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The third in the series of popular and handy guides to our urban architecture by the well-known team of writer John Walsh and photographer Patrick Reynolds. Now fully revised, updated and enlarged, this handy pocket-sized book curates a series of city walks that take in Wellington's remarkably rich ...

From Aotearoa to Zalatown, Whanganui to Whangārei, Cape Reinga / Te Rerenga Wairua to Bluff, New Zealand Place Names is a treasure trove of names for locals and visitors alike.This attractive and portable paperback gives updated definitions for over 850 names with history, origin, meanings, curiosi...

The conservation movement opposing the 19th-century torching of forests by British settlers is appraised in this collection of essays from a leading New Zealand environmentalist. The book delves into subjects as diverse as William Wordsworth, Charles Darwin, the rise of nature tourism, the ecology o...

A guide to 120 top swimming spots you may not know of around New ZealandFrom secluded sandy bays, to crystal clear alpine lakes, hidden lagoons, rivers and beaches, Jump In is a guide to Aotearoa's best swimming destinations.Best-selling Kiwi author Nicola McCloy loves to swim. Her years of enjoying...

is New Zealand’s best-selling tramping guide, written by this country’s preeminent tramping author, Shaun Barnett. This fully revised edition features 45 of our most popular tramps with essential route information, the latest generation of overview maps, commentary and outstanding photography. T...

is an artist’s exploration of the park’s plants, animals and landscapes. With 400 illustrations and an informative but accessible text, Bovey deconstructs the park’s amazing landscapes, giving us not only scenery but the bones beneath. He describes how the plants and animals fit together and d...

A handsome, landmark book celebrating the work of three of our literary and artistic heavyweights.The complementary work of artist Grahame Sydney, fiction writer Owen Marshall and poet Brian Turner was first brought together in the hugely successful Timeless Land in 1995. Its pages showed their shar...

This is the ultimate guide to the New Zealand seashore life. The geographic diversity of New Zealand’s 14,000 kilometres of coastline supports a wide range of marine species all of which is photographed and described in this book. Sally Carson’s text is packed with information on endemic and int...

The essential field guide to the wildlife of New Zealand. New Zealand is home to an amazing and distinctive flora and fauna, most of it found only in this country. This fully revised field guide covers most of the birds, mammals and reptiles that you are likely to see, as well as a good selection of...

'Humanity’s desire for hope is understandable, especially when the future looks threatening and anxiety provoking. Yet hope, to be genuine and lasting, requires firm foundations.'Jonathan Boston provides an urgent exploration of our future in the face of climate change. Focusing on adaptation chal...

THE DEFINITIVE VISUAL GUIDE TO NEW ZEALAND FERNS Compiled and written by Te Papa's foremost fern experts, this fully illustrated guide is for anyone wanting to understand, identify and distinguish 201 of the most commonly encountered species of ferns and lycophytes found across Aotearoa. Ferns and l...

An artistic collaboration that celebrates the sublimity of New Zealand's Southern Alps, by two well-known New Zealand artists. Two friends, painter Euan Macleod and photographer Craig Potton, are both drawn to the high mountains around Aoraki/Mt Cook in the central core of the Southern Alps of New Z...

A tribute to the outdoor photography of New Zealand’s leading tramping author and photographer. For the past 30 years Shaun Barnett wrote about and photographed the New Zealand backcountry, and was the leading tramping author of his generation. He contributed countless articles to many publication...

Amongst the hard, physical landscape, the rational landscape of the geologist, ecologist, and cartographer, there lies the more elusive, but no less real, soft landscape of the poet, psychologist, and artist. This soft landscape is, for the most part, a fabrication of our minds; a fabrication so ing...

One of the least known, and subsequently least celebrated parts of Aotearoa’s native wildlife surely are our lizards. The reason is simple – our geckos and skinks are shy, secretive creatures, rarely seen except by seasoned observers. They are remarkable creatures found in a huge range of habita...

Kahurangi is a celebration of the biodiversity of Kahurangi National Park, as well as the adjoining areas of Northwest Nelson and Golden Bay. At the top of the South Island/Te Waipounamu, the huge expanse of Kahurangi National Park is at the centre of the wild reaches of Northwest Nelson, and along ...

Force of Nature Te Aumangea o te ao Tūroa, written by David Young and Naomi Arnold, is the inspiring history of New Zealand’s oldest independent conservation organisation, Forest & Bird. It has been at the forefront of environmental protection for over 100 years, and to mark their centenary in 20...

A fully revised edition of the landmark book that tells the story of our backcountry huts.One of the singular features of the New Zealand outdoors is the remarkable network of backcountry huts, and those who venture into our wild places often develop a strong attachment to these humble structures. S...

Wild Walks Aotearoa is an informative, inspiring and visually stunning guide to tramping in New Zealand, for walkers of all levels and experiences.'Welcome to the land of Aotearoa, where waterfalls cascade from mountains that touch the clouds, ancient trees whisper, and wild, untamed wilderness lies...

If you thought you knew New Zealand, be prepared to be shocked and amazed, as renown photographer Peter Latham takes you on a spectacular journey from pristine pohutukawas fringed beaches in the north, to snow capped mountains and alpine lakes of the south. You'll also visit many of NZ's off-shore i...

We face a biodiversity crisis and a climate meltdown. Our food systems are broken, our soils are depleted and our seeds are owned by global corporations. Meanwhile colonial capitalism dictates the mainstream response to these crises, drowning out Indigenous perspectives and solutions, yet Indigenous...

What lies off-track in Tongariro National Park? This engrossing book contains stories of ghosts, fires, avalanches, plane wrecks, sly grogging, secret spots and more from around Ngauruhoe, Tongariro and Ruapehu - a place of wild and chaotic grandeur. This well-illustrated and lively exploration of t...

Alone in the wildernessAward-winning journalist Naomi Arnold spends nearly nine months walking the length of New Zealand on Te Araroa, fulfilling a 20-year dream. On her own, she traverses mountains, rivers, cities and plains from summer to spring, walking on through days of thick mud, blazing sun a...

Every mountain biker dreams of the perfect place to ride.Few countries in the world serve up such diverse mountain biking landscapes as New Zealand. With a labyrinth of trails that flow, challenge and excite set against a backdrop of dramatic and surreal landscapes, New Zealand has become the 'Garde...