Janet Hunt
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Writer and graphic designer. Titles include Hone Tuwhare: a Biography; A Bird in the Hand: Keeping NZ Wildlife Safe; From Weta to Kauri; Wetlands of New Zealand: a Bitter-Sweet Story and E3 Call Home. In 2014 I co-authored Paradise Saved, about the large number of community sanctuaries in NZ. My most recent title is Our Big Blue Backyard, a companion to the NHNZ series of the same name.
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Branch:
Central Districts
Location:
New Plymouth
Publications:
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Our Big Blue Backyard
Random House, 2014
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Wetlands of New Zealand: a bitter-sweet story
Random House, 2007; winner of the Montana Medal, 2008
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Hone Tuwhare: a biography
Godwit, 1998
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A Bird in the Hand: Keeping NZ Wildlife Safe
Random House, 2003; NZ Post Book Awards Book of the Year 2004
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How to Mend a Kea + other fabulous fix-it tales from Wildbase Hospital2017
Massey University Press,
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Three Kiwi Tales: More fabulous fix-it tales from Wildbase Hospital
Massey University Press, 2019