Extract from: Fossil Treasures of Foulden Maar: A window into Miocene Zealandia by Daphne Lee, Uwe Kaulfuss and John Conran (Otago University Press)

A paleontological site of international significance, Foulden Maar in Otago, New Zealand is home to an amazing record of life on Earth. In Fossil Treasures of Foulden Maar, authors Daphne Lee, Uwe Kaulfuss and John Conran share their passion and knowledge for this extraordinary spot, telling its story and revealing the paleontological discoveries that have been made to date.

August 2022 release

Extract from: Auckland Zoo 100 Years of Stories: A century of wild life at Auckland Zoo by Sarah Ell with Aja Pendergrast and Jane Healy (in association with Sherlock-Co).

Living at the Zoo is every animal-mad kid’s dream. But for former head curator and veterinarian Richard Jakob-Hoff, it was just part of the job.

November 2022 release

Author: James Ryan.

Join teen author James Ryan as he shares a bunch of surprising, cool and occasionally gross facts with us about some of nature’s most awesome animals and their built-in weapons.

January 2022 release

Author: Robert Vennell. Reviewer: Alex Eagles.

Secrets of the Sea is the evocative title of ecologist and natural history writer Robert Vennell's new book and a very apt description of our oceans. With an astonishing 80 per cent still unexplored and 70 per cent of species yet to be classified, the Earth's seas are full of mystery.

October 2022 release

Authors: Hazel Phillips. Reviewer: Alex Eagles.

Full of pluck, courage and resourcefulness, Solo is for all those who long to wade through emerald rivers and breathe the mountain air.

June 2022 release

Authors: Andrew Crowe, Dave Gunson and Ned Barraud. Reviewer: Alex Eagles.

With winter here, a veritable nest egg of children’s books about New Zealand wildlife is available so, on a cold winter’s day, snuggle up with a pile of books perfect for reading aloud.

2021 - 2022 releases

Author: Kerry-Jayne Wilson. Reviewer: Alex Eagles-Tully.

Seabirds are some of the most amazing animals on the planet yet many of us are unaware of their remarkable life stories and the fact that they are the most threatened group of birds in the world.

November 2021 release

Author: Ray Ching. Reviewer: Keith Woodley.

Ray Ching New Zealand bird paintings is one for anyone with an affection for birds or art.

December 2021 release

Author: Alan F. Mark. Reviewer: Alison Ballance.

“Wow, what a beautiful behemoth of a book!” writes reviewer Alison Ballance of the moment when Above the treeline – a nature guide to alpine New Zealand landed on her doorstep with a thump.

October 2021 release

Author: Annette Lees. Reviewer: Samuel Finnemore.

As New Zealanders start to stretch our days out into warmer evenings, Annette Lees’ After Dark is an invitation to push the boundary a bit further as it traces the course of the night hour by hour in a carefully paced journey.

September 2021 release

Author: MetService. Reviewer: Alison Ballance.

New Zealand’s Wild Weather has been produced by the New Zealand Metservice, with a helping hand from long-time environmental writer Gerard Hutching. It is part meteorology textbook, part Guiness Book of New Zealand weather records, and part glossy self-promotion of a national weather service doing its best to provide accurate forecasts in a country beset by fickle, changeable weather.

November 2021 release

Author: Gay Buckingham. Reviewer: Dionne Christian.

A strength of Kākāpō Keeper is the sheer volume of interesting material Gay Buckingham presents and how she weaves it into a story straight from our own history books about a subject still very relevant today.

September 2021 release

Author: Ceridwen Fraser. Reviewer: David Gadd.

Ceridwen Fraser’s Beachcombing is a book destined to become dog eared, stained and battered as it tells the hidden stories behind the likes of sea foam, ambergris, giant squid, stranded whales, seaweed, shells, plastic, dead birds, shoes and pieces of planes or rockets.

July 2021 release

Reviewer: Dionne Christian

Arbour Day is a day of observance where we’re encouraged to plant trees. Here’s three picture books about trees to share with young people.

Editor: Susette Goldsmith. Reviewer: Jim Eagles.

This collection of essays, art and poetry by artists, activists, ecologists and advocates, including Philip Simpson, Anne Noble, Elizabeth Smither, Kennedy Warne and Glyn Church, discusses the many ways in which humans need trees, and how our future is laced into their roots and their branches.

June 10 2021 release

Author: Dave Lowe. Reviewer: Jim Eagles.

In equal parts adventure and a warning, and with the wisdom and frustration of half a century behind him, The Alarmist is the exhilarating autobiography of a pioneering Kiwi scientist who has dedicated his life to sounding the alarm on climate change.

May 2021 release

Author: Johanna Knox. Reviewer: André Taber.

In the urban and rural wildernesses, there is an abundance of food just waiting to be discovered, if only you know what to look for. Foraged food is healthy, economical and sustainable, but the best part is the fun you will have finding it. The Forager’s Treasury is guaranteed to make you look at the plants around you in a different light.

May 2021 release

Author: Danielle Hawkins.

Danielle Hawkins has become one of our bestselling authors but when she’s not writing - and farming and parenting - she’s a country vet. Two Shakes of a Lamb's Tail is the funny and illuminating diary of a year in her life of a New Zealand farm vet.

April 2021 release

Author: Ingrid Horrocks. Reviewer: Hannah Tunnicliffe.

Beautiful, surprising, mysterious, deep and reflective, Where We Swim is a book that is much like the bodies of water we never forget.

March 2021 release

Editor: Carolyn Hill. Publisher: The Landscape Foundation.

Architectural designer, writer, and housing advocate Jade Kake on contributing to The Landscape Foundation's first publication, Kia Whakanuia Te Whenua - People Place Landscape.

March 2021 release