Staff PickHairy Maclary's Magnet Fun
Create your own stories with raggedy rascal Hairy Maclary and all his friends in this magnetic board book. A sturdy magnetic board book with fun magnets of Hairy Maclary and his friends! Hairy Maclary and his rollicking gang are always getting up to mischief. Join them on their adventures in this fun-filled magnet book featuring five Hairy Maclary scenes and...Board book$1599Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
Signed BookplateThe Other Catherine
A new novel from the best-selling author of The Space Between. Two worlds, two women, one story . . . In 1793, eighteen-year-old Catherine is sentenced to transportation on the Tempest, a convict ship bound for New South Wales. Trapped below deck with scores of women, she endures storms, brutality and loss, while dreaming of freedom on the shores of...Paperback$3100Elsewhere:$3700Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
New Releasekluge
If you and I are in the same ='entertainment venue' for this ='stand-up comedy special' and I am ='my body' and you are ='my audience' I run to you and shout your name into the dark, in the hope you are there. Yes, you='dear reader'='attentive listener'. This is a story about the end days of a tech company and its...Paperback$3299Elsewhere:$3800Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
The Edible Backyard
The Edible Backyard by Kath Irvine is an essential companion for anyone looking to transform their garden into a flourishing, organic paradise. This comprehensive guide takes you through every step needed to grow a variety of vegetables, fruits, and herbs in your own garden, ensuring a continuous supply of fresh produce all year round. Gardening expert Kath Irvine shares insights...Paperback$4000Elsewhere:$5000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
Great Kiwi ABC Book
Here is the ABC like you've never seen it: featuring Donovan Bixley's uniquely Kiwi characters. Look out for the milkshake-making cow, the All Black lambs, the cute pink ski-bunny, the colossal squid, and many more of Donovan's vibrant, amusing illustrations. Great Kiwi ABC Book is fun for the kids—and fun for the adults!Board book$1600Elsewhere:$1999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
New ReleaseThe Body and the Blood
A twisting, richly atmospheric crime novel set within the gothic splendour of St Paul's Cathedral in Dunedin.When organist Sybil Marsden plunges from the cathedral's loft to the stone floor below, her death is ruled a tragic accident. Only Ivo Hart - a lowly police administrator more comfortable with filing systems than people - senses something amiss. Armed with a single,...Paperback$2999Elsewhere:$3799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
11% off2026 Rugby Almanack
The newest edition of the games book-of-record, including the Rugby Championship, Bledisloe Cup, Super Rugby Pacific and Suoer Rugby Aupiki, NPC and Heartland Championship and much more.Paperback$4000Elsewhere:$5500Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
Countdown to Riches
From Rhonda Byrne, author of the global phenomenon The Secret and the New York Times Bestseller The Greatest Secret, comes Countdown to Riches - the book that can lead anyone to financial freedom. Financial struggle is caused by one thing - our thoughts. To have a rich life, you have to use your mind, the very thing that has previously...Hardback$2699Elsewhere:$3299Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
The Pohutukawa Tree
The Pohutukawa Tree by Linda Adamson is a heartwarming tale that captures the essence of a Kiwi Christmas like no other. The story follows the journey of a tiny pohutukawa seed as it grows into a magnificent crimson canopy, symbolising the festive spirit of New Zealand. Readers will be taken through the growth of the tree, set against the backdrop...Paperback$1900Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
Dazzlehands
The cow says ‘moo’, the chicken says ‘cluck’, and the pig says … Dazzlehands! As hard as the farmer tries, pig won’t go ‘oink’. Instead, pig gets all the animals moving to: ‘Train hands, rain hands, fly-it-like-a-plane hands. Bursting with the razzle, gotta liberate these DAZZLEHANDS!’Paperback$2200Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
Signed CopyNew ReleaseMarrow
Introducing Marrow: Whole Animal Eating, a forthcoming cookbook by Nick Thomson, founder of Marrow — a celebrated butchery and home store in Ōrewa and another in Devonport, Auckland. Inspired by his friend Fergus Henderson’s renowned Nose to Tail philosophy, Nick presents a contemporary perspective on whole-animal cooking. The book guides readers through the animal from head to tail, offering recipes...Hardback$4999Elsewhere:$5999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
I Am Autistic
