General non-fiction for lazy summer days

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General non-fiction for lazy summer days

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General non-fiction for lazy summer days

Hot books summer reading continues! This time with an epic collection of general non-fiction from the pages of the New Zealand Summer Reading Guide.

Could there be a book here for every interest? We think so. Browse the list of general non-fiction direct from the pages of the New Zealand Summer Reading Guide.

Cover of Te Ata o Tū The Shadow of Tumatauenga: The New Zealand Wars Collections of Te Papa

Te Ata o Tū The Shadow of Tumatauenga: The New Zealand Wars Collections of Te Papa

The New Zealand Wars Collections of Te Papa

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$70.00 NZD

Cover of Becoming Tangata Tiriti: Working with Māori, Honouring the Treaty

Cover of Te Hau Kāinga: The Māori Home Front during the Second World War

Cover of The Fight for Freshwater: A Memoir

Cover of Geckos & Skinks: The remarkable lizards of Aotearoa

Cover of Force Of Nature Te Aumangea O Te Turoa: A conservation history of Forest & Bird 1923-2023

Cover of Woolsheds

Woolsheds

The historic shearing sheds of Aotearoa New Zealand

by

$80.00 NZD

Cover of The Last Muster: A journey through the spectacular scenery and rich history of the high country of Aotearoa

Cover of Echoes from Hawaiki: The origins and development of Māori and Moriori musical instruments

Cover of The Invasion Of Waikato Te Riri ki Tainui

Cover of Atua Wāhine: The ancient wisdom of Maori goddesses

Cover of Becoming Aotearoa: A new history of New Zealand

Cover of Toi Te Mana: An Indigenous History of Māori Art

Cover of Edith Collier: Early New Zealand Modernist

Cover of Bold Types: Indie Bookshops of Aotearoa New Zealand

Cover of Leslie Adkin: Farmer Photographer

Leslie Adkin: Farmer Photographer

Farmer Photographer

by

$70.00 NZD

Cover of A Wild Life

Cover of Make It Make Sense

Cover of Life Hacks from the Buddha: How to be calm and content in a chaotic world

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Becoming Tangata Tiriti: Working with Māori, Honouring the Treaty

Working with Māori, Honouring the Treaty

by

$29.99 NZD

3

Te Hau Kāinga: The Māori Home Front during the Second World War

The Māori Home Front during the Second World War

by

$59.99 NZD

4

The Fight for Freshwater: A Memoir

A Memoir

by

$39.99 NZD

5

Geckos & Skinks: The remarkable lizards of Aotearoa

The remarkable lizards of Aotearoa

by

$59.99 NZD

6

Force Of Nature Te Aumangea O Te Turoa: A conservation history of Forest & Bird 1923-2023

A conservation history of Forest & Bird 1923-2023

by

$89.99 NZD

8

The Last Muster: A journey through the spectacular scenery and rich history of the high country of Aotearoa

A journey through the spectacular scenery and rich history of the high country of Aotearoa

by

$49.99 NZD

9

Echoes from Hawaiki: The origins and development of Māori and Moriori musical instruments

The origins and development of Māori and Moriori musical instruments

by

$50.00 NZD

10

The Invasion Of Waikato Te Riri ki Tainui

by

$39.99 NZD

11

Atua Wāhine: The ancient wisdom of Maori goddesses

The ancient wisdom of Māori goddesses

by

$36.99 NZD

12

Becoming Aotearoa: A new history of New Zealand

A new history of New Zealand

by

$16.99 NZD

13

Toi Te Mana: An Indigenous History of Māori Art

An Indigenous History of Māori Art

by

$90.00 NZD

14

Edith Collier: Early New Zealand Modernist

Early New Zealand Modernist

by

$70.00 NZD

15

Bold Types: Indie Bookshops of Aotearoa New Zealand

Indie Bookshops of Aotearoa New Zealand

by

$70.00 NZD

17

A Wild Life

by

$59.99 NZD

18

Make It Make Sense

From Shit You Should Care About's Lucy Blakiston and Bel Hawkins

by

$36.99 NZD

19

Life Hacks from the Buddha: How to be calm and content in a chaotic world

How to be calm and content in a chaotic world

by

$17.99 NZD