Aotearoa New Zealand Books
Discover the best of New Zealand books with our diverse collection, showcasing the rich culture, history, and landscapes of Aotearoa. From New Zealand fiction and non-fiction books to works on Maori culture, Kiwi authors, and the country's stunning natural beauty, we offer a wide range of titles for every reader. Whether you're looking for insights into New Zealand's past or exploring the works of local authors, connect with the stories of this unique and inspiring country.
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Field Guide to New Zealand Native Trees: Revised edition - John Dawson & Rob Lucas
A companion volume to the award-winning and monumental 'New Zealand's Native Trees', this field guide is the perfect companion to take into the out...
View full detailsBarry Crump Collected Stories
Barry Crump was one of New Zealand's most popular authors ever, selling over 1 million copies of his 24 books between the publishing of A Good Keen...
View full detailsWonderland: The New Zealand Photography of Whites Aviation - Peter Alsop
Wonderland: The New Zealand Photography of Whites Aviation
Rebuilding the Kainga: Lessons from Te Ao Hurihuri: 2019 - Jade Kake
"Home can and should be a source of wellbeing, a place that connects us to our whanau, community, land, culture and history." Pre-nineteenth-centur...
View full detailsThe Platform: The radical legacy of the Polynesian Panthers: 2020 - Melani Anae
In a book that is both deeply personal and highly political, Melani Anae recalls the radical activism of Auckland's Polynesian Panthers - the movem...
View full detailsThe First Migration - Atholl Anderson
Thousands of years ago migrants from South China began the journey that took their descendants through the Pacific to the southernmost islands of P...
View full detailsWomens Suffrage Petition 1893 - Barbara Brookes
Womens Suffrage Petition 1893
Wildlife of New Zealand - Julian Fitter
The essential field guide to the wildlife of New Zealand. New Zealand is home to an amazing and distinctive flora and fauna, most of it found only ...
View full detailsRottenomics: The Story of New Zealand's Leaky Buildings Disaster - Peter Dyer
For over a quarter century our building industry, economy and Government have failed to provide this basic guarantee: new buildings will not rot. L...
View full detailsPowell's Native Animals of New Zealand - Lord Brian Gill
Powell's Native Animals of New Zealand
New Zealand's Native Trees - John Dawson And Rob Lucas
New Zealand's Native Trees is a landmark book, the kind that is published only once in a generation. It celebrates our unique and magnificent nativ...
View full detailsLate Love: Sometimes Doctors Need Saving as Much as Their Patients - Glenn Colquhoun
'Most of the time I have no idea what to do with them or what to say in response to them.'Award-winning New Zealand poet Glenn Colquhoun is also a ...
View full detailsKahurangi Stories: More tales from Northwest Nelson - Gerard Hindmarsh
Building on the success of Kahurangi Calling, this new volume of stories from the Northwest Nelson backcountry, is a compelling blend of natural an...
View full detailsImagining Decolonisation: 2019 - Rebecca Kiddle
Decolonisation is a term that scares some, and gives hope to others. It is an uncomfortable and bewildering concept for many New Zealanders - yet n...
View full detailsHaldon Iconic Station Of The Mackenzie - Hobbs Mary
Kainga - Paul Tapsell
Through his own experience and the stories of his tipuna, Paul Tapsell (Te Arawa, Ngati Raukawa) charts the destruction caused by the alienation of...
View full detailsYour Soul Is Wintering - Annie Anderson
After enduring the loss of two babies in utero, Annie Anderson felt heartbroken, directionless and alone in her grief. She wondered if she would ev...
View full detailsWaitangi: a Living Treaty: 2019 - Matthew Wright
Acclaimed historian Matthew Wright explores the evolution of New Zealand's most historically significant document, the Treaty of Waitangi, from its...
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Still Counting: Wellbeing, Women's Work and Policy-making: 2018 - Marilyn Waring
`Underneath the numbers, a philosophical judgement is always being made based on values, not facts.' Thirty years ago Marilyn Waring's groundbreaki...
View full detailsNew Myths and Old Politics: The Waitangi Tribunal and the Challenge of Tradition - Tipene O'Regan
Negotiating a claim before the Waitangi Tribunal can involve troubling challenges to an iwi's legitimacy, sometimes from unexpected places. In this...
View full detailsKo Taranaki Te Maunga: 2018 - Rachel Buchanan
'Parihaka was a place and an event that could be lost and found, over and over. It moved into view, then disappeared, just like the mountain.' In 1...
View full detailsKarearea - Mamari Stephens
Stirring writings on life, law and culture from Mamari Stephens (Te Rarawa), one of New Zealand's most perceptive legal minds.
Ray Ching
Ray Ching is internationally recognised as one of the world's greatest living wildlife artists. Born in New Zealand, he established himself as an a...
View full detailsBloody Woman - Lana Lopesi
'Bloody Woman gives voice to my lived experience, to the overlooked, to the underrepresented and to the exceptionally complex, multifaceted and con...
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