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Willie Apiata, VC: The Reluctant Hero
 

Willie Apiata, VC: The Reluctant Hero (Paperback, Abridged edition)

By Little, Paul; With Lockyer, John

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Corporal Willie Apiata became the first New Zealander since the Second World War to be awarded the Commonwealth's highest military award for his actions with the NZ SAS in Afghanistan. From his early life in small town East Coast New Zealand to his actions in the deserts of Afgha ...

ISBN 9780143304579
Published 30 March 2009 by Penguin
Interest Age 9-16 years
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101 Ingenious Kiwis: New Zealanders Who Changed the World
 

101 Ingenious Kiwis: New Zealanders Who Changed the World (Paperback, illustrated edition)

By Williams, Tony

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This ingenious book captures the very essence of the Kiwi character and is a spectacular celebration of over 100 examples of pioneering Kiwi ingenuity, profiling shed mechanics like Burt Munro and John Britten to those who used overseas resources to win Nobel Prizes like Ernest R ...

ISBN 9780790011103
Published 1 November 2006 by Raupo Publishing (NZ) Ltd
Interest Age 9-12 years
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Atoms, Dinosaurs and DNA: 68 Great New Zealand Scientists
 

Atoms, Dinosaurs and DNA: 68 Great New Zealand Scientists (Paperback)

By Meduna, Veronika; Priestley, Rebecca

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rom Joseph Banks to Ernest Rutherford to Beatrice Tinsley to Ingrid Visser, Atoms, Dinosaurs and DNA covers 68 of New Zealand's most pre-eminent scientists. It includes early explorers and collectors, the first professional scientists and today's top scientists who continue to ma ...

ISBN 9781869419547
Published 29 August 2008 by Random House
Interest Age 6-12 years
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Blake: Leader
  

Blake: Leader (Trade Paperback/Paperback)

By Orams, Mark

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Sailor and marine scientist Dr Mark Orams examines Sir Peter Blake's successful style of leadership from a personal viewpoint. The book mixes reminiscences and anecdotes from Orams and other sporting and business figures that worked closely with Blake, and includes practical obs ...

ISBN 9781869791537
Published 3 July 2009 by Random House
Interest Age Young Adults
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Tana Umaga: A Tribute to a Rugby Legend
  

Tana Umaga: A Tribute to a Rugby Legend (Paperback)

By Matheson, John

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Tana Umaga could have been just another statistic - the son of immigranty parents born on the wreong side of town with no hope of success, let alone greatness. But Umaga rose through rugby's ranks to become one of the great All Blacks captains, leading the 2005 team to Bledisloe ...

ISBN 9781877252297
Published 3 October 2007 by Misc - HarperCollins New Zeala
Interest Age Young Adults
Series Celebrity Portrait Series
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Reaching the Summit: Sir Edmund Hillary's Story
 

Reaching the Summit: Sir Edmund Hillary's Story (Paperback, New title)

By Johnston, Alexa; Larsen, David

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Details a young Ed Hillary growing up in the Waikato, his increasing love of climbing and the outdoors, his early climbs and growing reputation, then the Everest expedition and the ascent on Mt Everest itself. It then goes with Hillary to Antarctica and the trek to the South Pole ...

ISBN 9780143006664
Published 3 September 2007 by Penguin
Interest Age 9-14 years
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All This and a Bookshop Too
   

All This and a Bookshop Too (Trade Paperback/Paperback)

By Butler, Dorothy

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Dorothy Butler is an international award-winning authority on children's books and reading. She has also been a successful teacher, an innovative bookseller and a much-loved author. Dorothya s book is both a personal story of triumphs and tragedies, and a salute to the golden ag ...

ISBN 9780143011651
Published 1 June 2009 by Penguin
Interest Age Young Adults
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Helen Clark: A Political Life
  

Helen Clark: A Political Life (Trade Paperback/Paperback)

By Welch, Denis

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Here, for the first time, is the full story of how Clark rose to power and held both the Labour Party and the New Zealand Government together, cementing her place in our country's political history.

ISBN 9780143202417
Published 3 August 2009 by Penguin
Interest Age Young Adults
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One Good Run: The Legend of Burt Munro
  

One Good Run: The Legend of Burt Munro (Paperback)

By Hanna, Tim

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The amazing story of Kiwi motorcycling legend, backyard engineering genius and land-speed record holder Burt Munro. Munro was the archetypal eccentric, 'number-eight-wire' Kiwi inventor. He took an original Indian motorbike and modified it in his Christchurch shed so that it was ...

ISBN 9780143202851
Published 28 September 2009 by Penguin
Interest Age Young Adults
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Temuera Morrison: From Haka to Hollywood
  

Temuera Morrison: From Haka to Hollywood (Trade Paperback/Paperback)

By Morrison, Temuera; With Little, Paul

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One of New Zealand's most successful acting exports shares his strong, dramatic and inspirational life story.

ISBN 9780143203384
Published 23 September 2009 by Penguin
Interest Age Young Adults
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