MEDIA RELEASE FISHES OF AOTEAROA Paul Caiger “Nature, and in particular fishes, have kept me captivated for as long as I can remember. Spending time with fish in their natural habitat fills me with a simple joy. And observing any fish in the wild makes me appreciate that they each …
MEDIA RELEASE Tramping in Aotearoa: New Zealand’s Top 45 Tracks SHAUN BARNETT Published by Potton & Burton, September 15, 2023, RRP: $49.99 Tramping has been part of our national psyche for more than a century, predicated on our love of wild places and being outdoors. Modern research also tells us …
MEDIA RELEASE Commue: Chasing a utopian dream in Aotearoa OLIVE JONES Published by Potton & Burton, September 15, 2023, RRP: $39.99 Former commune member Olive Jones was a teenager when she joined a group of hippies, idealists and subsistence farmers at Tahuna Farm in Nelson and 21 when they bought …
MEDIA RELEASE Vintage Aviators: Aircraft of the Great War GAVIN CONROY Published by Potton & Burton, September 15, 2023, RRP: $79.99 The military aircraft which flew in World War 1 paved the way for aviation as we know it today and leading aviation photographer and pilot Gavin Conroy captures them …
TAKAHĒ: Bird of Dreams ALISON BALLANCE Aotearoa’s redoubtable takahē were twice declared extinct. Hovering on the brink, the species was famously rediscovered by Invercargill doctor Geoffrey Orbell in the Murchison Mountains of Fiordland in 1948. His significant find of a small population at that time grabbed news headlines and sparked …