Treasures of Tane: Plants of Ngāi Tahu by Rob Tipa
$50.00 NZD
Category: NZ Natural History
This book discusses traditional Maori uses of native plants of the South Island of New Zealand and traditions around them. The text describes the features and uses of each plant, listed alphabetically for quick reference. These stories of native plants of the South Island describe how Maori and European ...Show more
The Fantail (A5 Version) by Anne Webb ; Neil Page
$22.99 NZD
Category: NZ Natural History
A pictorial study of New Zealand's most friendly and loved native bird This stunning book, produced as a fundraiser for Native Bird Recovery Richmond, showcases the Fantail in all its glory. Includes 70 pages of full colour world class photographs and fascinating Fantail facts. This more compact ver ...Show more
Ghosts of Gondwana: The History of Life in New Zealand Fully Revised Edition by George Gibbs
$59.99 NZD
Category: NZ Natural History | Reading Level: near fine
Have you ever wondered why New Zealand's plants and animals are so different from those in other countries? Why kakapo is the only parrot in the world that cannot fly, or why the kiwi lives here and nowhere else? New Zealand is an extraordinary place, unique on earth, and the remarkable story of how and ...Show more
A Photographic Guide to Spiders of New Zealand by Cor J. Vink; Bryce McQuillan (Photographer)
$27.99 NZD
Category: NZ Natural History
Spiders are found everywhere in New Zealand, from bathroom to bush, beach and beyond, and although many people find them distasteful, they are valuable predators of pests and fascinating components of any ecosystem. This new guide introduces over 90 species, focusing on the more commonplace introduced s ...Show more
Project Kiwi - How One Man's Passion for the Land Hatched New Zealand's First Community Kiwi Sanctuary by Sue Hoffart
$40.00 NZD
Category: NZ Natural History | Reading Level: Near Fine
"How a community conservation project is saving New Zealand's endangered kiwi on the Coromandel Peninsula. New Zealand's wild kiwi population is under serious threat in a hostile environment where predators rule and few chicks reach adulthood. But for those birds living on an isolated stretch of Coroman ...Show more
A Photographic Guide to Moths & Butterflies of New Zealand by Robert Hoare; Oliver Ball (Photographer)
$27.99 NZD
Category: NZ Natural History
Given that they are found in a huge range of habitats, from the porch light to the forests, pastures and high country, it is easy to stumble across New Zealand's moths and butterflies. That study is still very much a 'work in progress': in addition to about 1720 named species - the great majority of whi ...Show more
Know Your New Zealand Native Plants by Lawrie Metcalf
$39.99 NZD
Category: NZ Natural History
New Zealand has a unique and attractive native plant life that is of interest to everyone from gardeners and trampers to students of botany and ecology. Lawrie Metcalf introduces a selection of the most interesting, iconic and important New Zealand plants, spanning latitudes from subtropical to temperat ...Show more
The Field Guide to the Birds of New Zealand by Barrie Heather, Hugh Robertson
$55.00 NZD
Category: NZ Natural History
The Field Guide to the Birds of New Zealand is the modern classic of the genre - the tried and trusted reference for lovers of New Zealand birds. Comprehensive, reliable and easy to use, this fourth revised edition features: * 374 species, including 35 new additions - the book's biggest revision since ...Show more
Tangata Whenua: An Illustrated History by Atholl Anderson, Judith Binney, Aroha Harris
$99.99 NZD
Category: NZ Natural History | Reading Level: very good
Second hand. Tangata Whenua: An Illustrated History charts the sweep of Māori history from ancient origins through to the twenty-first century. Through narrative and images, it offers a striking overview of the past, grounded in specific localities and histories.The story begins with the migration of a ...Show more
Which New Zealand Insect? by Andrew Crowe
$35.00 NZD
Category: NZ Natural History | Series: Which...?
Ninety percent of New Zealand's insects are unique. Many of these little-known creatures play an important part in our ecology. This book is both a field guide and a gallery, displaying the variety and beauty of an often-overlooked side of New Zealand’s wildlife. Ideal for children, trampers, mountainee ...Show more
A Photographic Guide to Mammals of New Zealand by Carolyn M King; Rod Morris
$26.00 NZD
Category: NZ Natural History | Reading Level: good
This new addition to a popular series delves into a fascinating field of New Zealand's natural history. In prehistory, only a few bats, marine mammals and odd quadrupeds constituted our local land-breeding mammals; but today these have been joined by a throng of colonisers. These include several carnivo ...Show more
A Photographic Guide to Alpine Plants of New Zealand by Lawrie Metcalf
$27.99 NZD
Category: NZ Natural History
This new addition to New Holland's popular pocket Photographic Guide series showcases the flowers that add so much to the attractions of walking in New Zealand's alpine zone. The ideal size for slipping into a backpack when tramping, it will appeal to walkers, nature lovers, tour guides and educators, a ...Show more