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Kauri by Joanna Orwin
$45.00 NZD
Category: NZ Natural History
One of the largest trees in the world, the kauri is a natural wonder and a New Zealand icon. Its immense trunk has supplied timber for every conceivable use from Maori war canoes to modern European homes. Along the way, the industries that sprang up around it shaped national culture in ways that still e ...Show more
Kauri: Witness to a Nation's History by Joanna Orwin
$21.50 NZD
Category: NZ Natural History | Reading Level: very good
One of the largest trees in the world, the kauri is a natural wonder and a New Zealand icon. Its immense trunk has supplied timber for every conceivable use from Maori war canoes to modern European homes. Along the way, the industries that sprang up around it shaped national culture in ways that still e ...Show more
Riccarton and the Deans Family: History and Heritage by Joanna Orwin
$55.00 NZD
Category: Canterbury | Reading Level: Near Fine
The story of Riccarton Bush and its association with the Deans family encapsulates the natural and social history of Canterbury. This story began several thousand years ago with an ancient floodplain forest, followed by its long use by Maori. The arrival of the Deans brothers in 1843 to establish the fi ...Show more
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