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In this short book Te Maire Tau lays out the historical background and context to water rights, and opens a discussion about where to proceed next in determining a Ngi Tahu position on water.

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Presents an introduction to New Zealands West Coasts physical environment, plants, and animals, and provides a guide to the walksshort, easy paths as well as longer, more demanding trailslakes, lagoons, and highways of the remote yet accessible region. These attractions will appeal to bird watchers, botanists, natural historians, ecologists, and nature hikers.

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In a unique cross-over of literature, history and autobiography, `When Running Made History is a superb depiction of the modern running movement.

(Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)

This concise and readable narrative has now been revised to bring the story of the island world - from its first settlement by raft and canoe voyagers, through the period of western contact and acculturation - up to 2010.

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In The Middle of Nowhere, the men and women of the Manapuri project describe the long, noisy hours underground, the constant threat of explosion, the unrelenting hardship of atrocious weather, life on the Wanganella, brought in as a floating hostel, and the challenges faced by women raising children in the barren hydro village.

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A Stroll Through Brown Trout Country is a celebration of Les Hill and Graeme Marshall's exploration together of brown trout habitat, spanning more than three decades.

(Paperback, Revised edition)

Great Barrier Island, the largest island off the coast of the North Island and the outermost island of the Hauraki Gulf, is comparatively undeveloped and free from many animal pests. This new guidebook describes Great Barrier Island - its history and natural features, including flora, fauna, habitats and endangered species.

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Huts: Untold stories from back-country New Zealand is a celebration of the endurance of these huts and the men who built and lived in them. It is a fascinating look at the place of these iconic dwellings in New Zealand's social and mountain history.

(Paperback, 3rd Revised edition)

The book is a comprehensive, up-to-date, authoritative but readable account of Tongan society from its origins 3000 years ago to the present. It discusses its archaeology, the development of traditional society, and the transition of that society to modernity. Social change, economic development and political change are dominant themes.

(Paperback, Revised and Expanded ed.)

First edition published in 1983 as Animals of the estuary shore.

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The story not only of a celebrated architect, but of a New Zealander whose career took him to many parts of the world during the era of travel by sea . Written with wit and passion, this autobiography will appeal to a general readership as well as the architecture enthusiasts among us.

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Explores the relationship between New Zealanders and their rivers, explaining how they have arrived at a crisis point, where fresh water has become their most contested resource and many rivers are too polluted to swim in. Thoroughly researched and richly illustrated, New Zealand's Rivers is an accessible and compelling read.

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Offers 40 new poems from poet Apirana Taylor. Inspired by nature and mythology, he shifts his focus from the mundane to the mysterious, and with characteristic wit and intensity shares his delight and despair in what he discovers. Accessible and tender, but pulling no punches, his work assumes many forms.

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The 87 artefacts and 8 essays in this catalogue, published to accompany the inaugural exhibition at the Teece Museum of Classical Antiquities at the University of Canterbury, offer an insight into the complex world of the gods and heroes of the ancient Greeks and Romans. The Teece Museum is the new home of the James Logie Memorial Collection.

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This book provides a stimulating and important contribution to the wide-ranging debate on globalisation, a phenomenon that is transforming the world. Its papers derive from a conference of the same name, held in Christchurch in August 2008.

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Demonstrating how individuals can grow their own supply of everyday ingredients to produce affordable and easy meals year-round that are both healthy and sustainable, this book also explains the significance of emerging foodways in modern society and details trends such as the Slow Food Movement. It also includes recipes to enjoy sustainable home cooking.

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A rich and diverse collection of poems from one of New Zealand's leading poets. Whether tender, lyrical, quirky or comic, the poems are invariably richly imaginative and beautifully crafted.

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Lavishly illustrated with more than 120 colour plates, this survey of one of New Zealand's leading printmakers draws from Barry Cleavin's vast output to present a major representative sample of his prints and drawings from 1966 to 2012. Selected works are presented within the context of Cleavin's wider oeuvre, but they are also placed within their social and historical background.

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A comprehensive collection, this trilogy contains the official list of all approximately 56,120 living and 14,700 fossil species of New Zealand's animal, plant, fungi, and microorganism populations. Featuring photographs and illustrations, it demonstrates the value and benefits of taxonomic research in New Zealand and its applications to science, biotechnology, conservation, and biosecurity.

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Many exciting new buildings have arisen from the rubble of post-earthquake Christchurch but none, perhaps, is as remarkable as Ravenscar House in the heart of the citys heritage precinct. This book explores the story of this unique, purpose-built house museum.

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In this fascinating and informative book, Margaret Maclagan and Anne Buckley two specialists in childrens language development explain the subtle and extraordinary process in which children learn to talk and the very important role that parents and grandparents can play.