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Hocken Library: TL1 .P377 2012
Hocken Library: QE49.N52 IK87 2012 no.31
Hocken Library: ND1108.C45 A4 2012
"In this collection, newly painted for this book, Ray Ching's drawing and painting skills, familiar to New Zealanders through his widely seen paintings of birds, are imaginatively engaged in an altogether new expression of Aesop's Fables. The stories have left their origins in Greece and ancient Europe and set off..." BOOK JACKET.
Hocken Library: DU624.5 .H66 2013
Hocken Library: TD122.6 .C663 2009 no.48
Hocken Library: G874 .B724
"Focusing on the Antarctic explorers Robert Falcon Scott and Ernest Shackleton, this book looks at some of their most heroic expeditions, examining how and why their individual reputations have evolved over the course of the last century.1This new book looks at the two most famous expeditions of the heroic..." BOOK JACKET.
Hocken Library: PZ10.3.Car An
"Follows the progress of a hungry little caterpillar as he eats his way through a varied and very large quantity of food until, full at last, he forms a cocoon around himself and goes to sleep. Suggested level: junior..." BOOK JACKET.
Hocken Library: NC978.5.C358 A4 2012
"Peter Campbell was the resident designer and art critic for the London Review of Books. He worked for the magazine from its first appearance in 1979 and wrote more than 300 pieces, mainly about art but also about such things as escalators, weeds, bicycles, bridges and hearts. Each fortnight from..." BOOK JACKET.
Hocken Library: GF798 .A77 2012
Hocken Library: D640.A2 T64 2013
Hocken Library: PN147 .P819 2013
"The Bateman New Zealand Writer's Handbook is now a recommended text for many writing courses around the country.It is full of useful advice for those wanting to improve their chances of having work accepted by editors and publishers working in all print media. Along with extensive, fully updated lists of..." BOOK JACKET.
Hocken Library: PR9641.M254 B53 2010
"The Big Brown Pot: On the way in his little red car to share a big pot of stew with his friend, Mr. Winkle is unaware of the long procession forming behind him. A Parcel for Wilma W. Willis: A flipping, flopping parcel has many adventures before it arrives on..." BOOK JACKET.
Hocken Library: PZ10.3.Lan Bi
"Big Mac is hungry and Bic Mac wants his breakfast, even though it is 4.30 in the morning. And Big Mac won't take no for an answer.--Back cover. Suggested level: junior..." BOOK JACKET.
Hocken Library: PR9642.F674 B5 2013
"Novel.Rural romance set in the rugged high country of New Zealand's South Island--Publisher information..." BOOK JACKET.
Hocken Library (Reference): CS2178.W347 B582 2010
Hocken Library: GV1029.9.S74 CA71 2012
Hocken Library: GV1029.9.S74 B747 2010
Hocken Library: GV1029.9.S74 T844 2011
Hocken Library: MZ20.B639 C36 2012
Hocken Library: TX749 .C533 1980
Hocken Library: HV6535.N53 A852 2013
"On the morning of 7 November 2011, Tracey Marceau lived every mother's worst nightmare. A young man enteredher home, pushing Tracey to the side before kicking and repeatedly stabbing her daughter. Christie died in her mother's arms. Christie's killer, Akshay Chand, was released on bail just a month earlier for..." BOOK JACKET.
Hocken Library: G2796.E63 B738 2012
"Stories of people living in Apia, Collingwood, Greymouth, Hauraki Plains, Hicks Bay, Maromaku Valley, Mercer, Miranda, Mosgiel, Mt Roskill, Ohinemutu, Pegasus, St Bathans, Scott Base, Tangimoana, Wainuiomata, Waiouru, Wanaka, Whakarewarewa, Whanganui, Winton--Publisher information..." BOOK JACKET.
Hocken Library: GV199.44.E85 L68 2013
Hocken Library: G156.5.H47 CY77
Hocken Library: PR9641.B421 C9 2013
"Fictionalised diary of Amy Dyer who is caught up in Cyclone Bola in Gisborne, 1988. Amy is a twelve-year-old Auckland girl whose parents have left her to stay on a vineyard in Gisborne with relatives while they go on a sailing trip. Cyclone Bola strikes, sending the area..." BOOK JACKET.
Hocken Library: GV1589 .A844 2012
Hocken Library: PR9641.F7 Z653 2013
Hocken Library: WA540.KN4 L383 2012
Hocken Library: PR9642.H355 D5 2013
"In the wake of an unfortunate best-friend-and-boyfriend-caught-having-sex-in-a-chair incident, Jo Donnelly flees her civilised city life to take up a temporary job at the physiotherapy clinic in her small home town. Jo is ineptly assisted at work by a receptionist who divides..." BOOK JACKET.