When Chanelle Moriah was diagnosed with autism at 21, life finally began to make sense. Hungry for information, Chanelle looked for a simple resource that could explain what autism is and how it can impact the different areas of an autistic person's life, but found that there was little written from the perspective of someone who is autistic. So Chanelle...Hardback$3199Elsewhere:$3699Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips todayNight, Ma
For three and a half years, calamities hit Elizabeth Knox and family in rapid succession. Her sister suffered a psychotic break and was hospitalised against her will, her husband’s brother died by violence, and her mother was diagnosed with motor neurone disease. In time, she was able to write about it. Night, Ma is a book about the net of...Paperback$3499Elsewhere:$4000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
NZ Book Awards WinnerWhenua
From sleeping giants to battling mountains, fiery sisters to adventurous trees, dig into Whenua and discover eleven tales of how Aotearoa was formed beneath our feet. Whenua takes readers back in time with each purakau, exploring the ways in which Aotearoa's land was formed and introducing children to legendary Maori figures and atua. A beautifully illustrated collection that will delight...Hardback$2999Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
NZ Book Awards WinnerKupe and the Great Octopus of Muturangi
Kupe's voyage to Aotearoa! Kupe found that a huge, fearsome wheke (octopus) was taking all the fish in the ocean and the people of Hawaiki had nothing to eat.So Kupe chased that wheke across Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa (the Pacific Ocean). Finally Hine-te-Aparangi, Kupe's wife, saw land and a long white cloud: Aotearoa! Find out what happened when the wheke and Kupe...Hardback$2499Elsewhere:$2999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
New ReleaseThe Little Kiwi Builder
Oh no, the little kiwi builder's house is falling down! His screws have all come loose - what can he do? When the brickie, the plumber, the roofer, the sparky and the painter all come to help, it's looking good! Until, that night ... uh-oh! Perfect for: Anyone who likes fun and silly rhyming stories Reading aloud with little ones...Paperback$1899Elsewhere:$2199Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
Foraging New Zealand
An essential guide to foraging in New Zealand. New Zealand is full of incredible, edible wild foods - fruit, fungi and seaweed; berries, herbs and more - you only need to know where to look and how to do it safely. Foraging New Zealand is the ultimate guide to unearthing more than 250 of our tastiest wild plants. Packed with...Paperback$3900Elsewhere:$5000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
21% offSaving Elli
One child. Two years in hiding. Three lives in mortal danger. In Nazi-occupied Amsterdam, near Anne Frank's house, another Jewish girl is hidden. Her name is Elli. Her father has been executed at Mauthausen concentration camp. Her mother is fleeing for her life. Elli is next. To save her, resistance couple Frits and Jo Hakkens must risk everything, concealing her...Paperback$2600Elsewhere:$3799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips todayBanjara
A powerful literary debut from an astonishing new Kiwi voice, focusing on the Indo-Fijian indenture system and how it affected generations across the Pacific.Rajasthan 1888: Avani Rathod, a nomad of the Banjara community, is summoned to teach a blue-eyed colonial officer the trees of her region, but instead is misled into indenture to the sugarcane plantations of Fiji. While on...Paperback$3099Elsewhere:$3799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
RecipeTin Eats: Dinner
RecipeTin Eats: Dinner by Nagi Maehashi is an anthology of 150 meticulously-curated dinner recipes, promising to transform your everyday cooking into extraordinary culinary experiences. This quintessential cookbook features an array of dishes that are not only fail-proof but are also delightfully delicious and utterly addictive. With an emphasis on food that you will want to cook, eat, and share night...Paperback$4000Elsewhere:$4999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
The Christmas Tree Tangle
The Christmas Tree Tangle by the beloved Margaret Mahy is a typically exuberant and delightful Christmas story that captures the festive spirit and charm of the holiday season. Goodness gracious, what do I see? The kitten has climbed the Christmas tree! Climbed so high and climbed so far, to cling with her claws to the Christmas star. In this charming...Paperback$1800Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
Signed CopyNew ReleaseUncomfortable Economics
New Zealand once ranked among the world’s most prosperous nations. Not any longer. Why has our economic performance lagged behind countries we once outpaced? And what will it take to reverse the decline? In Uncomfortable Economics, David Schnauer shows that New Zealand’s underperformance is not inevitable. It is the result of choices — cultural and political — that can be...Paperback$3799Elsewhere:$4000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
