Montana New Zealand Book Awards - Illustrative - 2007 winner and finalists

The Montana New Zealand Book Awards are organised and administrated by Booksellers New Zealand, the trade association for booksellers and publishers.

Eagles Complete Trees and Shrubs of New Zealand Audrey Eagle, Te Papa Press Winner

This beautiful two-volume set brings together Audrey Eagles botanical artworks from her best-selling 1975 and 1983 publications. It includes over 170 new paintings, bringing the total number of plants to more than 800- all in colour and life-size. Flowers, fruits, and other features are shown in superb detail. Comprehensive notes, written in consultation with expert botanists, accompany the illustrations. They provide up-to-date information on each plants habitat, distribution, identification, nomenclature, and more.
Description from the publisher, Te Papa Press

Julia Morison: a loop around a loop Justin Paton, Jennifer Hay and Anna Smith, Christchurch Art Gallery / Dunedin Public Art Gallery

Catalogue of an exhibition held at Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu 21 July - 23 October 2006 and Dunedin Public Art Gallery 2 December 2006 - 15 April 2007, curated by Felicity Milburn of Christchurch Art Gallery and Justin Paton of Dunedin Public Art Gallery.

Lake of Coal: The Disappearance of a Mining Township David Cook, Craig Potton Publishing / Ramp Press

“Rotowaro was once a mining township on the Waikato coalfields west of Huntley. Situated in the path of an opencast mine, it was entirely removed in the late 1980 ’s. The destruction of this community is the subject of Lake of Coal, a 20 year photo-documentary project by New Zealand photographer David Cook” -- Back cover.