Navigation: A Memoir by Joy Cowley
$45.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Biography & Memoirs | Reading Level: good
In the world of New Zealand children's books, the name Joy Cowley engenders enormous respect and affection. She has published dozens and dozens of children's trade books of all kinds, such as the Mrs Wishy Washy series, the award-winning Shadrach trilogy and Hunter. And she has written literally hundred ...Show more
This Pakeha Life - An Unsettled Memoir by Alison Jones
$39.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Biography & Memoirs | Reading Level: very good
This book is about my making sense here, of my becoming and being Pakeha. Every Pakeha becomes a Pakeha in their own way, finding her or his own meaning for that Maori word. This is the story of what it means to me. I have written this book for Pakeha - and other New Zealanders - curious about their sen ...Show more
Hard Country: A Golden Bay Life by Robby (Robin) Robilliard
$39.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Biography & Memoirs
Robby Robilliard and her husband Garry arrived in Golden Bay in 1957. Married in their early twenties, and with a child on the way, they longed to own their own sheep station. When they bought Rocklands, a marginal farm on the fringe of the Takaka Valley, bordering Abel Tasman National Park, their dream ...Show more
Know Your Place by Golriz Ghahraman
$39.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Biography & Memoirs | Reading Level: very good
The story of a child refugee who faced her fears, found her home and accidentally made history When she was just nine, Golriz Ghahraman and her parents were forced to flee their home in Iran. After a terrifying and uncertain journey, they landed in Auckland where they were able to seek asylum and - ulti ...Show more
Motherland by Stephanie Trethewey
$37.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Biography & Memoirs
Stories of the strength, heartbreak and passion of rural mothers. 'Motherland had me feeling angry, then sobbing, then laughing, then cheering and finally left me so inspired. These true stories, captured so beautifully by Stephanie Trethewey, reveal the guts, grit and courage of rural women while cele ...Show more
Ngatokimatawhaorua - The Biography of a Waka by Jeff Evans
$50.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Biography & Memoirs
Ngatokimatawhaorua, the longest waka taua to be built in modern times, is a national taonga and resides at the Treaty Grounds at Waitangi. The inspiration for its construction came from Te Puea Harangi's dream to build seven waka for the 1940 centennial commemorations of the signing of the Treaty of Wai ...Show more
Laughing at the Dark by Barbara Else
$40.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Biography & Memoirs | Reading Level: near fine
'My own first memory is the cupboard door, and laughing, erupting with laughter' - a memoir about finding an identity, a voice and laughter. A funny, elegant, moving memoir by one of New Zealand's best-known authors, a woman who finally rebelled against being a handmaiden. By the time Barbara Else was ...Show more
The Story Of Sir Peter Blake by Tessa Duder
$25.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Biography & Memoirs
Award-winning author Tessa Duder tells the gripping story of Sir Peter Blake's life for teenage readers, revealing what made him an inspirational leader. The book features boxes backgrounding sailing skills, the America's Cup and other key points, and is richly illustrated with photos from his life (inc ...Show more