At The Foot Of The Cherry Tree
The bestselling stirring story of love and hope, based on the incredible true story of Australia's first Japanese war bride and a love that changed a nation forever. SHORTLISTED FOR 2023 DYMOCKS BOOK OF THE YEAR AND THE 2024 ABIA MATT RICHELL AWARD FOR NEW WRITERS. LONGLISTED FOR THE 2024 INDIE BOOK AWARDS Gordon Parker is an eager eighteen-year-old Australian...Paperback$2500Elsewhere:$2699Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
Song of the Saltings
On the isolated island of Brack, the people live by an ancient bargain: every year, a sacrifice must be made to the Glimm, the creature that haunts the salt marshes. Eight years ago, it should have taken Lotta. Instead, the monster spared her and claimed her pony, shattering tradition and anointing her both folk hero and object of suspicion. Now...Paperback$2499Elsewhere:$2799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
Granny McFlitter: The Knit Before Christmas
Fast-knitting Granny McFlitter is craftier than ever in this award-winning Christmas story by Heather Haylock and Lael Chisholm. Granny McFlitter: The Knit Before Christmas finds Granny McFlitter back to save Christmas at the zoo, one lightning-quick stitch at a time! 'Twas the night before Christmas and down at the zoo, the keepers were ready; the animals, too... All of a...Paperback$1900Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
Matariki: The Star of the Year
In mid-winter, Matariki rises in the pre-dawn sky, and its observation is celebrated with incantations on hilltops at dawn, balls, exhibitions, dinners, and a vast number of events. The Matariki tradition has been re-established, and its regeneration coincides with a growing interest in Māori astronomy. Still, there remain some unanswered questions about how Matariki was traditionally observed. These include: What...Paperback$3399Elsewhere:$3500Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
Choose Your Hard
Every path in life is hard. Being unfit and unhealthy is hard. Choosing to exercise, eat well, face discomfort, and do the difficult things is also hard. The question is: which hard do you choose? In Choose Your Hard, Professor Grant Schofield, one of New Zealand’s most cited health scientists with over 18,000 citations in the scientific literature, argues that...Paperback$3300Elsewhere:$3500Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
The Unlikely Doctor
Born into love but then thrust into violence, and shaped by struggle, Timoti Te Moke was never destined to be a leader. After an early start as a bright boy in the eastern Bay of Plenty, nurtured by his reo Māori-speaking grandparents, Timoti's life changed sharply when his mother took custody of him when he was six. He survived abuse,...Paperback$2999Elsewhere:$3799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today-
New Release
The Most Dangerous Games
THE BOOK EVENT OF THE YEAR: An unprecedented blockbuster collaboration between MrBeast, the world's #1 creator with more than a billion followers, and James Patterson, the world's #1 bestselling author. In a world on the brink of collapse, one hundred players face off in a ruthless, high-stakes competition with everything on the line. The reward? The chance to save humanity...Paperback$2999Elsewhere:$3799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today 
15% offMaori Made Easy Workbook 7/Kete 7
The accessible guide to learning the Maori language, no matter your knowledge level. Maori Made Easy Workbook 7/Kete 7 by Scotty Morrison provides an accessible and structured approach to mastering the Maori language, ensuring that learners of all levels can succeed. This workbook is part of a comprehensive series that demystifies the process of learning te reo Maori, making it...Paperback$1700Elsewhere:$2500Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
10% offIt Nearly Killed Me But I Love You
Everyone told Sinead that having a newborn was a bubble of bliss - and after a traumatic pregnancy, she was hoping they were right. Instead, a few weeks in, Sinead was admitted to the Mother & Baby unit at Starship with Vivie, in the grips of severe postnatal depression. An honest, gut-wrenching, irreverent and shockingly funny memoir about motherhood and...Paperback$2700Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today-
Drained
This book is a toolkit designed to help you identify and prevent the things that sap your energy, so that you can free up capacity to live the life you truly want. The term mental load has become more familiar in recent years, but the popular understanding of the concept often reduces it to managing a list of household chores...Paperback$3200Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today 
Buzzz!