Hocken Library: PR9641.M262 D5 2013
Hocken Library: HC661 .MW94 2011 no.14
Hocken Library: PR9642.W456 D6 2012
"Things are seldom what they seem. Rory Calder, criminologist, lecturer, psychologist, and profiler from New Zealand, knows this better than most. Now, he must put his extensive experience to the test before obsession consumes him. He's struggling to find sense in the deaths of his estranged wife, Serena, and their..." BOOK JACKET.
Hocken Library: HN20 .C526 2013
Hocken Library: PZ7.Rus DrH 2012
"When a passing dragon flies off with their family dog, brothers Flynn and Paddy go to the rescue..." BOOK JACKET.
Hocken Library: PZ8.1.Jah Dr 2011
Hocken Library: CS2179 .S91 2012
Hocken Library: QE49.N52 IK87 2012 no.05
Hocken Library (Reference): NC374.N67 A4 1985
Hocken Library: NE1147.6.B83 B83 1990
Hocken Library: BF1773.2.N5 F583 2012
Hocken Library: PR9642.M25113 E8 2012
Hocken Library: HQ767.5.N5 M323 2013
Hocken Library: CS2179 .F5279 2012
Hocken Library: BL2620.P6 K56 2011
Hocken Library: WB400 .L342 2012
Hocken Library: LB1584.5.N5 T66 2012
"Provides a social studies/cross-curricular approach to the future that combines Future Studies pedagogy with NZ curriculum understandings about globalisation, sustainability, citizenship and enterprise (NZC p 39). These important themes are explored through the topics of Human rights, Poverty, Hunger, Natural resources and Communities ... While it is aimed at..." BOOK JACKET.
Hocken Library: LC212.93.S56 A52 2012
Hocken Library: PZ8.1.Gos Gi
"When Manata goes missing from her village, her people discover that she has been kidnapped by a giant. Her lover, Matakauri, sets off to rescue her, knowing that his people will never be safe until the giant is killed. While the giant sleeps, Matakauri builds a fire around him. But..." BOOK JACKET.
Hocken Library: TR647 B5 2013
Hocken Library: G200 .GS48
"Presents biographies of forty explorers that reveal their lives, motives, and passions while discovering different parts of the world..." BOOK JACKET.
Hocken Library: LG745.1.G735 G73 1953
Hocken Library: QE49.N52 IK87 2012 no.16
Hocken Library: S649 .C85 2013
Hocken Library: HF5736 .M675 1989
Hocken Library: HD2955.5.D44 H362 1985
Hocken Library: HF5382.55 .C353 2012
"Eight years, seven continents, one hell of an adventure. Follow Hap Cameron as he attempts to live and work on all seven continents before he turns thirty..." BOOK JACKET.
Hocken Library: SF375.5.N58 H42 2012
"Tells the story of this stunningly beautiful part of New Zealand through the personalities entwined with the valley: mountaineers, hunters, possumers, conservationists, shepherds and the Aspinall family members themselves--Back cover..." BOOK JACKET.
Hocken Library: PL6465.Z77 K46 T523 2012
"Tane is a young boy who loves to dream, especially about superheroes engaged in the struggle of 'good against evil'. He imagines that he possesses magical powers just like the superheroes. In the real world, Tane must deal with the antics of his sister's pet cat named Tori. The cat..." BOOK JACKET.
Hocken Library: PN1997.2.H62 S53 2012
"Enter Bilbo Baggins' world through exclusive interviews with director Peter Jackson, Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen and all the principal cast and filmmakers, who share film-making secrets and tales of what it was actually like making movie magic in Middle-earth.%3Cbr%3ELavishly illustrated with hundreds of behind-the-scenes..." BOOK JACKET.
Hocken Library: PN1997.2.H624 F34 2013
"Weta Workshop is a multi-award winning conceptual design and physical manufacturing facility servicing the world's entertainment and creative industries..." BOOK JACKET.
Hocken Library: KN80 .RD834 2001
Hocken Library: QK31.H75 EJ7
"Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817-1911) was an internationally renowned botanist, a close friend and early supporter of Charles Darwin, and one of the first - and most successful - British men of science to become a full-time professional. He was also, Jim Endersby argues, the perfect embodiment of Victorian science. A vivid..." BOOK JACKET.
Hocken Library: TD122.6 .C663 2010 no.40
"Results of a telephone survey conducted by the authors..." BOOK JACKET.
