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Antarctic Partners: 50 Years of NZ and United States Cooperation in Antarctica by Neville Peat
$49.95 NZD
Category: NZ History
'A partnership well worth celebrating' is how Sir Edmund Hillary sums up the way New Zealand and the United States have worked together in Antarctica over the 50 years since their stations were established on Ross Island in the Ross Sea Region south of New Zealand. Sir Edmund, the leading New Zealand fi ...Show more
Detours: a Journey Through Small-town New Zealand (a Generation On) by Neville Peat
$29.95 NZD
Category: NZ Travel
Summer, 1981. A young Neville Peat set out from Cape Reinga on his new 10-speed bike 'Blue', aiming to cycle through small-town New Zealand from north to south, all the way to Stewart Island. The week before Easter, he reached his destination. He wrote a book about it, Detours: A journey through small-t ...Show more
High Country Lark - An Invitation to Paradise by Neville Peat
$44.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Non-fiction | Reading Level: very good
The New Zealand high country holds a special place for us all: it's New Zealand's equivalent of the 'Wild West': a rugged, rustic, spectacularly beautiful frontier. The relationship we have with the hills, mountains and lakes resonants within us all when we hear the words HIGH COUNTRY. Its steep mountai ...Show more
Home is an Island - A Writer's Tribute to New Zealand's Islands by Neville Peat
$39.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Non-fiction | Reading Level: near fine
Neville Peat has been a New Zealand writer for over 50 years, and during his working life has visited many of the islands within Aotearoa’s marine realm, from the tropics to Antarctica. This book is about these islands, including Stewart Island/Rakiura, Anchor Island in Tamatea/Dusky Sound, Kāpiti Islan ...Show more
Hurricane Tim by Neville Peat
$49.99 NZD
Category: Fiction (child/Teen) | Reading Level: Very Good
When Tim Wallis's Spitfire crashed at Wanaka airfield in 1996, his accident was reported around the world. This lion-hearted Central Otago man, whose life of risk, adventure and success was the stuff of legend, was, in seconds, literally brought to his knees. Sir Tim Wallis is known as the pilot and hun ...Show more
Hurricane Tim : The Story of Sir Tim Wallis by Neville Peat
$42.99 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoir
WHEN Sir Tim Wallis's Spitfire crashed at Wanaka Airport in 1996, the accident was reported around the world. This lion-hearted Southern New Zealander, a legendary figure in the aviation, deer farming and business worlds, was suddenly fighting for his life. A life that had been dynamic, filled with adve ...Show more
Kiwi : NZ's Remarkable Bird by Neville Peat
$26.95 NZD
Category: Childrens Books
Kiwi : NZ's Remarkable Bird takes a look at this unique creature - its physical characteristics, evolution, life cycle and lifestyle, the hazards it faces and the efforts being made to protect it. Each of the six 'varieties' is described in detail, with photographs and distribution maps. A chapter cover ...Show more
Kiwi: The People's Bird by Neville Peat
$45.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non-fiction | Reading Level: very good
Back in 1990, when Neville Peat wrote The Incredible Kiwi, the national bird was in retreat, from habitat loss and the severe impact of predation. It was not well understood, being nocturnal and hidden in the forest. Most Kiwis had never seen their national bird.During the 1990s, saving the kiwi became ...Show more
Rakiura Heritage: A Stewart Island History and Guide to Historic Sites by Neville Peat
$35.00 NZD
Category: NZ History
Stewart Island/Rakiura has a special place in the nation's history, not only as the southernmost permanently settled corner of Polynesia but also as a foothold for early European occupation. ' ...an island renowned for its natural beauty, named for its glowing skies, and now recognised for its radiant p ...Show more
Seabird Genius: The Story of L. E. Richdale, the Royal Albatross and the Yellow-Eyed Penguin by Neville Peat
$44.90 NZD
Category: NZ History
The first biography of Lance Richdale, who achieved international fame as the father of Otago's albatross colony from 1936 and for his research on the behaviour of the Yellow-eyed Penguin - Time magazine dubbed him 'The Dr Kinsey of the penguin world' - and the sooty shearwater or muttonbird. Richdale ...Show more
Shackleton's Whisky - A Spirit of Discovery by Neville Peat
$40.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non-fiction | Reading Level: Very Good
A vivid account of Ernest Shackleton's 1907 Antarctic Expedition, and the cases of Mackinlay's single malt whisky that he left behind. The incredible tale of Antarctica, malt whisky and an epic journey. Sir Ernest Shackleton's world fame is founded on the Endurance expedition of 1914-17, an attempt to c ...Show more
Stewart Island: Rakiura National Park by Neville Peat
$21.95 NZD
Category: No Category
Stewart Island is an increasingly popular holiday destination for eco-tourism and outdoor recreation, with many bush walks and a wealth of natural features to enjoy. Neville Peat introduces the attractions of the island - what to see and do, its walks and tramps, its national park, wildlife, history and ...Show more