Auckland Museum Auckland Museum, founded in 1852, just 12 years after New Zealand became a British colony, was the nation’s first public museum. From the outset the Museum was encyclopaedic in its collecting of ‘specimens illustrative of the Natural History of New Zealand – also, Weapons, Clothing, Implements of New Zealand, and the Islands of the Pacific’. […] Read more »
Born to a Changing World: Childbirth in Nineteenth-century New Zealand Emerging from diaries, letters and memoirs, the voices of this remarkable book tell a new story of life arriving amidst a turbulent world. Before the Plunket Society, before antibiotics, before ‘safe’ Caesarean sections and registered midwives, nineteenth-century birthing practice in New Zealand was typically determined by culture, not nature or the state. Alison Clarke works […] Read more »
Cities Activity Book Explore over 60 of the world’s most amazing cities with this activity book for urban explorers. Fill in New York’s famous skyline, design a Mexican wrestling mask, spot the difference between Viennese dancing horses, and add your own mural to a Melbourne graffiti wall. Start your tour by decorating a totem pole in Vancouver, Canada, […] Read more »
Around the World Craft and Design Book Discover, draw and make artefacts from different cultures around the world in this fun and creative activity book – from beautiful Native American dreamcatchers and colourful Hawaiian leis to traditional Russian nesting dolls and carved Maori pendants. Lonely Planet Kids’ Around the World Craft & Design Book contains a mix of exciting projects that can […] Read more »
Hapata: Te kuri maia o te moana To celebrate the 10th Anniversary of Robyn Belton’s heart-warming, beautifully illustrated story, this true-life adventure, has now been translated into te reo Maori. Hapata te kuri maia o te moana is the true story about a small dog who lived by the sea. Everybody loved him, but the person who loved him most was Tim. […] Read more »
Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E! This major publication about Maori participation in the First World War is written by NZ’s leading Maori military historian Dr Monty Soutar, author of the award-winning Nga Tama Toa C Company, Maori Battalion. A fascinating look at the Pioneer Battalion (the Battalion created for Maori to serve) that will shed light on the reasons why […] Read more »
Mauri Ora Pearls of wisdom contained in proverbs – whakatauk I – have been gifted from generation to generation as an intrinsic part of the Maori world. As powerful metaphors, they combine analogy and cultural history in the most economical of words. Short and insightful, they surprise, engendering reflection, learning and personal growth. Mauri Ora links whakatauk […] Read more »
Te Taiao In traditional Maori knowledge, the weather, birds, fish and trees, sun and moon are related to each other, and to the people of the land, the tangata whenua. It is truly an interconnected world – a vast family of which humans are children of the earth and sky, and cousins to all living things. In […] Read more »
Rebuilding the Kainga “An understanding of the ways of our tupuna, coupled with the best of new thinking from New Zealand and abroad, has significant potential for sustainable housing models.” Colonial settlement and the discriminatory policies of successive governments have challenged Maori connections to whenua and kainga. Today, home ownership rates for Maori are well below the national […] Read more »
New Zealand Wars | Nga Pakanga o Aotearoa The New Zealand Wars were a series of conflicts that profoundly shaped the course and direction of our nation’s history. Fought between the Crown and various groups of Maori between 1845 and 1872, the wars touched many aspects of life in nineteenth century New Zealand, even in those regions spared actual fighting. The wars are […] Read more »
Uncategorized Booksellers NZ Preview for 2019 January 31, 2019 by Bateman Books Continuing their annual tradition, Sarah Forster from Booksellers NZ talks to New Zealand’s leading book publishers to get a preview of what new titles you can expect in 2019. Our senior editor, Adrian Kinnaird, took part in the article and discusses some of our upcoming offerings for the New Year: Waitangi: A Living Treaty by […] Read more »
Insect World This series of photographic, bilingual first word vocabulary books is designed for early childhood and junior level at primary school. The series allows young children to participate in both official languages of New Zealand through access to visually exciting and superbly produced resources, as well as encouraging them to learn more about Maori language and […] Read more »