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By Murdoch Riley(S071) ISBN 9780854671212BOOK TYPE: Paperback (Staple bind)DIMENSIONS: 110mm x 165mmPAGES: 60New Zealand's unique flightless birds. Because the descriptions of these two were so unusual, scientists who listened to the accounts of early travellers and examined the bones of the birds t...

By Dorothy Beatty (S074) ISBN 9780854670499BOOK TYPE: Paperback (Staple bind)DIMENSIONS: 110mm X 165mmPAGES: 52Basic cake decorating explained by a skilled practitioner.  A cake that is beautifully iced does help to provide just the right finishing touch to any special occasion, whether it be a wed...

By Johan Bonnevie (S122) ISBN 9780854671229BOOK TYPE: Paperback (Staple bind)DIMENSIONS: 110mm X 165mmPAGES: 48 Great Barrier Island: A world of its own.  Thirty minutes away by air from Auckland.  Its Māori name "Aotea" seems to indicate a New World, a New Beginning, and that it was indeed whe...

By Glen Pownall(S069) ISBN 9780854670697BOOK TYPE: Paperback (Staple bind)DIMENSIONS: 110mm X 165mmPAGES: 64 The pre-eminent art of the Māori is customarily considered to be their wood carving which shines in a variety of regional styles.  This is a practical book that explains the essentials o...

By Murdoch Riley(S111) ISBN 9780854671113BOOK TYPE: Paperback (Staple bind)DIMENSIONS: 110mm X 165mmPAGES: 60 This book describes the materials used by the Māori for weaving, the centuries-old rituals, and how to make some simple objects such as headbands, flax mats, baskets and through to tukut...

By Alan Armstrong(S009) ISBN 9780854670093BOOK TYPE: Paperback (Staple bind)DIMENSIONS: 110mm X 165mmPAGES: 64  Informative A - Z picture dictionary, colour and black/white.  Many text entries.  Descriptions of action songs, birds and animals, carving, clothing, fishing, foods, games, Māori h...

By Alistair Te Ariki Campbell(S017) ISBN 9780854670172BOOK TYPE: Paperback (Staple bind)DIMENSIONS: 110mm X 165mmPAGES: 60Contains five myths about Māui, the man-god with a mischievous bent in his nature.  He is known in the mythology of many Polynesian races.  Included are stories on how Mā...

By Alistair Te Ariki Campbell (S099) ISBN 9780854670994BOOK TYPE: Paperback (Staple bind)DIMENSIONS: 110mm X 165mmPAGES: 76Japanese language edition of "Māori Legends"Translated by Dr. F. Kakubayashi.Contains five myths about Māui, the man-god with a mischievous bent in his nature. He is known...

By Murdoch Riley et aL (S103) ISBN 9780854671038BOOK TYPE: Paperback (Perfect bind)DIMENSIONS: 110mm X 165mmPAGES: 76A compendium of stories by Murdoch Riley, James Cowan, Alfred Grace, Thomas Lambert, Hari Hongi (H.M. Stowell). Many are tales that have been told and retold for centuries, including ...

By Murdoch Riley(S093) ISBN 9780854670932BOOK TYPE: Paperback (Staple bind)DIMENSIONS: 110mm X 165mmPAGES: 72Traditional and modern methods of gathering and cooking vegetables.  Both wild and cultivated food products are described and illustrated, and recipes are included.  Today there is a desire...

By Alan Armstrong(S098) ISBN 085467098XBOOK TYPE: Paperback (Staple bind)DIMENSIONS: 110mm X 165mmPAGES: 68German language edition of "Māori Customs And Crafts" in A-Z format.Edited by Murdoch Riley.Informative A - Z picture dictionary in the German language, with many colour and black/white illu...

By Sam Freedman(S014) ISBN 9780854670147BOOK TYPE: Paperback (Staple bind)DIMENSIONS: 110mm X 165mmPAGES: 60 Words to "Pōkarekare Ana", "Haere Mai", "Hine E Hine", "Pania Of The Reef", "Manu Rere", ""Karu Karu", "Poi Waka", "Po Atarau". - some 70 Māori songs composed to suit all sorts of occasions and subjects.  Produced in a handy pocket book size.  

