Da Vinci Books

June 1, 2006

Medicines of the Maori - from their trees, shrubs & other plants together with food from the same sources

Filed under: Health, New Zealand — Julie @ 10:14 am

By Christina Macdonald

Illustrations by Lorna McArtney and introduction by Hammond Innes

Published by Collins, NZ, 1973, first edition

Hardback with dustwrapper

NZ$75.00

In this significant contribution to our knowledge of NZ’s social history & botany, Christina Macdonald records for the first time much of the medical lore which has until now only been passed by word of mouth through the generations by the NZ Maori people. A New Zealand classic.

May 23, 2006

The Future Eaters

Filed under: Environental Issues, History - Australia, New Zealand — Julie @ 10:11 am

By Tim Flannery

Published by Reed Books, Australia, 1995

Paperback, large

NZ$25

A groundbreaking ecological history of Australasia which will enrich the understanding of anyone who wonders what the future holds for humanity.

December 30, 2005

Wild boar - pig hunting in New Zealand

Filed under: New Zealand — Julie @ 11:07 am

By Philip Holden
Published by Hodder & Stoughton, NZ, 1994
Paperback
NZ$35.00
New Zealand’s leading hunting writer has gathered together the wealth of history, folklore and anecdote surrounding this most feared of wild animals.

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