Your Truth is an empowering, healing, and inspiring journey that helps readers free themselves, find self-fulfillment, and release their ultimate potential. Colleen Gallagher created a life filled with subconscious anger and guilt as well as a ...
"Maurice Harvey is probably the most widely travelled photojournalist from New Zealand, having been to 160 countries and territories. His travels began in Africa in 1960 where for seven years he lived in Central and West Africa, then in later years, ...
"Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a 'silent epidemic' and can lead to long term cognitive, communication, emotional, physical, behavioral and lifestyle changes for the individual and their families/whanau. This book is a compilation of 12 stories from...
"In this book Dennis Grenville delivers expert gardening advice on a month by month basis to ensure your lawns are greener, your borders are prettier and your crops are more plentiful."--Publisher description.
"This completely revised and updated New Zealand best-selling walking book, inveterate tramper Peter Janssen presents more than 450 short walks in the South Island and Stewart Island that are ideal for those people who like to stretch their legs without...
"If you’re looking for great travel ideas for taking your family around New Zealand then The Guide to Travelling in New Zealand with the Family is the perfect companion. When you are travelling with toddlers or teenagers, the better prepared you are,...
Artist's book with 100 A4 landscape pages featuring over 50 photographs, many previously unseen, from the Springbok Tour protests of 1981 showing the people, marches and often violent clashes between the police, protesters and spectators around Eden ...
"Guides you to a nationwide network of the best biking holidays ... includes full ride descriptions ... including maps and elevation charts, plus valuable tips for everyone, from beginner riders through to seasoned veterans"--Publisher's description.
"My journey into law and mātauranga is one more defined by absence, understanding of loss, whakamā, accident and a sense of coming in from the cold, than by any programmatic acquisition of expertise. This collection of writing from Māmari Stephens (Te...
"Through his own experience and the stories of his tīpuna, Paul Tapsell (Te Arawa, Tainui) charts the impact of colonisation on his people. Alienation from kāinga and whenua becomes a wider story of environmental degradation and system collapse. This...
"This book examines significant questions related to information literacy learning and student transition to higher education in Aotearoa New Zealand. It investigates important questions for student transitions: What does it mean to be information-literate...
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Pasifika people are at a crossroads and need to decide whether to retain their traditional cultural values and practices, to adopt those of the majority of New Zealanders or to find a middle pathway to the future. They feel under pressure in their lives...
"This book discusses the roadside checkpoints that were set up by Māori to protect communities during the nationwide COVID-19 lockdown in 2020. Case studies of four different checkpoints are examined, each of which looked slightly different, but all of...
In 1858 Canterbury settler Thomas Potts protested against the destruction of tōtara on the Port Hills near Christchurch. A decade later, as a member of Parliament, he made forest conservation a national issue. Through his writing he raised the then novel...
"This brand new guide to keeping poultry, written by a New Zealand backyard poultry enthusiast with over 30 years experience in small scale poultry keeping and breeding, is a fantastic resource for anyone keen to get a few backyard hens. You’ll learn...
"The story of Ellis & Burnand's sawmilling operation at Manunui near Taumarunui. For 60 years, from 1901, the Company was a central part of the township that grew up around the sawmills. Over that time hundreds of people worked in the mill, box factory,...
"[This book] traces the expansion and - more commonly - the contraction of New Zealand's passenger rail network over the last century. What is the historical context of today's imbalance between rail and road? How far and wide did the passenger rail ...
"Profiles over 50+ amazing machines from Australia and New Zealand. Examines the culture within the Hot Rod scene Downunder."--Back cover.
As Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations from 2008 to 2017, Christopher Finlayson completed an unprecedented number of settlements with iwi. In 2012 alone, Parliament passed more Treaty legislation than it had over the previous twenty years. C...
"The Grater Good by Flip Grater highlights food that is truly delicious and about indulgence, yet happens to be good for you and the planet. Over 60 European-inspired, adaptable dishes, ranging from Seitan sausages, cassoulets and breads to super eas...
"Ray Ching is internationally recognised as one of the world's greatest living wildlife artists. Born in New Zealand, he established himself as an artist in the 1960s, before moving to England where he has spent the majority of his career. He has never...
"Tears ran down my face as I knelt beside my bed, clasping my 6-year old hands together, trembling in fear-praying they wouldn't come to get me. In Australia, they called it the 'Stolen Generation', referring to the forced removal of indigenous children...
Winner: New Zealand Post Book Award, Best First Book, Non-fictionWinner: Bert Roth Award for Labour HistoryShortlisted: New Zealand Post Book Award for Non-fictionAustralasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy AwardOn a sunny afternoon in November 2010,...
"Poetry [about the] West Coast [of] New Zealand and various other poems on individual subjects"--Publisher information.
"When Bob and Marlene Taylor sold their Upper Moutere hop farm lease, she said, "Good, now we can buy a house." He said, "No, we can buy a bulldozer." The Taylors and their three sons went on to turn a one-man forestry roading operation into one of t...
"Nicole Titihuia Hawkins’ first collection, Whai, introduces the voice of a strong and assertive poet, who is unashamedly herself. With poems centred around whānau, mana wāhine, and love, Whai explores what it means to be Māori in a colonised space. ...