Bestselling author Donovan Bixley expands on his collection about Aotearoa's native flora and fauna with Buzzz! Native Bugs of Aotearoa. Tiny bugs, tasty bugs, deadly bugs, glowing bugs and New Zealand's giant growing bugs! Find out what makes the flora and fauna of Aotearoa so unique in this charming series by award-winning author and illustrator Donovan Bixley.Hardback$2199Elsewhere:$2499Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
Tūrangawaewae Second Edition
What is a New Zealander? What does it mean to be a citizen or a resident in this country? How do we understand what makes Aotearoa New Zealand complex and unique? And what creates a sense of belonging and identity, both here and in the world? Now's a critical time to be thinking about these sorts of things. So often,...Paperback$4799Elsewhere:$6000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
Ara
From the best-selling author of Aroha, Wawata, Waitohu, and E Moko Dear Moko, comes a unique exploration of how to think about thinking, rooted in the wisdom of Māori culture. Dr Hinemoa Elder introduces us to a profound journey guided by Hinengaro, the Māori goddess of the mind, leading us through 23 specific rua, caves, into the unfamiliar depths of...Hardback$2399Elsewhere:$3000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
Maui and Other Maori Legends
Maui and Other Maori Legends by Peter Gossage is a treasured collection that brings together some of the most beloved tales from Maori mythology. With vibrant illustrations and enthralling storytelling, this volume captures the essence of New Zealand's rich cultural heritage. Each story within this collection is an adventure into a world where the extraordinary becomes possible, where heroes rise,...Hardback$3300Elsewhere:$4000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips todayB is for Bird
From award-winning artist, Lily Emo, comes a beautiful celebration of birds. Paired with a fun rhyming story, gorgeous illustrations, and fold-out pages, this book is set to be a favourite for everyone and the perfect gift. Make your way through the alphabet with this stunning book featuring a cast of familiar birds. From albatross to fantails, gannets to quail, and...Hardback$1999Elsewhere:$2499Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today-
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Underworld
From the author of the bestselling books about the escalation of organised crime and gangs in New Zealand. The brutal execution of an innocent man. The undercover DEA agent who fooled the Hells Angels in a 400kg cocaine plot. The brutal execution of a not-so-innocent man. The never-ending quest to bring down New Zealand's most wanted gangsters. These stories read...Paperback$2400Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
Stepping Up
The kind of book you need to clear a space for, so you can read it in one satisfying gulp.Paula Green, POETRY BOX When a sporty teen's leg is crushed in a mountain-hiking accident, he has to face new challenges, one tiny but huge step at a time. A fast-paced, powerfully told novel for middle-grade readers about limb loss, resilience,...Paperback$1999Elsewhere:$2200Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today 
Ockham Winner16% offHe Puawai
Aotearoa has at least 2,200 native species of flowering plants that have evolved in our unique conditions, and the vast majority of them grow nowhere else on earth. This has made New Zealand a natural laboratory for studies of flower biology and a vibrant wonderland of gardens and bush for Māori and Pākehā to enjoy. He Puawai is a natural...Hardback$6300Elsewhere:$7999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
Astromancer 3: Ariā and the Monster Island
Enter the realm of the Astromancer... In this award-winning illustrated series for younger fans of Percy Jackson, Māori myths and monsters come to life! Join the Astromancer and her apprentices on a time travel adventure to Hawaiki and meet Ruapakanga and his albatross warriors! 'An epic fantasy quest' - Magpies 'Chock full of danger, heroes, old wisdom and new blood'...Hardback$2200Elsewhere:$2500Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
The Wheels on the Bus
The Wheels on the Bus go round and round. Everyone knows the song. But now, the bus is going around beautiful New Zealand, and its passengers are ones you just might recognise: kiwi, penguin, tuatara, fantail, and many more. Come along for the ride! Perfect for pre-schoolers.Board book$1799Elsewhere:$1999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