Hocken Library: PR9641.F7 I49 2013
"Janet Frame's previously unpublished novel draws on her own experiences in Menton as a Katherine Mansfield Fellow. It is a wonderful social satire, a send-up of the cult of the dead author, and-in the best tradition of Frame-a fascinating exploration of the complexity and the beauty of..." BOOK JACKET.
Hocken Library: MZ20.E393 I5 2013
Hocken Library: QE49.N52 IK87 2011 no.21
Hocken Library: QE49.N52 IK87 2011 no.24
Hocken Library: HE5717.5.Z7 P8746 2012
Hocken Library: PR9640.A576 J8 2013
Hocken Library: HM623 .N484 2013
"Written at high level 3 and low level 4 of the New Zealand curriculum--Back cover. Suggested level: intermediate, junior secondary..." BOOK JACKET.
Hocken Library: PR9641.K9 K67
Hocken Library: DU425 .S94 2012
Hocken Library: PR9642.B725 L3 2012
"In the sequel to Too Many Secrets, Becs and her family are returning to the city, taking Isaiah Herrick with them. Becs is keen to slot right back in where she left off, but things don't go to plan. Isaiah struggles with the change and is worried about a stranger..." BOOK JACKET.
Hocken Library: SF83.N53 N851 2012 L3
Hocken Library: HC662.5.G366 G654 2013
Hocken Library: GR110.H38 B261
Hocken Library: Q182 .L482 2012
Hocken Library: QA303.2 H56 2012
Hocken Library: PT2712.A75 L53 2011
"Neuseeland, 1893: William Martyn ist gebildeter und kultivierter als die ubliche Klientel, die es auf der Suche nach Gold nach Queenstown verschlagt. Kein Wunder, denn Will ist der Sohn irischer Landadeliger. Die temperamentvolle Elaine verliebt sich in ihn, und er scheint nicht abgeneigt, doch dann kommt Kura-Maro-Tini zu..." BOOK JACKET.
Hocken Library: PL6465 .J334 2010
"A fun colouring and activity book with words and phrases in te reo Maori--Back cover. Suggested level: junior..." BOOK JACKET.
Hocken Library: E98.L33 L58 2012
Hocken Library: JZ1730.A55 .L665 2010
"brings together the works of leading China, Taiwan, and Pacific politics specialists analysing a topic of growing importance: China and Taiwan's ever-growing involvement in the South Pacific ... This book will pinpoint China's involvement in the South Pacific within the context of China's wider foreign policy and the challenges it..." BOOK JACKET.
Hocken Library: N6853.L32 C644 2013
Hocken Library: QE49.N52 IK87 2011 no.52
Hocken Library: TD122.6 .C663 2011 no.78
Hocken Library: GV345 .P466 2013
Hocken Library: LB1629.5.N5 M5198 2012
Hocken Library: DU455 .MJ185
"In the first half of this work, the author recounts his own experiences in the Crimean War, suggesting that his brother might have been victimised because of his own conflicts with the army..." BOOK JACKET.
Hocken Library: PL6465.Z77 K46 R885 2011
"Niniwa is bullied by her older sisters. What can she do? To escape from a harsh reality, she dreams of a different and kinder world, inhabited by friendly talking birds, who help her with her situation. Suggested level: junior, primary..." BOOK JACKET.
Hocken Library: PR9641.M254 M4 1989
"On the fifth anniversary of his older sister's death, nineteen-year-old Jonny Dart, troubled by feelings of guilt and an imperfect memory of the event, goes in search of the only other witness to the fatal accident and, through a chance meeting with a senile old woman, finds a..." BOOK JACKET.
Hocken Library: TX749 C767 1987
Hocken Library: TX763 C767 1987
Hocken Library: QE49.N52 IK87 2012 no.07
Hocken Library: GV909 .M676 2008
Hocken Library: LG745.3.D86 M67 1996
Hocken Library: HQ1059.5.N5 W665 2013
"A laugh-out-loud account of one woman's journey to the brink of middle age as she discovers her new place in the grand scheme of things. Is there an invisible line we cross at a certain age when we become 'un-chat-up-able' and become someone's mum? When..." BOOK JACKET.
Hocken Library: N6494.M5 M9 2009
"My eyes keep me in trouble is the sixth touring groupexhibition organised by CCNOA (Centre for Contemporary Non-objective Art) Brussels, Belgium and curated by Brussels-based German artist and curator Tilman. The exhibition premiered in April 2007 in Nieuwe Vide, Haarlem in the Netherlands before integrating a range of..." BOOK JACKET.
