Stunning book of full of world class photography and short, fascinating articles to dip into time and time again.
Winner of New Zealand Herald Book of the Year 2009 and New Zealand Listener Best Book 2009.
New Zealand is a land where alps run into plains, glaciers coexist with deserts, and rivers float on the surface of the sea. It is the habitat of parrots too heavy to fly, insects that grow to the size of rodents, and a bird that lays an egg a quarter of its own weight – a territory of modest dimensions, but quite improbable contents.
The Best of New Zealand Geographic is a collection of the career-best work of some of New Zealand’s finest writers and photographers, published over the past two decades in New Zealand Geographic magazine. The stories and images capture the diversity of New Zealand’s natural history, human endeavours and geography. From raptors to rodeos, penguins to parliament, the subjects presented here will intrigue and surprise readers. Chosen by the three editors who have guided the magazine over the last 20 years, they reflect the vision of a magazine with a single ongoing quest: to reveal New Zealand to New Zealanders.
Hard-cover, 300 x 245mm, 256 pages.
Published by Kowhai Publishing Ltd, 2009.