100% Pure Future - New Zealand Tourism Renewed (BWB Texts) by Sarah Bennett (ed.)
$15.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction | Series: BWB Texts
Covid-19 has had a devastating effect on New Zealand tourism, but the industry was already troubled by unchecked growth and questionable governance that has put pressure on the environment, infrastructure and communities. In this urgent collection of essays, nine authors outline their vision for sustain ...Show more
The Ones That Bit Me! Camels, cows and other young-vet stories by Marcus Taylor
$39.99 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
This amusing and endearing hilarious memoir of a young New Zealand vet focuses on the trials and tribulations of being a newcomer to professional veterinary life in New Zealand and then in Newfoundland, southern England and Jordan. In The Ones That Bit Me!, there is sadness and personal challenge, too, ...Show more
Knowledge is a Blessing on Your Mind: Selected Writings, 1980-2020 by Anne Salmond
$65.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
For fifty years, Dame Anne Salmond has navigated 'te ao hurihuri' - travelling to hui in her little blue VW Beetle with Eruera and Amiria Stirling in the 1970s, working for a university marae alongside Merimeri Penfold, Patu Hohepa and Wharetoroa Kerr in the 1980s, giving evidence to the Waitangi Tribun ...Show more
Privilege in Perpetuity - Exploding a Pākehā Myth (BWB Texts) by Peter Meihana
$17.99 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
'The idea of Maori privilege continues to be deployed in order to constrain Maori aspirations and maintain the power imbalance that colonisation achieved in the nineteenth century.' The 'idea of Maori privilege', as Peter Meihana describes it, is deeply embedded in New Zealand culture. Many New Zealande ...Show more
The Mirror Book by Charlotte Grimshaw
$38.00 NZD
Category: Biography
Brave, explosive, and thought-provoking, this is a powerful memoir. 'It's material, make a story out of it,' was the mantra Charlotte Grimshaw grew up with in her literary family. But when her life suddenly turned upside-down, she needed to re-examine the reality of that material. The more she delved in ...Show more
Helen Kelly - Her Life by Rebecca Macfie
$50.00 NZD
Category: Biography
When Helen Kelly died on a Wellington spring night in October 2016, with her partner by her side and a bunch of peonies, the first of the season, by her bed, Aotearoa New Zealand lost an extraordinary leader. Kelly was the first female head of the country’s trade union movement, but she was also much mo ...Show more
Crown Lynn Collector's Handbook by Valerie Monk
$38.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
Valerie Ringer Monk's meticulously researched Crown Lynn Collector's Handbook will provide seasoned Crown Lynn devotees and new collectors alike with plenty to assist their endeavours - this comprehensive guide to New Zealand's iconic pottery range features the collectible items themselves and also the ...Show more
Maori Made Easy: For Everyday Learners of the Maori Language by Scotty Morrison
$40.00 NZD
Category: Te Reo
The complete and accessible guide to learning the Māori language, no matter your knowledge level. Fun, user-friendly and relevant to modern readers, Scotty Morrison's Māori Made Easy is the one-stop resource for anyone wanting to learn the basics of the Māori language. While dictionaries list words and ...Show more
From Paper To Platform: How Tech Giants are Redefining News and Democracy (BWB Texts #105) by Merja Myllylahti
$17.99 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
While global regulators grapple with tech behemoths such as Google and Facebook through evolving laws and regulations, the New Zealand government has held a laissez-faire stance. In From Paper to Platform, prominent New Zealand media scholar, Merja Myllylahti, scrutinises how major digital platforms e ...Show more
#NoFly - Walking the Talk on Climate Change (BWB Texts) by Shaun Hendy
$17.99 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction | Series: BWB Texts
What happens when a leading New Zealand scientist (and frequent traveler) rules out flying for a year? From overnight buses to epic train journeys, Shaun Hendy's experiences speak to our desire to do something -anything- in the face of growing climate anxiety. #NoFly confronts the hard questions of one ...Show more
Dating the Kiwi Male by Olivia Caldwell
$37.99 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
Dating the Kiwi Male recounts the dates of Kiwi women looking for a Kiwi man - the fun, the funny, the awkward and the ugly, all the while laughing at our own expense. What is it like to date the Wellington hipster, the Auckland yacht owner, the Queenstown ski champ, the Canterbury bogan, the Waikato da ...Show more
Purakau: Maori Myths Retold by Maori Writers by Various Authors
$38.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
A lively, stimulating and engaging retelling of pūrākau - Māori myths and legends - by contemporary Māori writers. Ka mua, ka muri . . .Ancient Māori creation myths, portrayals of larger-than-life heroes and tales of engrossing magical beings have endured through the ages. Some hail back to Hawaiki, som ...Show more