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The Maori: The History and Legacy of New Zealand’s Indigenous People , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 108min

In 1769, Captain James Cook’s historic expedition in the region would lead to an English claim on Australia, but before he reached Australia, he sailed near New Zealand and spent weeks mapping part of New Zealand’s coast. Thus, he was also one of the first to observe and take note of the indigenous peoples of the two islands. His instructions from the Admiralty were to endeavor at all costs to cultivate friendly relations with tribes and peoples he might encounter, and to regard any native people as the natural and legal possessors of any land they were found to occupy. Cook, of course, was not engaged on an expedition of colonization, so when he encountered for the first time a war party of Maori, he certainly had no intention of challenging their overlordship of Aotearoa, although he certainly was interested in discovering more about them. Approaching from the east, having rounded Cape Horn and calling in at Tahiti, the HMS Endeavour arrived off the coast of New Zealand, and two days later it dropped anchor in what would later be known as Poverty Bay. No sign of life or habitation was seen until on the morning of the 9 October when smoke was observed to be rising inland. Cook and a group of sailors set off for shore in two boats and leaving four men behind to mind the boats, the remainder set off inland over a line of low hills. The sentries, however, were surprised by the arrival of a group of four Maori, who adopted an aggressive posture, and when one lifted a lance to hurl, he was immediately shot down.The impression that all of this left on Cook and the scientific members of the expedition was mixed. By then there had already been several encounters with Polynesian people scattered about the South Pacific, and although occasionally warlike, there were none quite so aggressive as the Maori. In fairness, it must be added that the Maori understanding of Cook’s appearance, and what it represented was by necessity partial, and in approaching ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Dan Gallagher. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/124357/bk_acx0_124357_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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The Pants of Perspective: One Woman's 3,000 Kilometre Running Adventure Through the Wilds of New Zealand , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 596min

A thrilling, coming-of-age journey that will make you yearn to go on your own adventures.” (Runner's World)Anna was never anything like those real" runners on telly - all spindly limbs, tiny shorts, and split times - but when she read about New Zealand’s 3,000-kilometer-long Te Araroa Trail, she began to wonder...perhaps being a "real" runner was overrated. Maybe she could just run it anyway? Travelling alone through New Zealand’s backcountry for 148 days, she scrambled through forests, along ridgelines, over mountain passes, along beaches, and across swollen rivers. Running up to 52 kilometers in a day, she slept wild most nights and was taken into the homes and hearts of the Kiwi people in between. The Pants of Perspective is a witty, colorful, and at times painfully raw account of a journey to the edge of what a woman believes herself to be capable of. It is a coming-of-age story that will lead you on a roller-coaster ride through fear, vulnerability, courage, and failure. For anyone who has ever dreamt of taking on a great challenge but felt too afraid to begin - this story is for you. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Anna McNuff. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/131540/bk_acx0_131540_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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The Hungry Empire: How Britain's Quest for Food Shaped the Modern World , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 634min

In 20 meals The Hungry Empire tells the story of how the British created a global network of trade in foodstuffs that moved people and plants from one continent to another, reshaping landscapes and culinary tastes. To be British was to eat the world. The empire allowed Britain to harness the globe’s edible resources from salt beef to sugar. By the 20th century the wheat to make the working man’s loaf of bread was supplied by Canada, and his Sunday leg of lamb had been fattened on New Zealand’s grasslands. Lizzie Collingham takes us on a wide-ranging culinary journey, revealing how virtually every meal we eat still contains a taste of empire. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jilly Bond. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/isis/003587/bk_isis_003587_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Barry Crump Collected Stories , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 247min

Barry Crump was one of New Zealand’s most popular authors of all time. From A Good Keen Man in 1960 through to his death in 1996, over a million copies of the 24 books he wrote were sold. He was a superb storyteller, who captured perfectly the laconic humor and the lifestyle of the rugged Kiwi outdoors man. His ability to craft a tale that is both moving and funny is superbly illustrated by the huge international success of the movie Hunt for the Wilderpeople, which is based on his book Wild Pork and Watercress.Almost all of Barry Crump’s books are now out of print. A new volume of collected stories published in 2017 remedied that. And the five classic yarns comprising that volume are available as separate titles - A Good Keen Man, Bullock Creek, Gold and Greenstone, Puha Road, and Wild Pork and Watercress. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Martin Crump. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/210670/bk_acx0_210670_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Kiwi Rules: New Zealand Ever After, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 920min

Afghanistan hadn’t quite killed me. Karen Sinclair just might.You don’t find many too-pretty rich boys in the New Zealand Defense Force. Turns out there’s a reason for that. Fortunately, you can find your true self in the oddest places. Of course, you can lose yourself in those places, too - at least some pieces of you.Since I was back home with a new leg, some facial alterations, and time on my hands, I might as well help out my sister. Showing a potential buyer around some of New Zealand’s quirkier ecotourism sites, having a few adrenaline-fueled adventures? Fine. It wasn’t like I’d never been camping, unlike the walking tornado that was Miss Karen Sinclair. Unfortunately, Karen had never heard of the phrase “let me get that”, let alone “we don’t have time”. She’d definitely never heard “there’s no more room in the car”.And then there was the sexual frustration. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Emma Wilder, John Hartley. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/154462/bk_acx0_154462_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Kiwi Strong: New Zealand Ever After, Book 3 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 913min

