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After Everest - Inside the Private World of Edmund Hillary by Paul Little
Category: Biography
'Well if you have a big life, a lot of stuff happens. Dad had a big life.' - Peter Hillary. Edmund Hillary is a towering figure among adventurers. His conquest of Everest and his dedication to the welfare of the Nepalese people is well known. While much has been written about what Sir Edmund Hillary did ...Show more
Life as a Casketeer - What the Business of Death Can Teach the Living by Francis Tipene; Kaiora Tipene; Paul Little
Category: Biography and Memoir
Stars of the hit television series The Casketeers, Francis and Kaiora Tipene aren't your typical funeral directors. With their famous humour and big-hearted personalities, the TVNZ and Netflix reality TV stars are changing the way we think about death and grief. Life As A Casketeer reveals how Francis a ...Show more
The Covid Chronicles - Lessons From New Zealand by Paul Little
Category: Health and Wellbeing
The dramatic story of New Zealand's response to a global pandemic. For the first time in history, on 15 March 2020 the New Zealand government closed the country's borders. What followed was a story unprecedented in almost every way imaginable. Featuring Finance Minister Grant Robertson, science communic ...Show more
Willie Apiata VC pbk by Paul Little
Category: MILITARY/HISTORY
'At 0900 on Sunday 01 July my CO handed me three letters to read. The first was from the Governor General, the second from the Prime Minister and the third was from the Minister of Defence. These letters informed me that I had been awarded the Victoria Cross for New Zealand (V.C.).' Cpl Bill (Willie) Ap ...Show more
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