Parliamentary Privilege in Aotearoa New Zealand
Published ahead of the 2026 NZ General Election, this book by Sir Geoffrey Palmer invites public scrutiny of how Parliament wields its powers. Parliamentary privilege is 'the oil of the democratic machine'. It can be defined as the special legal powers that allow Parliament to regulate its affairs - and is a curious mix of history, parliamentary practice, law and...Paperback$2500Elsewhere:$3000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
NZ Made20% offWasgij Mystery 30: 1000pc Puzzle - Bullseye!
Piece count: 1000 pieces | Release year: 2026 | Artist: James Alexander The oche is set, the crowd is wild, and the tension is thicker than a pork pie at the buffet table! It’s the grand final of the Darts Championship, and two titans of tungsten are toe-to-toe, ready to throw for glory. There’s fancy dress in the crowds, cheerleaders...1000 Piece$2400Elsewhere:$3499Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
My Matariki Colouring and Activity Book
Manawatia a Matariki! Celebrate Matariki with this book bursting with activities and colouring-in pages. My Matariki Colouring and Activity Book is a colouring book that also includes a range of activities such as crafts and puzzles, as well as a smattering of te reo. This companion to the 2022 best-seller, Matariki Around the World, is sure to keep readers entertained...Paperback$1500Elsewhere:$1799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today-
The Raven's Eye Runaways
Three friends and a one-eyed raven find themselves up against the rulers who restrict the gifts of writing and reading to an elite few. They must go on a wild and unpredictable rescue mission. Who and what will they meet along their way? And what is the terrible truth behind everything they think they know about their world? 'You will...Paperback$1999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today 
12% offMatariki The Maori New Year
Matariki The Maori New Year by Libby Hakaraia is a captivating exploration of the Matariki star cluster—known in other cultures as the Pleiades or the Seven Sisters. Rooted deeply in Maori tradition, Matariki's rising before the sun in late May or early June signalled the commencement of the Maori calendar, celebrated with great festivals. This celestial event was not just...Paperback$1500Elsewhere:$2100Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
19% offThe Songbirds of Florence
A sweeping, captivating WWII story of enduring love and extraordinary bravery from the No. 1 bestselling author of The Girl from London. In 1942, a group of young women arrive in Cairo, Egypt. The Tuis, named after the beautiful New Zealand songbird, are the first women from their country to serve overseas. They are to provide respite and a touch...Paperback$2100Elsewhere:$2799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
16% offLooky Book
Hours of fun for the kids - and the adults! The Looky Book is a puzzle book mostly for young children with 11 different puzzles, all featuring colourful New Zealand landscapes, birds, and animals. Find the numbers with the crazy All Black lambs, spot the difference where the mischievous keas have changed around somebody's campervan, and find the animals hidden...Paperback$1600Elsewhere:$1999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
All That We Know
All That We Know, authored by Shilo Kino, masterfully captures the vibrant and complex essence of contemporary Aotearoa, New Zealand, threading together the intricate relations between the past, present, and future. This compelling novel boldly explores themes of identity, love, activism, and the enduring impacts of colonisation. Meet Mareikura Pohe, a young woman teetering on the edge of great personal...Paperback$3199Elsewhere:$3799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
Māori Ora
Mā te mātau ka ora te iwi ... Through knowledge, the people will thrive Engage with key aspects of mātauranga (knowledge) - manaakitanga (hospitality and kindness), kaitiakitanga (care and connection with the land), mauri (life force), rangatiratanga (collective leadership and self-determination), tikanga / kawa (customs and behaviour) and whanaungatanga (relationships). Mātauranga has a past, a present and a future, and...Hardback$2999Elsewhere:$3799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
