From Weta To Kauri
  • Published: 24 September 2004
  • ISBN: 9781869416553
  • Imprint: Random House NZ
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 192
  • RRP: $24.99

From Weta To Kauri

A Guide To the NZ Forest

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From Weta to Kauri is the prefect book to put in your backpack and take into the bush when you go walking and tramping.

A compact and easy-to-use guide to the flora and fauna of the New Zealand bush, in full colour.

Which New Zealand forest bird has a song that sounds like a bell? Is that a gecko or a skink? Is that orange slime a fungus?

Find answers to your questions in this guide - over 300 species of insects, birds and plants are described in a way that is clear, with pictures to help identification.
  • Published: 24 September 2004
  • ISBN: 9781869416553
  • Imprint: Random House NZ
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 192
  • RRP: $24.99
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About the authors

Janet Hunt

Janet Hunt is an acclaimed writer, academic and graphic designer. In 2004, her study of New Zealand wildlife won Best in Non-Fiction and Book of the Year at the New Zealand Post Book Awards for Children and Young Adults, as well as the Elsie Locke Award at the LIANZA Children's Book Awards. In 2008, her Wetlands of New Zealand: A Bitter-Sweet Story won the Environment Award and the Montana Medal for Non-Fiction at the Montana New Zealand Book Awards.

portrait photo of Janet Hunt

Awards & recognition

Storylines Notable Non-fiction Award

Awarded  •  2005  •  Storylines Notable Non-fiction