Rustle!: Donovan Bixley's Plants of Aotearoa by Donovan Bixley
25.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Childrens Picture Books | Series: Donvoan Bixley's Aotearoa
Spiky plants, spicy plants, iconic plants, indestructible plants, useful plants, and New Zealand's giants of the forest!Find out what makes the flora and fauna of Aotearoa so unique in this charming series by award-winning author and illustrator Donovan Bixley.
Mangō: Sharks and Rays of Aotearoa by Ned Barraud; Andrew Stewart
35.00 NZD
Category: Children - Reference
The oceans surrounding Aotearoa New Zealand are home to over a hundred astonishing and strange species of sharks and rays. This fact-filled book takes you down into the fascinating underwater lives of these expert hunters, illustrates their evolution and explores their place in our culture. And it expla ...Show more
Nature Guide To The New Zealand Forest by Rob Lucas, John Dawson
50.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Natural History | Reading Level: good
New Zealand's native forests are rich and fascinating ecosystems, and the interactions between the various plants and animals are as interesting as the individuals themselves. This book provides identifcation for a range of common plants and animals, as well as insights into the intriguing and vital int ...Show more
Ghosts of Gondwana: The History of Life in New Zealand Fully Revised Edition by George Gibbs
70.00 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
Down South - In Search of the Great Southern Land by Bruce Ansley
50.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Natural History | Reading Level: near fine
In Down South, writer Bruce Ansley goes on a journey back to his beloved South Island. From Curio Bay to Golden Bay, in Down South writer Bruce Ansley sets off on a vast expedition across the South Island, Te Waipounamu, visiting the places and people who hold clues to the south's famous character. Not ...Show more
Diary from the Lookout - The Cook Strait whale survey 2004-2015 by Carol Dawber; Nadine Bott
50.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Natural History | Reading Level: very good
Native Plants of Aotearoa by Carlos Lehnebach, Heidi Meudt
27.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Natural History | Series: Te Papa Te Taiao Nature Series | Reading Level: near fine
Part of the new Te Papa Te Taiao Nature Series, this accessible, handsomely illustrated guide to the commonly encountered native plant species of Aotearoa New Zealand has wide appeal. Native Plants of Aotearoa describes and beautifully illustrates fifty of our most interesting and commonly encountered s ...Show more
A Photographic Guide to Ferns of New Zealand by Lawrie Metcalf
30.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Natural History | Reading Level: very good
Ferns occur in great abundance in New Zealand - there are nearly 200 native species alone occurring everywhere from the coast through to the country's alpine regions. Then there are the fern allies - including clubmosses and forkferns that have an even longer fossil history than ferns. However, most of ...Show more
The Hunters: The Precarious Lives of New Zealand's Birds of Prey by Debbie Stewart
50.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Natural History | Reading Level: very good
From an extinct giant eagle and an owl that sounded like the devil, to the morepork we hear calling at night, the falcon that appears on our $20 note and the hawks we see swooping on the grisly remains of dead critters on the road, this book takes a close look at these fascinating birds and the people w ...Show more
Maori Healing and Herbal. New Zealand Ethnobotanical Sourcebook by Murdoch Riley
125.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Natural History | Reading Level: near fine
A comprehensive study of the healing arts of the Maori from the time before contact with Europeans till the present. One section lists individual diseases and injuries in alphabetical order, describing traditional treatments and frequently referring to aspects of Maori astronomy and religion. The bulk o ...Show more
Which Native Fern? (New Ecology Edition) by Andrew Crowe
30.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Natural History | Series: Which...?
This new re-written edition of the best-selling NZ classic Which Native Fern? now includes comprehensive ecological information on the fern and its environment. As well as the known uses of each fern, from food and medicine, to perfume, making tools, mattresses and track-markers, it also explains how to ...Show more