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

’ — Jim Mora

It is home to New Zealand’s most diverse native bird and reptile communities

’ — Ben Thomas

It underlines discussion on visual art as a valuable repository of cultural history

Hard by the Cloud House A book for all NewAn 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