The Upper Clutha 150 years

$5.00 NZD

Category: Our Place, Our People

The New Zealand Horse by Deborah Coddington

$90.00 NZD

Category: Our Place, Our People

A magnificent tribute to the New Zealand horse, documenting its pivotal role in the development of the early colony, in farming, transport, war, sport and in our affections. Writer Deborah Coddington and photographer Jane Ussher capture the strength, beauty and mystery of the horse across New Zealand, f rom bareback beach riders in the far north and huntsmen in Hawke's Bay, to the Otago high country, the stud farms of the Waikato, the wild horses of the Kaimanawas, film horses, dressage horses and many, many more. Warmly and expertly written, and including a range of historical images, this magnificent book is brought to startling life by the astounding photographs of Jane Ussher. ...Show more

Landmarks by Owen Marshall; Grahame Sydney; Brian Turner

$75.00 NZD

Category: Our Place, Our People | Reading Level: near fine

A handsome, landmark book celebrating the work of three of our literary and artistic heavyweights. The complementary work of artist Grahame Sydney, fiction writer Owen Marshall and poet Brian Turner was first brought together in the hugely successful Timeless Land in 1995. Its pages showed their shared, deep connection to Central Otago, to its vast skies, its wide plains punctuated by jagged ranges, its unique colours and its dwarfing effect on the people who pass through it. Twenty-five years later, this lavish new volume from these three long-time friends showcases a rich selection of their subsequent work, including recently written, previously unpublished pieces. Through their own marks about the land and its people, be it in ink or paint, they offer a love song to the South Island, in particular Central Otago. ...Show more

Aroha: Maori Wisdom for a Contented Life Lived in Harmony with our Planet by Hinemoa Elder

$30.00 NZD

Category: Our Place, Our People

Ki te kotahi te kakaho ka whati, ki te kapuia, e kore e whatiWhen we stand alone we are vulnerable but together we are unbreakableSee the world differently, through some of the wisest of human eyes.Discover traditional Maori philosophy through 52 whakatauki - simple, powerful life lessons, one for every week. Each one is retold by respected Maori psychiatrist Dr Hinemoa Elder to show how we can live a less stressful daily life, with more contentment and kindness for each other and the planet.Find out how the power of aroha can help you each day, and through its many meanings - fundamental Maori values - make a happier world for everyone.Chapters include: Manaakitanga (love for each other) Kaitiakitanga (respect for our planet) Whanaungatanga (community and connectivity) Tino rangatiratanga (self-determination) ...Show more

The Treaty of Waitangi | Te Tiriti o Waitangi: an Illustrated History (2021) by Claudia Orange

$50.00 NZD

Category: Our Place, Our People

Claudia Orange's writing on the Treaty of Waitangi has played a central role in national understanding of this foundational document. This fully revised and updated edition (previously entitled An Illustrated History of the Treaty of Waitangi) brings the Treaty's history to life with a richly informativ e narrative and a wonderful range of photographs, maps and illustrations. The Treaty of Waitangi | Te Tiriti o Waitangi takes the narrative into the twenty-first century, with a new chapter recounting the Treaty history of the last ten years, covering major developments such as the Tuhoe settlement, territory `personhood', and issues around intellectual property and language. Presented in full colour for the first time, the new edition also presents a fresh visual narrative, drawing on the range of images now emerging in work such as the He Tohu and Waitangi Museum exhibitions (in which Dr Orange was closely involved). ...Show more

Today in New Zealand History (Updated) by Neill Atkinson; David Green; Gareth Phipps; Steve Watters

$40.00 NZD

Category: Our Place, Our People

Dates matter, and they are often a starting point for our engagement with history. For most New Zealanders, days like 6 February or 25 April are laden with significance. They are recognised as markers of important moments in our past; they inspire pride, connection, reflection, or perhaps controversy. S ome dates hold a sombre or sinister place in the nation's collective memory: 15 March (the Christchurch mosque attacks), 12 October (Passchendaele) or 24 December (Tangiwai). Others highlight more uplifting moments, like Rutherford's Nobel Prize (10 December 1908), Hillary's ascent of Everest (29 May 1953) or New Zealand's golden hour at the Rome Olympics (2 September 1960). This book presents a series of snapshots of New Zealand historical events organised by date, from 1 January to 31 December. They range from dramatic headline moments to the hopefully less familiar and sometimes downright quirky - from Jockey Y-fronts (16 March 1940) and a Nazi sabotage hoax (29 March 1942) to the Greymouth beer boycott (29 September 1947) and a parachuting Santa (20 November 1937). A timeline lists some of the key moments and events that have helped shape the course of New Zealand's political and constitutional development, while Born on this Day boxes scattered throughout the text provide brief biographical details on almost 100 figures of significance to New Zealand history, fully updated. ...Show more

Southern Nights: The story of New Zealand's night sky by Naomi Arnold

$65.00 NZD

Category: Our Place, Our People

Aotearoa New Zealand was founded onstargazing. It was celestial navigationthat brought the first people here,and it was tatai arorangi, Maori astronomy,that helped people survive once theyarrived. There is no better place onEarth to view the brilliance of otherworlds.Covering eclipses, aurorae,comets an d constellations, backyardobservatories, traditional stargazersand world-class astrophotographers,this is the unique story of Te WhanauMarama, our family of light - thenight sky that glows above us all. ...Show more

When Darkness Stays: Hohepa Kereopa and a Tuhoe Oral History by Paul Moon

$30.00 NZD

Category: Our Place, Our People

This extraordinary book – unsettling, harrowing, and ultimately redemptive – is based on the time the author spent with the Tūhoe tohunga, Hōhepa Kereopa. It plunges deep into a cultural landscape that has almost vanished, bringing to light insights that are enriching and sometimes shocking.  The work climaxes with a staggering oral history that has never appeared in print until now, and which reveals one of the most tragic and distressing events in the country's colonial era. ...Show more

Afakasi Woman by Lani Wendt Young

$29.99 NZD

Category: Our Place, Our People | Reading Level: near fine

A collection of 24 short stories; the joys and tribulations of being a woman in Samoa and the struggles brought to an island nation by climate change.

The Land of Doing without: Davey Gunn of the Hollyford

$29.99 NZD

Category: Our Place, Our People

"He was made of horseshoe nails and whipcord."Davey Gunn lived 30 years in Fiordland's rugged Hollyford valley, where he had one of the most isolated cattle runs in New Zealand. When he moved there in 1926 he left behind his wife and children - and civilisation - for a tough and solitary life he grew to love. Although quiet and modest by nature, Davey became known throughout New Zealand as a back-country hero for his 20-hour journey on foot to raise the alarm after a fatal plane crash at Big Bay in 1936. His efforts saw the four survivors rescued, and the legend of Davey Gunn began. First published July 2007. ...Show more

Maori Myths and Legendary Tales by A. W. Reed

$30.00 NZD

Category: Our Place, Our People | Reading Level: good

This book was first published in 1946 as Myths and Legends of Maoriland, and subsequently reprinted four times before the second edition was published in 1958, followed by the third edition in 1961. It went on to become one of New Zealand's most recognised books of the genre, winning an Esther Glen meda l for the best children's book in 1947, and enjoyed considerable popularity in London, New York and Australia. This new edition retains the work of illustrator Dennis Turner and is presented with a stunning new cover based on the 'Rangi and Papa' mural, by highly acclaimed artist Cliff Whiting, which now hangs in the Beehive in Wellington. ...Show more