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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...
When Desmond Bovey returned to his native New Zealand after thirty years in France, he felt a need to reconnect with the landscapes of his youth. He chose Tongariro National Park, inspired by a chance encounter with a karearea, the New Zealand falcon. He returned again and again, sketchbook in...
Identifying New Zealand's insects, spiders and other land invertebrates is made simple with this guide. Includes over 300 life-size colour photographs. Accolades Shortlisted for New Zealand Post Children's Book Award: Non-Fiction Award 2000. Author Biography Andrew Crowe is a full-time author with...
A practical field guide to New Zealand's native edible plants. Over 190 trees, shrubs, herbs, ferns, mushrooms, lichens and seaweeds are described in detail in this useful and attractive book, with information on which part is edible and when, how plants have been utilised, particularly by Maori,...
Takahe are ‘strange and wonderful avian beasts', big purple-blue birds with a striking red beak and legs. Once thought extinct, they were famously rediscovered in 1946 by Invercargill doctor Geoffrey Orbell, who found a small population living in a remote valley in the Murchison Mountains of...
The South Pacific is a vast expanse of ocean - over 50 million km - with tiny scattered islands and island groups. From Kiribati, Tuvalu and Fiji in the west, to the far-flung Marquesas and Austral Islands in French Polynesia in the east, this book surveys (and discovers) the butterfly inhabitants...
Banks Peninsula, treasured by Christchurch city dwellers, peninsula residents and visitors from afar, is a unique volcanic landform jutting eastwards into the Pacific from the otherwise unsurprising Canterbury Plains. Once forested from side to side, and from sea to summits, the land was stripped...
For centuries whales have captured our imaginations and ignited our emotions. We have revered and mythologised them, hunted them to the brink of extinction and passionately protected them. But how much do we really know about whales? This all-new book draws on the hugely popular, internationally...
This fascinating and comprehensive book explores the bee's place in human society from prehistoric cave paintings and inscribed clay tablets through to our contemporary world a cabinet whose drawers are filled with nuggets of bee science and practical beekeeping, myth, religion, politics,...
In Faversham, Kent, in 2003, the highest ever temperature in the UK wasrecorded: a blistering 38. 5 DegreesC (101. 3 DegreesF). The word 'blirty' in Scotland describes 'gusts of wind and rain'. The weather is a subject that is hard to ignore; and for good reason it's forever changing, so there's...
NASA has worked at the forefront of space exploration and research since 1958. Their devotion to furthering our understanding of what lies beyond our atmosphere has seen 12 humans walk on the surface of the moon, helped form the International Space Station, and placed numerous rovers on Mars....
A paleontological site of international significance, Foulden Maar in Otago, New Zealand is home to an amazing record of life on Earth. Formed by a volcanic eruption 23 million years ago, the Maar's undisturbed sedimentary layers are the resting places for countless rare, well-preserved fossils....
People love mushrooms. They want to pick them and eat them. but when they get home and try to check them, the fears crowd in. The reference books are vague. Too many dangerous look-alikes. Is the colour in that photograph exaggerated? A field mushroom suddenly seems worryingly like a Destroying...
A Naturalist's Guide to the Insects of Australia is an easy-to-use introductory photographic identification guide to 292 species of insect commonly seen in Australia. The 2nd edition includes updated taxonomy and an extensive collection of new images of the species covered. High quality photographs...
Naturalist and author Brian Parkinson follows the main highways and back country roads, stopping off at New Zealand's most spectacular locations. The country's isolation for millions of years means its flora and forna are unique. Parkinson highlights forest birds, towering trees, glacial lakes and...
New Zealand's Biggest Year is an epic birding tale of how two friends become rivals and set out to break the all-time record for the most Aotearoa New Zealand bird species seen in one calendar year. Their rivalry results in more birds being spotted in a single year than ever before and two national...
The Deer Stalker's Bedside Book provides an entertaining read for every deer enthusiast, whether experienced stalker, novice who would like to learn more, or indeed anyone who has an interest in these enigmatic and graceful creatures. Packed with a wealth of information - factual, practical,...
The popular pocket Photographic Guide covers nearly 20 books. From Alpine Plants to Insects, Freshwater Fish to Rocks and Minerals. Each book has been written by renowned experts in their field with photographs throughout the series. They are compact, easy-to-use guides which are the ideal car...
A reprint under a new ISBN, this handy reference guide is a compact yet comprehensive guide to identifying and learning about New Zealand's trees. Each species in the guide is illustrated with one or more photographs, and where possible juvenile forms have also been illustrated. The trees...
With such a long coastline, and countless rivers and lakes, New Zealand truly is an aquatic nation, home to a bounty of colourful and characterful fishes. Fishes of Aotearoa, is a major celebration of this fish life, set to the backdrop of all our primary underwater habitats, from freshwater...