By Murdoch Riley(S068) ISBN 9780854670680BOOK TYPE: Paperback (Staple bind)DIMENSIONS: 110mm X 165mmPAGES: 64Our best selling booklet includes birds that have few or no relatives alive in the world today. In Māori eyes they are under the protection of Tāne - "Tāne mata nui" - "Tāne of th...

By Murdoch Riley(S102) ISBN 9780854671021BOOK TYPE: Paperback (Staple bind)DIMENSIONS: 110mm x 165mmPAGES: 68From the isolation of New Zealand over eons of time have come the unique character of a large number of its endemic seashells. This book describes and illustrates in colour 150 different seas...

By Murdoch Riley(S110) ISBN 9780854671106BOOK TYPE: Paperback (Staple bind)DIMENSIONS: 110mm x 165mmPAGES: 60Flora: Descriptions of the vegetation - whether trees - lilies - spiked, hooked and spiny plants - parasites and epiphytes - ferns - flowers - the rare and the beautiful are here.  Fauna: Th...

By Murdoch Riley(S112) ISBN 9780854671120BOOK TYPE: Paperback (Staple bind)DIMENSIONS: 110mm x 165mmPAGES: 60Having evolved over 80 million years, New Zealand's flowering plants have an amazing diversity. Only in the last 1000 years or so has man impacted on the country's flora (and fauna).  This b...

By Murdoch Riley(S073) ISBN 9780854670727BOOK TYPE: Paperback (Staple bind)DIMENSIONS: 175mm X 255mmPAGES: 56Three-quarters of the plants growing in New Zealand are not to be found elsewhere: a veritable treasure store of specimens that awaited the first European botanists who visited the country fr...

By Eileen Dobson(S075) ISBN 9780854670123BOOK TYPE: Paperback (Staple bind)DIMENSIONS: 110mm X 165mmPAGES: 60Practical flower arrangements using New Zealand and world elements. Each arrangement is illustrated with a colour photograph.  Easily gathered, the materials can come from the household garden, the beach, the roadsides and anywhere that plants grow.  Postage prepaid within N.Z.

By Murdoch Riley(S070) ISBN 9780854670703BOOK TYPE: Paperback (Staple bind)DIMENSIONS: 110mm x 165mmPAGES: 64The abundant and often unique living creatures to be found in New Zealand. Native & introduced sea and shore life, insects, reptiles, birds, mammals. The brilliant colour drawings are by Peter Scaife.  

Compiled by Murdoch Riley (S136) ISBN 9780854671366BOOK TYPE: Paperback ( Perfect bind)DIMENSIONS: 110mm X 165mmPAGES: 60New Zealand food culture today encompasses the world but this book goes back to the traditional dishes of colonial times, through to today, using foods and recipes that have stood...

By Murdoch Riley (S130) ISBN 9780854671304BOOK TYPE: Paperback (Perfect bind)DIMENSIONS: 110mm X 165mmPAGES: 60 From Pre-History times when the land was formed, to the arrival of Kupe, the Polynesian explorer, right down to the present day.  All the highlights.  History in a nutshell, with informative text that has been illustrated by 114 drawings, paintings and photos. 

By Alistair Te Ariki CampbellTranslated by  Aymie Lim-DavidISBN 9780854671434BOOK TYPE: Paperback (Staple bind)DIMENSIONS: 110mm X 165mmPAGES: 60Contains five myths about Māui, the man-god with a mischievous bent in his nature.  He is known in the mythology of many Polynesian races.  Included ...

By Alan Armstrong(S010) ISBN 9780854670109BOOK TYPE: Paperback (Staple bind)DIMENSIONS: 110mm X 165mmPAGES: 60A phrase book listing common words and phrases to assist speakers wishing to use Māori.  Basic grammar for the beginner, pronunciation, conversational phrases, proverbial sayings, place names and their meanings, Māori-English, English-Māori word lists.  Eighteenth printing.

By Johan Bonnevie(S118) ISBN 9780854671182BOOK TYPE: Paperback (Staple bind)DIMENSIONS: 110mm x 165mmPAGES: 56Read about this island sanctuary, an amalgam of NZ's other thirteen national parks because it has a little of all of them.  Now described as "the least logged, burnt, changed, built upon."�...