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A book for all New Zealanders who feel connected to the sea

It is well organised and easy to read

Hard by the Cloud House ’ — Ben ThomasAn eagle, and its place in our history LONGLISTED FOR THE 2025 OCKHAM NEW ZEALAND BOOK AWARDS The legend of Te Hokioi, the extinct giant eagle of New Zealand, leads Peter Walker from a Canterbury sheep run to the Rare Books Room of the British Library and to sacred Raiatea in Polynesia, as he uncovers the story of the predator which once ruled over the Southern Alps. Was this bird, whose existence was confirmed by scientists only in 2009, the Rukh of