Steve Irwin
In this book from the critically acclaimed, multimillion-copy bestselling Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the incredible life of Steve Irwin, animal lover and wildlife conservationist. Little Steve loved animals, and his childhood was spent amongst Australia's wildlife. As a young boy, his parents started a wildlife refuge and Steve and his sisters helped care for many injured animals. When...Hardback$1999Elsewhere:$2299Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
17% offEdible Weeds Handbook
Discover the rich world of New Zealand's wild edible plants with this comprehensive guide. In this comprehensive companion to the best-selling A Field Guide to the Native Edible Plants of New Zealand, Andrew Crowe explores the rich culinary world of Aotearoa's non-native plants - the so-called 'weeds'. From miner's lettuce to watercress, taro to acorns, this go-to, illustrated handbook offers...Paperback$2400Elsewhere:$3500Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
Pre-orderFree GiftButterflies and Moths of Aotearoa
From the bestselling author of Fungi of Aotearoa comes another beautiful, surprising field guide that sheds light on the overlooked lives of our butterflies and moths. Coppers and cosmets, blues and brushfoots, loopers and twirlers... Welcome to the wondrous world of moths and butterflies! New Zealand is home to colourful, curious species that are variously conspicuous and covert. We have...Paperback$4299Elsewhere:$5000Unit price /UnavailableOut 3 Nov 2026Pre-order
Resilient Grieving
Hone shows us how to harness the (thankfully common) power of our own resilience to work our way through a horrible loss. The New York Times A recommended new book for those who are grieving... [Hone's] metaphor for life after loss is both powerful and apt: Think of it as a scattered jigsaw puzzle, where the pieces of one's former...Paperback$2500Elsewhere:$2799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
14% offMana
Mana. It's a big word. But what is it? Are you born with it, can you earn it, can it be taken away? For more than five decades, Tāme Iti has stood at the heart of Aotearoa's struggle for indigenous rights. From land marches to performance art, police raids to prison cells, his voice has challenged New Zealand to reckon...Hardback$3600Elsewhere:$4999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today-
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Wasgij Destiny #26 1000pc Jigsaw Puzzle Organic Overload!
There’s nothing like the hustle and bustle of a lively street market to tickle the taste buds and get mouths watering. So much choice, so many colours, so many great deals! But how things are changing! Family favourite recipes are making way for takeaways and new takes on organic options, meat-free menus and vegan varieties of everything.Ideas and recommendations are...1000 Piece$2999Elsewhere:$3499Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today 
Little Kiwi's Matariki
The little Kiwi is fast asleep in her burrow. A beam of moonlight shines right down into her burrow. She wakes and realises it is time. Hurrying out into the night, she wakes each of her friends from their mid-winter slumber. Kia tere! Hurry! she urges them.Paperback$1999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today-
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Maori Made Easy Workbook 8/Kete 8
Maori Made Easy Workbook 8/Kete 8 by Scotty Morrison offers an engaging and comprehensive approach to learning the Māori language, tailored to suit learners of all levels. Designed with the modern reader in mind, this workbook is part of a beloved series that has helped countless individuals master te reo Māori in a practical, fun, and accessible way. Unlike traditional...Paperback$1800Elsewhere:$2500Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today 
The Crash
In 1987 Sally Wenley was the driven, fun-loving and at times naughty sports prefect of her Hawke’s Bay school with everything to live for. When a bus crashed on a school trip, five people were killed and she became a paraplegic, her sporting dreams in tatters. Now an award-winning radio reporter, in this engaging, uplifting and at times hilarious memoir...Paperback$3400Elsewhere:$3700Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
Everything But the Medicine
