Revenge of the Rich by Austin Mitchell
$27.95 AUD
Category: Politics & Current Affairs
Yorkshireman Austin Mitchell lived in New Zealand for eight years while lecturing in political science. In 1972 he wrote his best-selling commentary on the New Zealand way of life, The Half-Gallon Quarter-Acre Pavlova Paradise. Now he returns to the fray with Revenge of the Rich, an outspoken opinion pi ...Show more
Women Now: The Legacy of Female Suffrage by Bronwyn Labrum
$34.95 AUD
Category: Politics & Current Affairs | Series: Te Papa Thinking About
Its 125 years since New Zealand women won the right to vote. But the battle for the right to so much else is ongoing. This first volume in the Te Papa Thinking About series brings together provocative, insightful and energetically argued essays by 12 leading New Zealand writers and thinkers, based aroun ...Show more
Te Whatu Taniko: Taniko Weaving: Technique and Tradition by Moko Mead Hirini
$49.95 AUD
Category: Politics & Current Affairs
Hirini Mead is a renowned Maori writer and commentator. This contains easy-to-follow patterns and line-drawing instructions for technique The book Taniko Weaving is a taonga handed down by the ancestors to us of today. As a taonga it will always remain a treasure of great value which will be there waiti ...Show more
Legends of Rotorua and the Hot Lakes by A. W. Reed
$32.95 AUD
Category: Politics & Current Affairs
First published in 1958, this is the classic collection of myths relating to that cradle of Maori culture, Rotorua - with relevance across New Zealand Rotorua is one of New Zealand's most visited cities. It is impossible to avoid the area's Maori history and, in this book, it is easy to learn about the ...Show more
Reinventing Emma by Gee Emma
$29.95 AUD
Category: Politics & Current Affairs
Emma Gee is one of Australia's acclaimed Inspirational Speakers, offering her thoughts and solutions on client-centred care and resilience through her keynote presentations, workshops and consultancy. With a background in Occupational Therapy and as a Stroke Survivor, Emma is a renowned expert and a liv ...Show more
Desperately Seeking The Fair Go by Davies Geoff
$24.95 AUD
Category: Politics & Current Affairs
Once, Australia was a world leader, resilient, bold, socially progressive. We set about giving everyone a fair go - the vote for women, a living wage, support for battlers. Governments worked for us, built things and made our lives better. Then we dropped the ball. We thought like colonials. We cringed ...Show more
This Realm of New Zealand by Quentin Baxter Alison
$71.95 AUD
Category: Politics & Current Affairs | Reading Level: Near Fine
This royal throne of kings, this scepter'd isle, . . .This precious stone set in the silver sea, . . .This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, . . .- William Shakespeare, King Richard II New Zealand is a democratic constitutional monarchy, one of Queen Elizabeth II's sixteen realms. This book provides ...Show more
Favourite Maori Legends by A.W. Reed; Ross Calman
$32.95 AUD
Category: Politics & Current Affairs
Maori myths and legends have an important role in transmitting and regenerating traditional knowledge. Yet as Ross Calman points out in his introduction to this new edition, they are also simply great yarns - reflective of a time when telling and listening to stories was a key leisure activity in Maori ...Show more