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New Zealand's Endangered Dolphins by Maria Gill; Marco Ivancic
$27.99 NZD
Category: NZ Natural History
From award-winning writer Maria Gill, and illustrator Marco Ivancic, comes New Zealand's Endangered Dolphins. The North Island New Zealand dolphin (Popoto or Maui dolphin) is the most endangered dolphin in the world. The South Island New Zealand dolphin (Pahu or Hector's dolphin) is the smallest dolphin ...Show more
Kate Sheppard — Leading the Way for Women by Maria Gill
$29.99 NZD
Category: NZ Biography
Many women marched, but one led the way... Up until 125 years ago, there wasn't a single country in the world that allowed women to vote in general elections. But that was before Kate Sheppard. With fierce determination and unstoppable belief, Kate led the way in the women's suffrage movement and rall ...Show more
The Call of the Kokako by Maria Gill
$29.99 NZD
Category: NZ Non-Fiction
Described as 'grey ghosts' because they are seldom seen in New Zealand forests, kokako are known for their incredible song. This book delves into their world - one preyed upon by predators in a shrinking habitat. It tells the remarkable story of how the kokako, New Zealand's last remaining species of wa ...Show more
New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame: 25 Kiwi Champions by Maria Gill
$14.99 NZD
$24.99 (40% off)
Category: Sports and Outdoor Activities
Here are 25 of New Zealand’s finest sportspeople, across the range of sporting disciplines, and including the old and great alongside the young bucks, the new rising stars. All of these sportspeople have succeeded on the world stage and many began their careers at a very young age.Discover how they ach ...Show more
Toroa's Journey (PB) by Maria Gill; Gavin Mouldey
$19.99 NZD
Category: NZ Non-Fiction
Based on the true story of Toroa, the 500th chick to hatch at a breeding colony on Taiaroa Head in Dunedin, this evocative story follows the bird's life cycle as it grows from chick to adult. Just before Toroa fledged, the ranger attached a transmitter to its back to track the bird's flight path. This b ...Show more
Save Our Seas: Continuing the Mission of the Great Sir Peter Blake by Maria Gill
$21.00 NZD
Category: General Non-Fiction
Join Skipper L.B. Tross on a seafaring adventure around the coast of New Zealand, where you will learn heaps about our sealife and what threatens it. Inspired by the environmental work achieved by the late great Sir Peter Blake, the Skipper does his best to pass on the legacy - and educate young people ...Show more
Homework Powerpack: A Guide for Parents by Maria Gill
$29.99 NZD
Category: Homework
Homework Powerpack is an easy-to-understand and down-to-earth guide that gives an excellent overview of the education system in all curriculum subject areas and at all levels. Once you understand the way your child learns and their ability level, it's much easier to ensure that you provide positive and ...Show more
ANZAC Heroes by Maria Gill
$29.99 NZD
Category: NZ History
Discover the triumphs and tragedies of 24 heroic Australasians during World War One and Two. Read the biographies of ANZAC soldiers, as well as Air Force and Navy soldiers, medics, a spy, an ambulance driver and an humanitarian, surviving in battles in England, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and the Paci ...Show more
Toroa's Journey (HB) by Maria Gill
$29.99 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
Based on the true story of Toroa, the 500th albatross chick to hatch at the breeding colony on Taiaroa Head near Dunedin, this story follows his life as he grows from chick to adult and begins roving out across the vast Pacific Ocean. Will fishing lines snag him? Can he avoid an erupting volcano? Does ...Show more
Eruption! Discovering New Zealand Volcanoes by Maria Gill
$24.99 NZD
Category: NZ Non-Fiction
Meet Volcanica, the feisty reporter at Magmatic Press who prseents hot facts about volcano science in New Zealand. Discover the four main types of volcano found in this country: stratovolcanoes, shield, caldera and volcanic fields and explore the characteristics of each as demonstrated in data panels a ...Show more
Abel Tasman: Mapping the Southern Lands by Maria Gill
$29.99 NZD
Category: NZ History
More than 300 years ago, a young Dutch sailor named Abel Tasman stood on the prow of a ship he and his crew had sailed across wild, uncharted waters. In the distance, through a shroud of mist, the rugged outline of steep hills rose from the ocean waves. Could this be Terra Australis, the great southern ...Show more
Ice Breaker!: An Epic Antarctic Adventure by Maria Gill
$27.99 NZD
Category: NZ Biography
Much has been written about explorer Ernest Shackleton’s three courageous expeditions to the Antarctic. What is not so well-known is the crucial role that Captain Frank Worsley played in saving the lives of the crew of Endurance after it got stuck in ice floes and broke apart during the attempt to trave ...Show more