Hocken Library: PL6501.2 L486 2012
"Ula has his first day at Apia Primary School. When he falls over in front of everyone he is initially embarrassed but feels better when the teacher and the children show concern for him. Suggested level: primary..." BOOK JACKET.
Hocken Library: DU420 .M13 2012
Hocken Library: D21 .N343 2005
Hocken Library: DU720.75 .N4813 2011
Hocken Library: CE81 .N49 1980
Hocken Library: KN190 .RW756
Hocken Library: SH318.5.A1 NH332 no.68
Hocken Library: QE49.N52 IK87 2011 no.49
Hocken Library: PR9642.Z459 N5 2012
"The poems in Night's Glass Table are tight and emotionally powerful, and deal with themes such as death, grief and love. Zelas chooses her words with care, and her poems are always eloquent and evocative. She demonstrates a sound use of conventions, and her writing is well-crafted and technically..." BOOK JACKET.
Hocken Library: DD247.P36 A3 2013
"The author's role in post-WW2 Europe, migration to America, participation in the free speech movement, migration to NZ, becoming a language teacher--Publisher information..." BOOK JACKET.
Hocken Library: G155.N5 JM96 2008
Hocken Library: WE250 .O873 2000
Hocken Library: DU850.66.C768 A3 2012
Hocken Library: BX9175.2 .B386 1941
Hocken Library: DU29 .K57 2012
"In the 400 years from Magellan's entrance into Pacific waters to 1920, the lives of the people of the South Pacific were transformed. Pacific people died from exotic diseases from Europe and America. The coming of westerners, as this book points out, was not entirely negative, as head-hunting, cannibalism..." BOOK JACKET.
Hocken Library: QE49.N52 IK87 2011 no.18
Hocken Library: QE49.N52 IK87 2010 no.58
Hocken Library: PL6465.Z77 K46 T436 2012
"It's Pene's birthday, and he's been dreaming about receiving a wonderful and unusual gift. A mysterious picture arrives in due course, and a strange creature called Hiko emerges from it. Hiko guides Pene into another dimension to follow his dreams, to climb a high mountain and dive into the deep..." BOOK JACKET.
Hocken Library: GN670 .A878
Hocken Library: GV1646.S35 S367 2008
Hocken Library: HE7480.5.A3 H686 no.78
Hocken Library: HC79.P6 DY56
Hocken Library: LB1731 .P76 2011
Hocken Library: QE49.N52 IK87 2011 no.07
Hocken Library: QA11.2 .P84 2012
"A collection of twenty pangarau assessment tasks along with teacher guidelines for administering the tasks and making judgements about student responses to the task--Publisher's website..." BOOK JACKET.
Hocken Library: QE49.N52 IK87 2012 no.13
Hocken Library: PL6465 .F676 2013
Hocken Library: UG429.G7 C75 2012
Hocken Library: PR9634.4 R42 2012
Hocken Library: PS3607.A68 R4 2012
"Sexy and single - and New Zealand billionaire Russell Holloway intends to stay that way, despite appearing on a matchmaking reality TV show. All he wants from his wholesome bachelorette is to whitewash his reputation so he can score the merger of a lifetime. Nothing more...except a few nights' pleasurable..." BOOK JACKET.
Hocken Library: BR1480 .R43 2010
Hocken Library: TX652.5 .R424
Hocken Library: BR1480 .H394 2012
Hocken Library: GV1646.S35 R466 2008
Hocken Library: GV1646.S35 P742 2009
Hocken Library: HV600 2011 .C3 S42 2013
Hocken Library: PR9642.M25113 R4 2012
Hocken Library: N7405.A586 A4 2012
"A catalogue of Rick Amor's latest sculptures and paintings held at Niagara Galleries, Melbourne, Victoria from 28th August to 29th September 2012..." BOOK JACKET.
Hocken Library: BP172 .J656 2012
Hocken Library: DU484.7 .F66 2012
Hocken Library: HC661 .MW94 2011 no.13
Hocken Library: HC59.72.E5 S28 2010
Hocken Library: PL6465 .F678 2013
Hocken Library: PR9642.T23 S4 2013
"Fictional retelling of the true story of Malcolm, a resident at Seacliff Mental Hospital..." BOOK JACKET.
Hocken Library: HC662.5.G52 G64 2012
Hocken Library: W26 .C664 2012
Hocken Library: PR9642.O758 S5 2013
"Singing with both throats is an analogy for the way O'Rourke lives her life; the many roles she plays, and has played; the wide range of work and activities she has been involved in and still participates in ; the varied 'voices' she has used, and uses, in her political, professional..." BOOK JACKET.