People who say “love is trust” probably didn’t grow up in a cult. My name is Daisy Nabhitha Kittredge. I chose it myself. As an RN in the emergency department in one of New Zealand’s largest hospitals, there wasn’t much left in me of the 16-year-old girl, covered from neck to ankle and not allowed to make eye contact with a boy, who’d run away with five dollars in her pocket and terror in her heart. Or maybe there was too much left of that girl because I was still slow to trust. Slow to share. And a whole lot slower to get intimate. Which doesn’t put men off much, right? Unless the man’s a tough Samoan ex-rugby player with sweetness and strength to spare. One who keeps fronting up to help even when you tell him you don’t need it. And what’s even harder to resist - one who wants to help your sisters, too. I was going to end up sharing. I wasn’t going to be able to help it. But when my walls came down, would he want the person behind them? Also - who was the person behind them? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Emma Wilder, Tom Janson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/207460/bk_acx0_207460_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Just Say Christmas: Escape to New Zealand, Book 13 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 802min

There are all kinds of Christmases and all kinds of families. The family you’re born into. The family you make. And the family you choose.Christmas means summer in New Zealand and All Blacks wedding season, too. Plans made and plans changed, because no matter how well you plan, life happens. Especially if, say, you’re marrying your late husband’s brother, you’ve got a couple of kids in the mix, and everybody’s talked too much about all that already.And then, there’s the rest of the family. A stepbrother who’s carried too big a secret for 30 years and needs to lay that burden down. Another whose romance with the maid of honor went south, for reasons neither of them quite understand. A sister who wants her teenage romance to stick. The man who wants to make that happen. From the beaches of New Zealand’s Far North to the shadow of the Southern Alps, Christmas brings family tensions and family bonds, secrets revealed, and promises kept, including the most important promise a person can make: to be there. Note: You will enjoy this book even more if you’ve listened to Just Say (Hell) No and Just Come Over, books 11 and 12, respectively, in Escape to New Zealand series. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Emma Wilder. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/184172/bk_acx0_184172_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Finding a Husband: Passion Down Under Sassy Short Stories, Book 6 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 18min

Sometimes love finds you....Amateur matchmaker Cassie Roberts has only one wish - to help her best friend find a husband. What she doesn’t realize is that sometimes love doesn’t come easily and that destiny is impossible to predict.When her efforts don’t bear fruit, she considers abandoning her fledgling career. Until she makes one last attempt.Finding a Husband is a short story full of quirky humor and the promise of a happily ever after. Set in Blenheim, in New Zealand’s sublime South Island - the gateway to the award-winning wineries of the Wairau Valley.Finding a Husband is part of Mollie Mathew’s best-selling series Passion Down Under Sassy Short Stories.If this is the first time you have listened to a Passion Down Under short story, you can easily listen to each audiobook as a stand-alone.Enjoy other full-length contemporary romances by Mollie Mathews: Bride of Gold; Married by Christmas; Flight of Passion; and Claimed by the Sheikh.Fall in love with these contemporary heroes and heroines trying to mend their hearts, overcome their fears and find true love - listen to the other stand-alone audiobooks by Mollie to discover the friends and family who tumble into a once-in-a-lifetime happily ever after affair of the heart themselves.Bonus extra: excerpts from Forever and Always, The Italian Billionaire's Scandalous Marriage, Flight of Passion, and Claimed by the Sheikh. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Mollie Mathews. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/214584/bk_acx0_214584_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Keepers of the Lost City : Order of the Black Sun, Book 21 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 372min

After inheriting a farm on New Zealand’s South Island, Lewis Harding tries his best to keep it running. The financially strapped farmer is forced to forage his new land for implements, eliciting the help of his son Gary. But when they go too close to the entrance of an old deserted gold mine, catastrophe strikes in more ways then one. When Gary’s older brother, Dr. Cecil Harding, shows up at the farm, Nekenhalle, he discovers that his brother and father had gone missing. A spate of livestock mutilations plague the local area, forcing Dr. Harding, a veterinarian, to call in the help of the Australian Wilderness Society. Ironically, this coincides with their current investigation of culling by poison, because, according to Harding, the New Zealand livestock are dying of snakebites. Knowing that New Zealand does not have snakes, the Wilderness Society obtains the help of Scottish explorer David Purdue during a legal debate.Purdue and his associates, journalist Sam Cleave and historian Dr. Nina Gould, accompany the Wildlife Society under the pretense of making a documentary, while actually seeking the location of the Lost City. Similar poisonings in the remains of Nazi soldiers prompted Purdue’s pursuit into the Lost City’s secret, but Nekenhalle has a reputation for evil.Inside the bowels of the farm, the expedition party finds the source of the killings, but at the same time, they venture into a forbidden place they do not know the way out from.... ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jonathan Waters. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/225965/bk_acx0_225965_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Rule Makers, Rule Breakers , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 501min

In Rule Makers, Rule Breakers celebrated cultural psychologist Michele Gelfand takes us on an epic journey through human cultures, offering a startling new view of the world and ourselves. With a mix of brilliantly conceived studies and surprising on-the-ground discoveries, she shows that much of the diversity in the way we think and act derives from a key difference - how tightly or loosely we adhere to social norms. Why are clocks in Germany so accurate while those in Brazil are frequently wrong? Why do New Zealand’s women have the highest number of sexual partners? Why are “Red” and “Blue” states really so divided? Why was the Daimler-Chrysler merger ill-fated from the start? Why is the driver of a Jaguar more likely to run a red light than the driver of a plumber’s van? Why does one spouse prize running a “tight ship” while the other refuses to “sweat the small stuff"? In search of a common answer, Gelfand has spent two decades conducting research in more than 50 countries. Across all age groups, family variations, social classes, businesses, states, and nationalities, she’s identified a primal pattern that can trigger cooperation or conflict. Her fascinating conclusion: Behavior is highly influenced by the perception of threat. With an approach that is consistently riveting, Rule Makers, Rule Breakers thrusts many of the puzzling attitudes and actions we observe into sudden and surprising clarity. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Katherine Fenton. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/sans/008912/bk_sans_008912_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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