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POOR KNIGHTS WONDERLAND, Field Guide To The Islands and Marine Reserve.
By Glen Edney. Pbk, 170mm x 240mm, 64 pages, full colour photographs and maps.
This beautiful little book is an addition to the growing number of guides to what I have come to call New Zealand's Best Kept Secrets. These include The Singing Island describing Tiritirimatangi, and the books on Goat Island, White Island and others. Some of them are not generally available through local bookshops and tend to be published by the authors or concerned governing authority.
This book describes in detail the plant, animal, bird and fish life which abound in this unique habitat. It also gives a geological description and history of the islands, which have been separated from the mainland of New Zealand's North Island for two million years.
THE LAKE TAUPO BOATING AND CRUISING HANDBOOK, sixth edition
By Michael Drake. Hbk, 155mm x 220mm, 80 Pages, monochrome maps and sketches.
This excellent little hard-bound cruising guide is dated for 1994, however it is a complete stand-alone as far as serious boating-style cruising information is concerned for Lake Taupo.
It uses hand-drawn, detailed maps of the boatharbours and bays on the lake, complete with depths and foreshore topography. Included is a detailed sketch of Kinloch Marina. Whilst the community and their resources in and near Taupo have without question changed a great deal during the past eight years, the hydrography of the lake and foreshore are little changed.
The book contains sailing directions for access to the more difficult entrances, including "loom" style views of hills and prominent leading marks. The book is similar to and up to the standard of the best of the "hand drawn" New Zealand guides for mariners, such as the Central Cruising Guide and the Royal Akarana Coastal Cruising Handbook.
NEW ZEALAND CRUISING GUIDE - Central Area. Eighth Edition 2006
By Murray & Von Kohorn. This guide was first published in 1979 and has had many updates, culminating in this 2006 edition. Perfect bound, paperback, 300 mm X 210 mm (A4), 232 pages. Sketch charts.
This excellent cruising guide covers the entire Cook Strait region. Areas covered are Wellington Harbour & Palliser Bay, Marlborough Sounds, Tasman Bay and Golden Bay to Farewell Spit. Black and white charts showing all the anchorages, ports and marinas complement the extensive cruising notes.
This latest edition contains all the latest navigational and cruising information, including information on the latest marina developments in the Sounds.
STEWART ISLAND CRUISING GUIDE.
Published By mana Cruising Club. Card-back, 300 mm X 210 mm (A4), spiral bound. 86 pages with b&w maps and drawings.
This guide has been compiled by the Mana Cruising club with contributions from a number of South Island boating people, who have very good local knowledge of the area. This is the only cruising guide available for the Stewart Island area; with it's series of sketch plans and carefully researched text it fills great gaps in the official charts of the area. The Stewart Island Guide will be an invaluable resource for anyone cruising in this area.
A BOATIES GUIDE TO FIORDLAND.
Compiled By the Mana Cruising Club. Spiral Bound, paperback, 300 mm X 210 mm (A4). 112 pages, monochrome sketches and maps.
This is another guide produced by the Mana Cruising Club, with contributions from cruisers who have a good deal of experience in this challenging area. The excellent sketch maps are supported by detailed cruising notes. The introductory chapters provide much useful background information including; how to get there, history of the area, radio communications and where to get fuel and water.
GOAT ISLAND, Marine Reserve
By Jenny and Tony Enderby. Pbk, perfect bound, 210mm X 150mm (A5), 64 pages, full colour photos throughout.
Goat Island Marine Reserve is near to Leigh, which is a small fishing port about 60 kilometres north of Auckland. The reserve is home to the marine research laboratories of Auckland University, and the academic staff and graduate students keep a watchful eye on activities in the watre. It was the first matrine reserve in New Zealand and the fish are abundant, mature and very tame. It is generally regarded as a top spot for diving to watch and photograph New Zealand coastal fish in their native habitat. This booklet is an identification guide for snorkellers, divers and other visitors to the area.
COLUMBIA CRUISES NORTH
By Ralph S. Von Kohorn. Hbk, 240mm X 155mm, 166 pages, monochrome drawings and plans.
