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The Health of the People (BWB Texts) by David Skegg
$14.99 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
In August 2016, forty per cent of the residents of Havelock North were suddenly struck down by a serious bacterial infection. The outbreak of campylobacter, caused by the contamination of the water supply with sheep faeces, hospitalised forty-five people and left at least three dead. Eminent public heal ...Show more
The Absolute Book by Elizabeth Knox
$35.00 NZD
Category: NZ Fiction
Taryn Cornick believes that the past is behind her – her sister’s death by violence, and her own ill-conceived revenge. She has chosen to live a life more professional than personal. She has written a book about the things that threaten libraries – insects, damp, light, fire, carelessness and uncaring. ...Show more
Instant! Maori by Nick Theobald; Paora Walker
$14.99 NZD
Category: Te Reo
INSTANT! MAORI is a pocket-sized Maori-English phrase book packed with hundreds of practical and down-to-earth phrases - made easy. Using phonetics, it enables readers to speak correct Maori in seconds. The content includes the short and long version of what to say on a Marae, how to talk to your pets, ...Show more
100% Pure Future (BWB Texts) by S. Bennett
$15.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
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
Maori Made Easy: For Everyday Learners of the Maori Language by Scotty Morrison
$37.99 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
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
Still Counting: Wellbeing, Women's Work and Policy-making (BWB Texts) by Marilyn Waring
$14.99 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
30 years ago, Marilyn Waring's ground-breaking book Counting for Nothing was released. Waring explained, through meticulous economic analysis, how the success of the global economy rests on women's unpaid work. Counting for Nothing became a phenomenon: it was read and discussed around the world, and ev ...Show more
High Wire by Lloyd Jones; Euan Macleod
$45.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction | Series: Korero Ser.
High Wire brings together Booker finalist writer Lloyd Jones and artist Euan Macleod. It is the first of a series of picture books written and made for grownups and designed to showcase leading New Zealand writers and artists working together in a collaborative and dynamic way. In High Wire the narrato ...Show more
Two Hundred and Fifty Ways to Start an Essay about Captain Cook by Alice Te Punga Somerville
$15.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
The Book of Secrets by Fiona Kidman
$30.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
A classic, prize-winning novel about an epic migration and a lone woman haunted by the past in frontier Waipu. In the 1850s, a group of settlers established a community at Waipu in the northern part of New Zealand. They were led there by a stern preacher, Norman McLeod. The community had followed him f ...Show more
The Platform: The radical legacy of the Polynesian Panthers (BWB Texts) by Melani Anae
$14.99 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
In a book that is both deeply personal and highly political, Melani Anae recalls the radical activism of Auckland's Polynesian Panthers - the movement modelled on the US Black Panther Party 'but without guns'. The Polynesian Panthers was founded in response to the racist treatment of Pacific Islanders i ...Show more
Aroha: Maori Wisdom for a Contented Life Lived in Harmony with our Planet by Hinemoa Elder
$30.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
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 ...Show more
Beyond These Shores - Aotearoa and the World (BWB Texts) by Nina Hall
$14.99 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
In recent years, more people are calling for an independent, values-based foreign policy and parties of all political stripes are looking for new ideas to achieve that. This book brings together a diverse group of New Zealanders to outline their visions for New Zealands role in the world. It sparks a co ...Show more