Living on Shaky Ground: The Science and Story Behind New Zealand's Earthquakes by Matthew Wright

$25.00 NZD

Category: Natural History | Reading Level: very good

This is the story of New Zealand's turbulent tectonics, how earthquakes are measured and described, and how scientists are predicting future shakes across New Zealand. It features some of New Zealand's lesser-known quakes, such as the most powerful quake ever recorded in New Zealand, quakes that have ha d deadly consequences, and the most recent tremors effecting Wellington and Marlborough. On Shaking Ground has an accessible text with in-depth science. It explains why New Zealand is affected by earthquakes and how damage is caused, with accompanying diagrams and data from GNS Science. It also includes the long history of New Zealand's earthquakes with gripping photographs and personal accounts. The must-have guide for anyone affected by earthquakes in New Zealand, those curious to know what's next in store, or anyone studying the evolving science behind them. ...Show more

Zealandia: Our Continent Revealed by Nick Mortimer and Hamish Campbell

$60.00 NZD

Category: Natural History | Reading Level: near fine

The definitive book on Earth's seventh geological continent - and a spellbinding revision of the natural environment in which New Zealand and the western Pacific exist. Continents are some of Planet Earth's most striking geographic and geological features. To have a continental identity is to be importa nt, significant, recognised. This book makes a compelling claim for Zealandia to take its place alongside Eurasia, Africa, North America, South America, Australia and Antarctica. Zealandia is a continent almost entirely submerged. With New Zealand as its largest inhabited land mass, it stretches north to incorporate New Caledonia, south beyond Auckland and Campbell islands, west beyond Australia's Lord Howe Island and east past the Chathams. Its ancestry reaches back more than half a billion years – a long, complex and dramatic story of growth, stretching, breakup, submergence, immersion and collision. Equally, the story of its cargo of life – human and otherwise – is one of extinction, adaption and migration. A big book full of big ideas, and brought to you by renowned GNS scientists Hamish Campbell (co-author of In Search of Ancient New Zealand) and Nick Mortimer, Zealandia: Our Continent Revealed is in every respect a landmark publication – thought-provoking, visually stunning and eminently readable. ...Show more

Seashore Ecology of New Zealand and the Pacific by John Morton

$55.00 NZD

Category: Natural History | Reading Level: near fine

The culmination of the life's work of one of our mosdt respected scientists, this is the definitive guide to our unique and varied coast. With over 380 diagrams and illustrations, and descriptions of the major coastal environments of the wider Pacific region, this is a vital text for undergraduate study and an essential tool for shore ecology, conservation and management. ...Show more

A Book of Ferns by Greta Stevenson

$15.00 NZD

Category: Natural History | Reading Level: good

New Zealand Spiders An Introduction by R.R. Forster and L.M. Forster

$45.00 NZD

Category: Natural History | Reading Level: very good

A Treasury of New Zealand Fishes by David H. Graham; Gilbert Percy Whitley

$25.00 NZD

Category: Natural History | Reading Level: very good

Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand by Tony Ayling

$25.00 NZD

Category: Natural History | Reading Level: very good

Which Coastal Plant? by Andrew Crowe

$10.00 NZD

Category: Natural History | Reading Level: very good

The range of common plants found growing in estuaries, across sand dunes and along rocky shores is fascinating and varied. Identify these coastal plants easily and accurately by using Andrew's Crowe's unique step-by-step guide. Colour keys to the three coastal zones ; Close-up colour photographs of each plant; Whether plant is native or exotic; Notes on a wide range of uses and cultivation; Identification checklist to match flowers, fruit and leaves. ...Show more

Polyporaceae of New Zealand by G. H. Cunningham

$30.00 NZD

Category: Natural History | Reading Level: very good

Economic Geology of New Zealand by G. J. Williams

$50.00 NZD

Category: Natural History | Reading Level: good to very good

Common Insects in New Zealand by David Miller

$30.00 NZD

Category: Natural History | Reading Level: good to very good

New Zealand Alpine Plants by Alan Francis Mark; Nancy M. Adams

$25.00 NZD

Category: Natural History | Reading Level: good