Hocken Library: PQ8088.13.A445 S6 2013
Hocken Library: HV515.5 .G37 2012
Hocken Library: QH77.N5 SD19 no.302
Hocken Library: DU720.75 .M83 2012
Hocken Library: BF724.85.S45 B377 2013
"A spiritual perspective on positive ageing, covering the body, attitude, possessions, identity, relationships, passion, purpose, the shadow, the energy body, old age, death and dying--Publisher's information..." BOOK JACKET.
Hocken Library: QH77.N5 SD19 no.303
Hocken Library: BL2620.M52 D63 2011
Hocken Library: BR1725.C875 A3 2012
"Tells the life of Wayne and then together with Mary how they visited more than 30 nations, and the God adventures theydid together following the discovery of Mary's tumour.--Publisher's description..." BOOK JACKET.
Hocken Library: PL6465.P12 C72757 2012
"Introduces the concept of probablility using the flying of manu tukuku. Suggested level: junior..." BOOK JACKET.
Hocken Library: WL354 .T34 2006
Hocken Library: LB1050.5 .T422 2012
"Teachers' guide to the Sunshine Intervention Program, an intervention literacy programme for 9 to12 year-olds. Follows on from the Sunshine Books Intervention Works series..." BOOK JACKET.
Hocken Library: LB1050.5 .T423 2012
"Teachers' guide to the Sunshine Intervention Program, an intervention literacy programme for 9 to12 year-olds. Follows on from the Sunshine Books Intervention Works series..." BOOK JACKET.
Hocken Library: QE49.N52 IK87 2011 no.41
Hocken Library: NA2542.36 .W386 2012
Hocken Library: SK305.W5 H82 2013
"Pig Hunting: an emotional sport. Pride: When one witnesses a pup that one's reared catching his first pig. Adrenaline rush: When one leaps into battle between dogs and an angry boar to despatch it with a knife or sneaking to a bailed pig in dense scrub. Despair: When one loses..." BOOK JACKET.
Hocken Library: HC661 .MW94 2011 no.15
Hocken Library: Z976.C37 TS39
"Presents reflections (by academics and members of the wider community) on some of the distinctive and exceptional items in the University's keeping, including medieval European manuscripts, an original printing ofthe 1611 King James Bible, papers of Karl Popper, and Maori whakapapa books. The items tell many stories, and chart the..." BOOK JACKET.
Hocken Library: QE49.N52 IK87 2011 no.35
Hocken Library: QE49.N52 IK87 2012 no.17
Hocken Library: HB74.6 .R468 2012
"Understanding Economics NCEA Level 3: Externals is a self contained textbook/workbook designed to satisfy the requirements of the recent curriculum changes and allows students to develop the Key Competencies with a range of learning activities. Concise notes and a comprehensive set of practice activities work to introduce and develop..." BOOK JACKET.
Hocken Library: QE49.N52 IK87 2012 no.28
Hocken Library: QL638.A55 B694 2013
"Uses a story format to describe the life cycle and migration of the New Zealand longfin eel, and the threats eels face from commercial fishing. Suggested level: junior, primary..." BOOK JACKET.
Hocken Library: QE49.N52 IK87 2012 no.29
Hocken Library: TP548 .K466 2012
Hocken Library: TP547.G64 A3 2013
"When Kim and Jeanette Goldwater planted their first tiny vineyard on a couple of hillside acres on the magical little island of Waiheke in 1978, just 15 miles East of Auckland City, all the leading experts warned them that grapes would not grow in that salt laden island environment. The..." BOOK JACKET.
Hocken Library: PR9641.L97 W42 2013
"When Sugar Wallace arrives in Manhattan with nothing but a hive full of bees, a mysterious past and an insistence on good manners and honey, life starts to change for all her needy neighbours and, finally, with the help of a certain busy Queen, even for Sugar herself. A novel..." BOOK JACKET.
Hocken Library: BF632 .B3584 2012
"A series of short but effective easy-read articles that address the common problems that normal everyday people have to face and go through in real life--Back cover..." BOOK JACKET.
Hocken Library: PR9642.M25113 W5 2012
Hocken Library: QH197.5 .H873 2013
Hocken Library: TP548 .D397 2012
"Provides the latest information on the best wineries in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Chile, New Zealand, South Africa, and Uruguay. Recipes and interviews with top winemakers are included..." BOOK JACKET.
Hocken Library: BL624 .M337 2013
Hocken Library: BV2570.A2 P748 1956
Hocken Library: QA43 .M325 2012
Hocken Library: WV270 .B377 3rd ed.









