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Enrich your travels with reading! Here's a hand-picked list prepared for your journey in conjunction with the book experts at Longitude.

Essential Reading

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Eyewitness Guide New Zealand

Eyewitness Guide New Zealand

by Eyewitness Guides

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 400 PAGES

This superb illustrated guide features color photography, dozens of excellent local maps and a region-by-region overview of attractions. (NZL45, $25.00)

A Traveller's History of New Zealand and the South Pacific Islands

A Traveller's History of New Zealand and the South Pacific Islands

by John Chambers

  • HISTORY
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 400 PAGES

A brisk portrait of New Zealand, and its culture, economy and society, this concise history also covers the settlement of the Pacific Islands. (NZL60, $16.95)

New Zealand Map

New Zealand Map

by National Geographic

  • 2011
  • MAP
  • BEST SELLER

This handy, double-sided map includes an index and insets of the Sub-Antarctic islands. (NZL09, $11.95)

 
Christchurch Map

Christchurch Map


by HEMA Maps

  • MAP

Including a regional map on the reverse at a scale of 1:350,000. (NZL84, $10.95)

A Personal Kiwi-Yankee Dictionary

A Personal Kiwi-Yankee Dictionary


by Louis Leland

  • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
  • 1990
  • PAPER
  • 115 PAGES

Take this book with you on your trip to help you untangle the sometimes perplexing and colorful local idioms. (NZL13, $7.95)

Beginner's Maori

Beginner's Maori


by K. T. Harawira | T. R. Buxton

  • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 121 PAGES
  • OUT OF PRINT

A guide to the Maori language, written for the traveler looking for an introductory foundation to the language, culture and traditions of the Maori people. (NZL36, $8.95)

Tramping in New Zealand

Tramping in New Zealand


by Lonely Planet

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 400 PAGES

A thorough guide to hiking in New Zealand, featuring descriptions of 50 multi-day treks, dozens of two-color topographic maps, and good information on getting the most out of your adventures. (NZL10, $21.99)

Maori Tattooing

Maori Tattooing


by H.G. Robley

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 240 PAGES

A new unabridged edition of the classic, illustrated sourcebook on Maori tattooing (moko), first published in 1896. The author pays scrupulous attention to the intricate patterns, design and cultural meaning of traditional Maori tattoos. (NZL67, $12.95)

Adventure Without End

Adventure Without End


by Richard Bangs

  • EXPLORATION
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 228 PAGES

A collection of 16 globe-spanning reports from the field (including Patagonia, Idaho and Borneo) by the peripatetic river rat and writer. (TVL30, $16.95)

Janet Frame, An Autobiography: To the Island, An Angel at My Table, The Envoy from Mirror City


by Janet Frame

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1991
  • PAPER
  • 435 PAGES
  • OUT OF PRINT

The three-volume memoir of one of New Zealand's most original writers. From her impoverished upbringing to her misdiagnosis with mental illness to her transformation into a distinguished novelist/poet, Frame's is a story of courage and creativity. (NZL25, $19.95)

Slipping Into Paradise, Why I Live in New Zealand

Slipping Into Paradise, Why I Live in New Zealand


by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 304 PAGES

In this far-ranging travelogue, Masson (who wrote a series of books on the emotional lives of animals) combines his travels and tales with history, riffs on the kiwis, nature and society. (NZL69, $14.95)

The Lost River


by Richard Bangs

  • EXPLORATION
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 288 PAGES

Richard Bangs recounts his encounters and experiences on wild rivers, including his first-run of Ethiopia's Tekeze (ETP31, $14.00)

Once Were Warriors

Once Were Warriors


by Alan Duff

  • LITERATURE
  • 1995
  • PAPER
  • 192 PAGES

This controversial best-selling novel follows the fate of a Maori woman in what appears to be modern-day Auckland, an insightful look at social problems of the Maori in contemporary New Zealand. (NZL19, $14.00)

Stories

Stories


by Katherine Mansfield

  • LITERATURE
  • 1991
  • PAPER
  • 368 PAGES

The three marvelous, long stories in this collection constitute the beginnings of a novel based on Mansfield's childhood in Wellington. (NZL55, $14.95)

The Bone People

The Bone People


by Keri Hulme

  • LITERATURE
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 464 PAGES

Set on the South Island, this powerful novel brings together three troubled individuals who represent Maori and European traditions in contemporary New Zealand. (NZL02, $16.00)

Whale Rider

Whale Rider


by Witi Ihimaera

  • LITERATURE
  • 2003
  • HARD COVER
  • 168 PAGES

A tale of Maori myth and magic. Based loosely on Ihimaera's youth in Whangara, this short novel traces the fate of a strong-willed Maori girl. Originally published as a young adult novel, it was made into a popular film. (NZL64, $16.00)

Tutira, The Story of a New Zealand Sheep Station

Tutira, The Story of a New Zealand Sheep Station


by Herbert Guthrie-Smith | William Cronon

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 464 PAGES
  • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE
  • OUT OF PRINT

First published in 1921, this loving account of the ecology of New Zealand focuses on Guthrie-Smith's 40,000-sheep shearing station on the shores of Lake Tutira. (NZL26, $24.95)

Wild Fiordland

Wild Fiordland


by Neville Peat

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 1996
  • PAPER
  • 144 PAGES

This comprehensive overview of the natural history of New Zealand's Fiordland features maps, lively essays and 200 color photographs. (NZL06, $39.95)

The Hand Guide to the Birds of New Zealand

The Hand Guide to the Birds of New Zealand


by Barrie Heather

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 168 PAGES

The revised compact edition of the classic field guide, featuring 74 color plates by Derek Onley. (NZL05, $70.00)

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