Wise, candid, brave and moving, this superbly written memoir by a New Zealand GP is reminiscent of the warm wisdom and humanity of the American physician and writer Atul Gawande. Over her long career, Dr Lucy O’Hagan has developed deep insights into the profound but often complex relationship between patients and doctors. Reading about her own struggle with what it...Paperback$3199Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
Taniwha
The amazing Gavin Bishop brings us a monster-sized book about the mythical monsters of Aotearoa! Award-winning weaver of stories Gavin Bishop retells a variety of tales about the taniwha of Aotearoa, from the guardians who accompanied waka voyages to present-day inhabitants of the whenua and moana. Taniwha are all around us. They are good at hiding or changing their shape....Hardback$3199Elsewhere:$4000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
The Pearl Sister
The Pearl Sister by Lucinda Riley is a mesmerising story of self-discovery and heritage, weaving together the tales of two extraordinary women across distant times and continents. CeCe D'Aplièse has always felt like an outsider, unsure of her place in the world. After the death of her adoptive father, the enigmatic billionaire known as Pa Salt, CeCe is at her...Paperback$2300Elsewhere:$2799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
17% offWhanau
Ignite your interest in te reo Maori with Whānau, a starting point for your language journey or a way to build on what you already know. Most of all, sow the seed of the Maori language within your home and see it bloom in the fertile soils of te ukaipo. Phrases include: Me poho kereru. Be proud. Mei kore ake...Hardback$2000Elsewhere:$2999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
New ReleaseFacing Up to Our Future
New Zealand's traditional “she'll be right” optimism is no longer adequate to the challenges facing the country. Facing Up to Our Future: Challenges and Choices for New Zealand brings together 21 of the country's leading thinkers to confront the long-term pressures shaping the nation's next decades. Edited by Emeritus Professor Peter Davis, the collection ranges widely, covering issues as diverse as...Paperback$3299Elsewhere:$3500Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
Bird of the Year
A richly illustrated, affectionate celebration of Aotearoa's native birds, and the efforts we all make to protect them. New Zealanders love their birds. Each year, thousands of us take part in Forest & Bird's campaign to bring awareness to the challenges these feathery friends face and to see who comes out on top as the coveted Bird of the Year....Paperback$3499Elsewhere:$4500Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
The Whale Rider
A classic novel that became a classic film. This classic has been released in the Popular Penguin format to mark 50 years of publishing in New Zealand. The format reaches further back to 1935, when Allen Lane founded Penguin Books with a clear vision: 'We believed in the existence of a vast reading public for intelligent books at a low...Paperback$1599Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
My Body My Taonga
Navigate body safety conversations with ease! Rāwiri and Ruby are learning about privacy and instincts, how to spot unsafe behaviour and how to get help should they ever need to. Using child-friendly language and the STOP WALK TALK strategy, these two young friends educate and empower tamariki with the important life skill of body safety.Paperback$1999Elsewhere:$2300Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
Nourish
Nourish is a return – and a renewal. A return to hearty, well-loved classics. A return to meat, eggs, dairy and fish. A joyful return to what made Chelsea's food a household favourite – now reimagined with balance and a deeper intention to truly nourish. Inside you'll find soul-warming meals like aromatic chicken curry, slow-roasted lamb shoulder, tender beef hotpot...Paperback$3700Elsewhere:$4999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today-
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Gone Bush
The story of a wanderer, long-distance tramper, and hut-bagging legend. Paul Kilgour was bitten by the tramping bug early. He began going on epic trips as a young boy, beyond the farm and along the coast. During these wanderings, he met old folk living simply in tiny huts out the back of farms and on clifftops, and swaggers walking in...Paperback$1900Elsewhere:$2999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today 
Kei Hea a Spot?