"Rachel O'Neill's second collection of poems, Requiem for a Fruit, continues their exploration of the form of prose poetry, to astonishing results. The poems in this book cast a slant lens on the everyday, opening up a world of possibilities and curi...
"A pictorial holiday guide with a difference. Almost a little bit of local Atlas Obscura. Perfect addition in all households when planning a holiday, reminiscing, coffee table or corporate gifts. The book will entice the readers to venture to places out...
"Peter Janssen has revised and updated this best-selling book to include more than 400+ North Island short walks with a difference. They are grouped by region, and each can be accomplished within the span of a couple of hours (and some much less), putting...
"This volume contains notes, drawings, quotes, and references from the notebooks of New Zealand contemporary artist Judy Millar, alongside completed works spanning 40 years, providing insight into her life and creative processes."--
""A Future Untold" is an inspiring rallying cry for humanity to solve our biggest problems by returning to the most basic driver of human behaviour and culture - story. The author offers an entertaining, insightful, and at times deeply vulnerable glimpse...
""Prophet at the Gate" is a biography of Norman Murray Bell (1887-1962), a pacifist and peace activist from New Zealand. He was imprisoned as a war resister during World War I. Before and during World War II he was active in various peace and anti-wa...
"New Zealand's dramatic scenery is home to some equally dramatic wildlife, featuring a host of endemics found nowhere else in the world. From giant wetas and the ancient Tuatara to a suite of beautiful birds, including flightless wonders such as the Kiwi...
"The intention of this book is to provide the traveller up to date information on all the wineries by region. Includes restaurants, accommodation, maps and suggested itineraries. Perfect for households who live in a wine region and planning that special...
"The editors have arranged for New Zealand's leading legal and accounting firms to make contributions to the various chapters... the bilingual (English-Chinese) book covers areas: Audit and financial reporting; Companies Act; Employment; Immigration;...
The Christ's College campus in Christchurch is unquestionably one of the most remarkable collections of buildings in New Zealand, but there are few publications that focus solely on its architecture. To produce this book, Sir Miles Warren, the architect...
A collection of information on Samoan protocols, traditions, oratory (addresses and honorifics) and genealogy. Includes information on American Samoa.
"They pictured exotic adventures. They got sunburn, sore feet, loneliness, and new trails that led to mind-broadening inner strength. Told with grace and style, alive with insight and intriguing facts, Once a Land of Birds captures the joys and chal...
"Between the years 2012 and 2019, Sir Steve Hansen oversaw an era of such remarkable success that it would be almost impossible to repeat. His 15-year career in the All Blacks coaching team is the heaviest footprint in rugby history. Of the 210 tests...
They envisioned exciting science in a rainforest. They got downpours, dangerous tracks, and new challenges that sparked wonder and deeper family bonding. In this captivating and action-filled story, the adventurous Canadian family that hit the ground...
"Lush spring farmland, bright summer beaches, red and gold autumn colours and crisp winter days - every spectacular season of the New Zealand landscape is captured in this stunning collection by award-winning photographer, Bob McCree."--Back cover.
"When German mines were found off the coast of New Zealand in 1917, the only minesweepers were in Britain. Unlike most countries, who did nothing except warn shipping to steer clear of their minefields, New Zealand set about dealing with the problem....
"On 21 March 2017, associate professor Teresia Kieuea Teaiwa passed away at the age of forty-eight. News of Teaiwa's death precipitated an extraordinary outpouring of grief unmatched in the Pacific studies community since Epeli Hau'ofa's passing in 2...
Who is Marshal Tito? His accent is strange, his birthdate and name uncertain. He addresses his people in a voice that might be his own, or perhaps it is the voice of someone else. Stjepan and Elizabeta are siblings in Kotoriba, a small village between...
"An entertaining celebration of sustainable fashion, buying well and finding your style in the twenty-first century. 'The point of this book is to explore my ideas for sartorial satisfaction, to tell the stories associated with my love of clothes and...
"Despite our mythology of benign race relations, Aotearoa New Zealand has a long history of underlying prejudice and racism. The experiences of Indian migrants and their descendants, either historically or today, are still poorly documented and most ...
Sione, Lima, Tavita and Filipo are high school friends, uso or brothers. They are part of a special letter-writing project that helps to start a brave new conversation, an open and honest talanoa with themselves starting with the words, Dear Uso ... Here...
"This wayfinding set of essays, by acclaimed writer and critic Lana Lopesi, explores the overlap of being a woman and Sāmoan. Writing on ancestral ideas of womanhood appears alongside contemporary reflections on women's experiences and the Pacific. T...
"Sonny Bill Williams is a once in a generation athlete – a player with immense sporting talent in rugby league, rugby union and boxing. In his remarkable career, he has won World Cups with the All Blacks in 2011 and 2015 and helped the Kiwis reach the...
New Zealand's alpine environment is challenging, not only for the humans who explore it but for the plants and animals that inhabit it. The extremes of temperature, short summers and high rates of erosion make for an uncertain environment, and the flora...