Published in 1979 it is dated, however this book is the only "all North Island" yachting level guide ever to be published in New Zealand. See also the companion book called Columbia Cruises South. Together the books made the only complete New Zealand cruising guide outside the British Admiralty New Zealand Pilot.
Columbia was the author's motor cruiser and the book takes the reader on a cruise of exploration around the North Island. Everything from local lore and history to navigational and geographic details are described. The book is written in narrative style, telling of trips ahsore and gourmet meals in the galley!
COLUMBIA CRUISES SOUTH
By Ralph S. Von Kohorn. Hbk, 160mm x 250mm, 117 pages, full colour photographs and maps.
Here is a remarkable account of a cruise which takes in the southern half of the "figure eight" circumnavigation of New Zealand.
The planning of the venture, the cruise itself (using the original log of the voyage), expeditions ashore and many hints and tips for voyagers all combine to make a book of unusual interest and value. Detail includes anchorage and watering places, Maori lore and chronicles of the early explorers and settlers, fishing and hunting for food and recipes for gourmet meals prepared in Columbia's galley.
This and companion book Columbia Cruises North are still the only cruising texts which cover the whole of both islands of New Zealand.
TIRITIRI MATANGI
By Anne Rimmer, Pbk, Landscape 270mm x 210mm, 152 pages, full colour.
Tiritiri Matangi Island is a conservation success story of international significance. Thousands of trees, planted by volunteers, and the release of rare and endangered birds have produced today's world-famous open sanctuary near Auckland, New Zealand, which attracts over 33,000 visitors per year.
This book describes the island's history, its Maori occupation, the farming period, wartime activities, the historic lighthouse (which has shone since 1865) as well as the subsequent conservation project.
Although aimed at the general reader, the book also contains data on the island's flora and faura, with sections on each endangered bird. Its lavish illustrations include rare historical photographs and magical bird studies.
THE FJORDS OF FJORDLAND.
By John Hall-Jones. Hbk, landscape 300mm x 220mm, 172 pages, full colour photographs and prints.
This is one of the most attractive New Zealand books we have seen. It is a superb blend of stunning photographs, high quality print reproductions, and a strong text describing the history, culture, scenery, wildlife and geography of one of New Zealand's most scenic regions.
The book includes the stories of Maori battles in the area, and details of some of Captain Cook's surveys; and the sealers who built the first European Houses and ship in New Zealand. Included are quotations from the journals of the first Europeans to see the fjords: Captain Cook and his officers and Dr Menzies of Vancouver's expedition.
This book is published as a sequel to Milford Sound by the same author, which we hope to have up on this page soon.
MILFORD SOUND.
By John Hall-Jones. Hbk, landscape 300mm x 220mm, 147 pages, monochrome photographs and prints.
Although we are a nautical bookshop specialising in boating books we feel this and the one above are a necessary inclusion to our cruising section for New Zealand, if one is going to the area the historical information would be an invaluable read, it's always helpful to have an insight to the evalution of an area, especially one so seemingly inhospitable. There are 300 photographs painting and maps, the great majority of which have never been published before. They include,
The chapter on the building of the Homer Tunnel is quite a read.
DAY WALKS OF GREATER AUCKLAND
By Marios Gavalas and Peter Janssen. Pbk, 139mm x 214mm, 108 pages, full colour & monochrome photographs.
Auckland offers an incredibly wide range of landscape experiences for the walker. This book covers the Greater Auckland area, from Goat Island in the north to the Hunua Ranges in the south. Most walks are within an hour's drive of downtown Auckland.
Choose from nature walks in an urban setting (a stroll through Cornwall Park or doing the Narrowneck Coastal Walk), or natural settings away from the city (the Dome forest Walkway or one of the walks on Tiritiri Matangi Island). Each walk has been graded and timed, and the entries contain information on access, track conditions and points of interest to watch out for. Every track has been walked by Peter or Marios, both of whom have extensive walking and tramping experience.
This book is an essential volume for anyone wishing to explore Auckland's natural landscape.
See also Charts, Hydrographic and Cruising Guides for New Zealand, South West Pacific and Beyond
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