Join the delightful world of Spot with Kei Hea a Spot?, the te reo Māori edition of Eric Hill's beloved lift-the-flap book, Where's Spot?. This timeless classic introduces Spot, an innocent and playful puppy, whose adventures have captivated young readers for decades. In Spot's first adventure, it's time for dinner, but Spot is nowhere to be found. Readers are invited...Paperback$1599Elsewhere:$1999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
Dusty the Digger
From the creator of the bestselling Nee Naw books comes an exciting new character kids will love. Singer-songwriter Dean O’Brien has produced yet another toe-tapping, sing-along song, this time about Nee Naw’s friend, Dusty the Digger. When goats Plinky and Plonky snatch buckets of jelly powder and fall into a swimming pool, they soon become stuck in jiggly, wobbly jelly....Paperback$1800Elsewhere:$2199Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
23% offThree Wee Bookshops at the End of the World
The Bookseller at the End of the World described the first part of Ruth Shaw's tumultuous life, touching readers in powerful ways. It became an international bestseller, translated into eleven languages. Three Wee Bookshops at the End of the World picks up Ruth's story with more charming, heartbreaking, brave and funny tales. Having found the love of her life, Lance,...Hardback$2400Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today-
Black Velvet and Vengeance
The page-turning third novel featuring intrepid heroine Tatty Crowe and the fascinating world of Sydney's Victorian funeral business, from bestselling historical fiction author Deborah Challinor. Sometimes death is just the beginning ... Late 1872. When twenty-five-year-old Sydney undertaker Tatiana Crowe travels to Auckland to embalm the body of Evan Hunter's father, events go horribly wrong, leaving Tatty stricken. Back at...Paperback$2999Elsewhere:$3799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
Rich Enough?
A revised and updated edition of the no.1 bestseller. Find out what many in the financial world don't want you to know. Laid-back investing is not only easier; it can actually make you richer. Learn how to kill off debt, curb spending, find your best KiwiSaver fund, save painlessly, buy a house or be happy not buying one, and move...Paperback$3100Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
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Every Lake
Scary stories are fun... until your life becomes one. When Alice was fifteen, her father killed Mia Heywood in their lakefront cottage before vanishing into the trees. At least that's what the locals think happened. Over a decade later, Alice has lost her job as a journalist, she's going through an expensive divorce and she desperately needs to sell the...Paperback$3299Elsewhere:$3799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
Lonasei and the Mystery of Origin Grove
Eleven-year-old Lonasei is lonely — she wishes her older sister Eva Grace wasn't so mean, and that her mum Aria didn't have to work so much. But when Aria inherits her childhood home, Lonasei discovers she can enter her late Aunt Malia's paintings and experience the memories within. Through them, she discovers that her mother had another sister, Agnes, who went...Paperback$2199Elsewhere:$2799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today 
Hairy Maclary and Zachary Quack
Hairy Maclary and Zachary Quack by Lynley Dodd is a delightful, rhyming tale that will enchant readers of all ages. It tells the story of Hairy Maclary, a loveable dog who is just looking for a quiet place to enjoy his afternoon nap. However, his peaceful plans are quickly disrupted by Zachary Quack, a small but incredibly determined duckling who...Board book$1500Elsewhere:$1599Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
The Dragon Defenders - Book Two
The Dragon Defenders - Book Two is a best-selling, rip-roaring, page-turning tale of dragons and their brave child guardians. With mind-blowing, interactive augmented reality content accessible via the free app AR Reads, this book offers a truly immersive experience. Evil boss, The Pitbull, has wasted nine months waiting for the dragon's egg he stole from Flynn and Paddy's paradise island...Paperback$2100Elsewhere:$2200Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
10% offKeep Calm – We Are Coming
Keep Calm — We Are Coming briefly backgrounds the New Zealand Special Air Service deployment in Afghanistan — then goes into action. While primarily training Afghan forces, in Kabul the NZSAS had to respond to a series of ‘spectacular attacks’ by heavily armed Taliban fighters wearing suicide vests and determined to inflict major casualties. In the words of those who...Paperback$3600Elsewhere:$4500Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
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