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MAORI BIRD LORE, An Introduction:
Murdoch Riley,
Viking Sevenseas NZ Ltd. Paraparaumu, New Zealand, 2001, hardback, 216 pages, 250 x 300mm.
Price US$89.95 (includes shipping cost)
For many a century the
pre-contact Maori developed a sophisticated structure of beliefs and customs
about the birds of this land, this Aotearoa, this New Zealand. The basic
myths and traditions came with the immigrants from legendary Hawaiki,
the original homelands in the Pacific. Changes the Maori made here to these
legends were to give them relevance, to make then understandable in the
new-found world.The importance of birds in everyday life is shown in
this book. Their economic value for their flesh, feathers, oils, bones and
skin. |
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Maori Healing And Herbal, New Zealand Ethnobotanical Sourcebook: Murdoch Riley, Photographs by Brian Enting.
Viking Sevenseas NZ Ltd, Third Printing 2003, hard cover, 528 pages.
Price US$105.00 (includes shipping cost)
Part 1: Maori Healing and Health Topics dating from before contact time with Europeans up to the present day, set out under individual ailments and subjects . Part 2: Maori Herbal Remedies. The herbal of some two hundred plants makes up the second part of the book, with remedies arranged in chronological order.
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GREAT BARRIER ISLAND:
Don Armitage editor,
Canturbury University Press, Christchurch, New Zealand, 2001, ISBN 1-877257-00-1, soft cover, 192 pages, 240 x 170 mm.
Price: US$27.00 (price includes shipping).
Describes Great Barrier Island's history and natural features, including fauna,
flora, habitats and ecology. Profusely illustrated. 150 colour photos & maps, 20 b/w illus.
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NEW ZEALAND LAND of BIRDS, Geoff Moon,
New Holland Publisher (NZ) Ltd, 2001, ISBN 1 877246 56 5, hard cover, 160 pages, 250 x 300 mm.
SOLD OUT.
Captures brilliantly the gradeur and variety of New Zealand’s birds and the wide diversity of
environments in which they live, feed and breed. The informative text,
enhanced by more than 150 of the author’s full colour images, deals
with the evolution of many of the species and ranges widely over the
various landscapes in which many birds may be found today.
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MANU MAORI: Bird Legends and Customs: Murdoch Riley,
Viking Sevenseas NZ Ltd, 2006, ISBN 0854671242, hard cover, 87 pages.
Price US$34.95 (includes shipping cost)
Contains over 40 photos and drawings, most in colour. With accompanying CD “Forest and Ocean” — Bird & other songs composed and sung by Hirini Melbourne. |
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COASTING, The Sealion and the Lark: Neville Peat,
Longacre Press, 2001, ISBN 1-877135-57-7, soft cover, 183 pages.
Price US$29.95 (includes shipping cost)
One of our finest observers
of the natural world, takes us on a journey from Otago to the subantarctic and follows the life and
migration of a sea lion. In a work that is deeply intimate and wonderfully expansive, Peat takes us well beyond the physical. He delves into the emotional origins of myth, and reveals an impassioned respect and understanding of the close relationship between humans and animals. While exploring changing coastal habitat blending ancient beliefs, local history, legend,
and the natural sciences Peat encounters a number of remarkable
individuals along the way; sea dogs, old salts, and a mysterious
drifter who follows the winds and tides. Here we gain the
naturalist’s sense of wonder, and the philosopher’s
contemplation of the mysterious presence we call nature. |
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DANCING WITH CRANES, On location with a New Zealand wildlife film-maker:
Alison Ballance,
Longacre, 2005, ISBN 1877361054, soft cover, 262 pages.
Price US$29.95 (includes shipping cost)
Alison Ballance has
bumped over the Mongolian steppe in search of wild horses; camped in
mud when trying to film New Zealand's rare, nocturnal kakapo; she's
flown deep into the Himalayas where demoiselle cranes migrate across
the world's highest mountains. Working for TV production company
Natural History New Zealand, her search for tigers has taken her to
Thailand's steamy jungle and the Russian Far East in winter.
Propelled by a passion for observing and sharing the wonder and the
plight of the animal world, Ballance has journeyed into the wilds, and
to sanctuaries where fragile hope for species has been rekindled. |
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Hinewai, The Journal of a New Zealand Naturalist:
Hugh D. Wilson,
Shoal Bay Press, Christchurch, New Zealand, 2002, ISBN 1-877251-20-8, soft cover, 168 pages.
Price: US$29.95 (price includes shipping).
A robust conservationist, Wilson's enthusiasm for his Garden of Eden is conveyed to the reader through quirky humour and skilful line drawings of the natural world around him. This book will become a classic of natural history writing in New Zealand.
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GHOSTS OF GONDWANA, The History of Life in New Zealand:
George Gibbs,
Craig Potton Publishing, Nelson, New Zealand, 2007, ISBN 13: 978-1-877333-48-4, hard cover, 232 pages.
Price: US$54.00 (price includes shipping).
Have you ever wondered why New Zealand's plants and animals are so different from those in other countries? Why the kakapo is the only parrot in the world that cannot fly, or why the kiwi lives here and nowhere else? New Zealand is an extraordinary place, unique on earth, and the remarkable story of how and why life evolved here is the subject of Ghosts of Gondwana. It is a highly readable and engaging book. Heavily illustrated with photographs and illustrations, it is the only contemporary book on this subject, and is essential reading for anyone interested in New Zealand's natural history.
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