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The Monarch Butterfly in New Zealand
 

The Monarch Butterfly in New Zealand (Paperback)

By Gibbs, George

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The bright orange and black monarch is arguably the world's best-loved butterfly, and has become New Zealand's most domesticated and observed one. This book is a response to the unique educational opportunity that the monarch offers. Many New Zealand children have had their first ...

ISBN 9780473239206
Published 4 April 2013
Interest Age Young Adults
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Dolphins Down Under: Understanding the New Zealand Dolphin
 

Dolphins Down Under: Understanding the New Zealand Dolphin (Paperback)

By Slooten, Liz; Dawson, Steve

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- Beautiful and portable highly illustrated guide - Accessible to readers of all ages and levels of interest - Based on a 30-year study of the life of a unique dolphin species - Written by the world experts on the species New Zealand dolphins, also known as He ...

ISBN 9781877578380
Published 26 April 2013 by Otago University Press
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Call of the Kokako
  

Call of the Kokako (Trade Paperback/Paperback)

By Hudson, Jeff

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Call of the Kokako is a journey of discovery into what makes the kokako 'tick' in order to save the species. This journey and work resulted in the restoration of the largest population of kokako in New Zealand with the help and dedication of many down to earth conservationists. ...

ISBN 9781877566301
Published 1 February 2013 by Halcyon Press
Interest Age Young Adults
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Coastal Fishes of New Zealand: Identification, Biology, Behaviour
  

Coastal Fishes of New Zealand: Identification, Biology, Behaviour (Paperback)

By Francis, Malcolm

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Coastal Fishes of New Zealand provides a comprehensive, informative and up-to-date identification guide to the fishes likely to be encountered by New Zealand divers and fishers. Illustrated with over 275 superb colour photographs of live fish in their natural habitats, this book ...

ISBN 9781877517815
Published 1 January 2013 by Craig Potton Publishing
Interest Age Young Adults
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Go Wild: Guiding Native Restoration in Tasman District
 

Go Wild: Guiding Native Restoration in Tasman District (Paperback)

By Atkinson, Maggie; North, Michael

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Go Wild is a new style of native forest restoration manual, combining the how to with the stories of people who have done it, inspire it and live it. The Go Wild manual guides you through the restoration process, from choosing a site and plants, to establishing pioneers , feed ...

ISBN 9780473190293
Published 1 January 2012
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If Persistence Was a Person: the Story of Professor Swee Tan
 

If Persistence Was a Person: the Story of Professor Swee Tan (Paperback)

By Olds, Hana

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Professor Swee Tan was born in a poor Malaysian village, but dreamed of training as a doctor. Tan's persistence led him to medical training in Australia, then to New Zealand where he is now a leading surgeon and medical researcher. Suggested level: primary, intermediate, junior s ...

ISBN 9780473204266
Published 1 October 2012
Interest Age 4-12 years
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Fauna of New Zealand Number 14: Lepidoptera: Annotated Catalogue
  

Fauna of New Zealand Number 14: Lepidoptera: Annotated Catalogue (Paperback)

By Dugdale, J. S.

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ISBN 9780477025188
Published 31 December 1988 by MANAAKI WHENUA PRESS
Interest Age Young Adults
Series Fauna of New Zealand
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An Illustrated Guide to Some New Zealand Insect Families
 

An Illustrated Guide to Some New Zealand Insect Families (Trade Paperback/Paperback)

By Grant, Elizabeth A.

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A practical guide for anyone who wishes to learn more about insects in New Zealand. The drawings and non-technical text allow the reader to easily identify native and introduced insects to family level. A useful resource for the teaching of conservation.

ISBN 9780478093261
Published 31 December 1999 by MANAAKI WHENUA PRESS
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Extinct Birds of New Zealand
 

Extinct Birds of New Zealand (Hardback, illustrated edition)

By Tennyson, Alan; Illustrated by Martinson, P.

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In New Zealand's lush rainforests, isolated from the outside world for 80 million years, many extraordinary birds evolved. They included the giant moa, the beautiful huia, and the largest eagle the earth has ever seen. Within a few hundred years, human settlement extinguished 58 ...

ISBN 9780909010218
Published 1 November 2006 by Te Papa Press
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New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity: Volume three: Kingdoms Bacteria, Protozoa, Chromista, Plantae, Fungi
  

New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity: Volume three: Kingdoms Bacteria, Protozoa, Chromista, Plantae, Fungi (Hardback)

By Gordon, Dennis P.

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This volume is the third in the trilogy that provides a review and inventory of New Zealand's entire living and fossil biodiversity - an international effort involving more than 220 New Zealand and overseas specialists and the most comprehensive of its kind in the world. Together ...

ISBN 9781927145050
Published 1 January 2012 by Canterbury University Press
Interest Age 13-18 years
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