(Hardback)

This remarkable tree which grows up to 50m with trunk diameters of over 5m can live for over 1000 years, so it has played a part in the lives of all inhabitants, celebrated in Maori Myth and integral to early colonial history.

(Paperback, Large Print Edition)

(Paperback)

In a superb retelling of a collision of cultures doomed to end in tragedy, Joanna Orwin cleverly interweaves Maori and European perspectives, providing a vivid and compelling tale of loyalty, friendship, bloodshed and revenge from the age of encounter - when European and Polynesian first measured each other face to face.

(Paperback)

Twelve year old David has been ill and is staying with relatives in Kaikoura, where he meets Rua, and his ancient grandmother, who is a powerful Kuia, determined to recover the guardian of the land, a long -lost carved whalebone taonga for her people before she dies. Will the boys be able to solve the puzzle of it's whereabouts

(Paperback)

Several generations after volcanic eruptions and tsunamis caused the onset of the Dark, the descendants of the few survivors are struggling to maintain their tenuous communities in swamplands at the far northern end of New Zealand. A gripping quest that pushes the boundaries of endurance and spirit.

(Paperback)

(Paperback)

Inspired by the intertwined lives of two real women, Shifting Currents is set against a vivid background of hardscrabble pioneer life in the remote Kaipara at a time when New Zealand's cultural and natural landscapes were rapidly changing.