$48.00
- Paperback
344 pages
- Release Date
7 November 2019
Summary
Volcanoes of Auckland: A Field Guide
A handy field guide to the fiery natural world that so deeply shapes New Zealand’s largest city - from Rangitoto to One Tree Hill, Lake Pupuke to Orakei Basin. For tens of thousands of years, volcanoes have profoundly shaped the area’s geology and geography. And for hundreds of years, volcanoes have played a key part in the lives of Maori and Pakeha - as sites for pa, kumara gardens or twentieth-century military fortifications, as sources of ston…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781869409012 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1869409019 |
| Author: | Bruce W. Hayward, Alastair Jamieson |
| Publisher: | Auckland University Press |
| Imprint: | Auckland University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 344 |
| Release Date: | 7 November 2019 |
| Weight: | 830g |
| Dimensions: | 230mm x 170mm |
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Critics Review
‘I seriously recommend it, I think it could provide the family with a lot of good entertainment and something to do over the summer holidays – go and explore our volcanoes’ – Francesca Rudkin, Newstalk ZB
About The Author
Bruce W. Hayward
Bruce W. Hayward is a retired geologist and marine ecologist based in Auckland. He is a former member of the Auckland Conservation Board and New Zealand Conservation Authority, and former president of the Geological Society of New Zealand. His wide interests in natural and human history have resulted in twenty previous books on topics as diverse as archaeology, the kauri timber and gum industries, the history of Auckland cinemas, New Zealand fossils, volcanoes, building stones and conservation; and, as joint author, the popular A Field Guide to Auckland.
Alastair Jamieson is an Auckland-based ecologist and photographer who has documented the region’s changing natural environment with aerial photography for over 25 years.
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