New For You - Aotearoa New Zealand - October 2023 - Christchurch City LibrariesLike this list

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• Blindingly Obvious :

  the Beautiful Vision of Minnie B.

  Baragwanath, Minnie, 1971-

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  Minnie Baragwanath has always had a love of language and the written word. Before her sight deteriorated during her teenage years as a result of a congenital sight condition, she read widely and always imagined she would become a writer…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Tramping in Aotearoa

  Barnett, Shaun, 1969-2024

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  The tramps covered include New Zealand's great walks, such as the Milford Track, the Routeburn and the Tongariro Northern Circuit, and many other trips from both north and south, such as the Kauearanga Kauri Trail in the Coromandel, the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Te reo kapekape

  Māori wit and humour

  Black, Hona

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  Hona Black's new book explores the rich vein of humour in Maori life.

• Our Untold Stories

  Extraordinary Tales From New Zealand's Past

  Clarke, Tom

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  A collection of fascinating, moving and largely forgotten tales from New Zealand's eventful and storied past.

• Te Kooti's Last Foray

  the Extraordinary Story of Te Kooti's 1870 Abduction of Two Whakatōea Communities Into the Waioeka Gorge and How Whanganui's Pursuit Won the Day but Never the Credit

  Crosby, R. D. (Ron D.)

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  Bold, brilliant interpretation of overlooked episode in New Zealand Wars - Crosby's hallmark clarity and detailed maps bring events to life.

• Blood & Dirt

  Prison Labour and the Making of New Zealand

  Davidson, Jared, 1984-

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  Blood and Dirt explains, for the first time, the making of New Zealand and its Pacific empire through the prism of prison labour.

• Good as Gold

  New Zealand in the 1980s

  Elliott, Matt, 1969-

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  These years saw Kiwis make their mark on the global sport and fashion scenes, while back at home, we began to embrace our own music, movies and books.

• The Book Collector

  Reading and Living With Literature

  Eyre, Tony, 1953-

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  "This book is like a visit to the very best bookshop, in the company of the very best guide. Tony Eyre shares his lifelong passion for books, reading them, collecting them, telling the stories of their writers and the second-hand book…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Rewi

  Āta Haere, Kia Tere

  Hansen, Jeremy

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  A major tribute to the late architect Rewi Thompson (Ngati Porou, Ngati Raukawa) .

• Fishing the Tongariro

  a History of Our Greatest Trout River

  Henderson, Grant, 1953-

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  Grant Henderson grew up fishing the brown trout rivers of the Wairarapa before discovering Lake Taupo's wonderful rainbow trout fishery around 1960. He has fished the lake and its rivers, including the Tongariro, for many years.

• A Walk a Day

  365 Short Walks in New Zealand

  Janssen, Peter (Peter Leon)

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  This fully is a revised and updated version of Peter Janssen's hugely popular book A Walk A Day has 365 short walks (and a bonus walk for the leap year)

• Commune

  Chasing a Utopian Dream in Aotearoa

  Jones, Olive

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  Olive Jones is one of the founding members of the Graham Downs community, an arable farm purchased near Motueka in the late 1970s. From her teens to her early 30s Olive lived off this land, cultivating self-sufficiency as a way of life,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Canoe Before the Wind

  An Immigrant Son's Story of Family, Adversity and Courage

  Lafaele, Vitale

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  An extraordinary memoir of an immigrant son's story of a better future. Vitale Lafaele served in the New Zealand Army for seven years and the Police for 30.

• Kiwis on Harleys

  Lockyer, G. A. (George Anthony), 1959-

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  27 interviews of Harley-Davidson enthusiasts from all walks of life.

• Matangireia

  a Space for Māori in Parliament : a Centenary History of the Former Māori Affairs Committee Room

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  Celebrating 100 years of Matangireia - the former Maori Affairs Committee Room at Parliament which opened in 1922 .

• Black Gold

  Paul, Gregor, 1972-

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  Power, Money and the Team that Reshaped Rugby.

• Gordon Walters

  Pound, Francis, 1948-2017

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  From student charcoal sketches in the 1930s to the revelation of the mature Koru works at the 1966 New Vision Gallery exhibition in Auckland.

• When Life Sucks

  Parenting Your Teen Through Tough Times

  Prendergast, Jo

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  Dr Joanna Prendergast is a parent, psychiatrist and stand-up comedian based in Christchurch.

• Life on Fodder Farm

  a Journey to Self-sufficiency

  Stewart, Rebecca (Sustainable farmer)

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  Each season brings changes to their lives, a fresh focus of what needs to be done on their small off-grid homestead.

• Rōmeo Rāua Ko Hurieta

  Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616

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  Another title from Kotahi Rau Pukapukak; 100 books in Te Reo. Acclaimed translator Te Haumihiata Mason brings the world of Romeo and Juliet alive in a language filled with wairua Māori.