"The quirkiest landmarks, features and installations from all over New Zealand. Each 'quirky' has a back story. Includes the Rainbow Staircase in Thames, Rose Bowl in Dannevirke, the musket bullet embedded in the bar at the Horeke Hotel and many more...
Teaching to the North-East responds to the marginalisation of particular groups of students with a way of teaching intended to increase equity in the education system. One way this marginalisation happens is when the special qualities students bring to...
"This work is half autobiographical, one quarter historical (with details of early New Zealand photography and goldmining), and one quarter is a well documented family genealogy. Fifteen members of the Tyree family are featured, across five generations....
Fresh ink 2021 is an anthology of new writing presenting the varied voices of New Zealand writers as they respond to the experience of Covid-19 that has touched us all in some way. Established and award-winning authors sit alongside some lively 'fresh...
"Eye of the Taika: New Zealand Comedy and the Films of Taika Waititi is the first book-length study of comic film director and media celebrity Taika Waititi. Author Matthew Bannister analyses Waititi's feature films and places his other works and...
"The creation of new science requires moving beyond simply understanding one another's perspectives. We need to find transformative spaces for knowledge exchange and progress.' Māori have a long history of innovation based on mātauranga and tikanga, ...
"New Zealand is the seabird capital of the world - no other country has so many species of breeding seabirds, while about a third of them are only found here. Despite this, many New Zealanders have little awareness of them, or know of the remarkable ...
"Keith's stepmother 'Maw' gives him an ultimatum - at fifteen he either leaves school to work or joins the army. So, Keith departs Auckland and reports to the Waiouru military camp, enlisting as a regular force cadet. Home Base is a snapshot of Keith...
"Information Technology Professionals New Zealand was founded in 1960 as the New Zealand Computer Society, Over its 60 year history ITP has made major contributions to the New Zealand tech sector; lobbying for the removal of software patents; improvi...
"In a city that has forgotten and erased much of its history, there are still places where traces of the past can be found. Deep histories, both natural and human, have been woven together over hundreds of years in places across Tamaki Makaurau / Auc...
"he work of seminal, pioneering New Zealand modernist artist Rita Angus returns in triumph to the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa on 18 December 2021, in a major show of more than 100 works from throughout her career. This extensive catalogue...
"It's not about your hair.It's about living your life boldly, authentically and genuinely as 100% yourself. Dye Your Hair Purple Sooner is the self-help book for high achievers who have doneeverything right, but have a lingering sense of is this all there...
"From 1957 to 1987, the LP was king of New Zealand recorded music and the cover art from those decades provides a fascinating window into our culture of the time. Award-winning journalist Steve Braunias has been amassing old LPs for years, and documents...
"Below the waterline, old gods still navigate time-tested stories... The Lobster's Tale braids myth, literature, science and photography to illuminate some of the dangers awaiting those who seek to plunder nature, or create masterpieces"--Back cover.
"A historic photo-essay by the late Paul C. Gilbert, this book chronicles the early days of the New Zealand phenomenon of DIY house trucks, which appeared on the roads in the mid-1970s as part of an alternative lifestyle movement. The house-truckers were...
"The life and family of a British merchant navy officer, of German background who joins his first ship at age sixteen in 1941 in London. Spends the war on a merchant ship and then two world trips on tramp steamers before getting married in Brighton, ...
"Toni Street's easy on-air style and warm personality has made her a firm favourite with thousands of New Zealanders. But behind the bubbly persona, is a story of heartbreak and resilience. Toni and her twin brother Lance were the much-loved first children...
"Matakana village lies at the heart of one of New Zealand's loveliest regions, where rolling hills and small valleys are fringed by glorious beaches and gentle estuaries. Sheltered, warm and fertile, it's a heaven for horticulture and fishing. Perhaps...
In Sleeping with Stones, beloved Pasifika poet Serie Barford navigates seasons of grief. As she moves through autumn, winter, spring and summer, she traverses the pain, anger, longing and heartache of losing a loved one in poetry that is both steely ...
"In this deft memoir, Richard Shaw unpacks a generations-old family story he was never told: that his ancestors once farmed land in Taranaki which had been confiscated from its owners and sold to his great-grandfather, who had been with the Armed Con...
The portrait wall in Toi Art, the art gallery within New Zealands national museum, Te Papa, is the most popular art exhibition for museum visitors. Hung salon-style on dark red walls, its 36 arresting portraits span historical portraiture to contempo...
"Historic New Zealand Racing Cars 2 returns with another fascinating collection of historic New Zealand racing cars, showcasing 18 more portraits of cars whose stories are intertwined with our motoring history. From Formula 1 Ferraris to the Formula 5000...
"This book tells the story of HMS New Zealand, a battlecruiser paid for by the government of New Zealand at the height of its pro-Imperial 'jingo' era in 1909. Born of the collision between New Zealand's patriotic dreams and European politics, the tale...
Clare Reilly: Eye of the Calm is an exploration of New Zealand painter Clare Reilly's life and work. The mixture of autobiographical writing and gorgeous paintings subtly shows how Reilly's art and experiences are entwined. Her themes cover the issues...
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