Hastings District Libraries

The 4 powers of Daren Sáner / Michael Oehley.

Daren Sáner is an unusual boy with few friends. When Daren touches a rare jewel on the spaceship, he sets off an energy pulse that disrupts the Starship's master computer. The event happens at a time of crisis on the Starship. The destination planet cannot support life and the directions to the home planet, Óshéanús, are lost. First person recount. Suggested level: primary, intermediate.

All about New Zealand's wildlife of the past by Dave Gunson

Why did the amazing moa become extinct? "no other bird in the world has stood as large as the largest moa...up to 3 metres if the head was held erect".  That's a very Big Bird.

This interesting book book tells the story of New Zealand's wildlife of the past.  There were some very odd creatures, for instance the False-toothed pelican.  The Giant eagle was the largest bird of prey ever to have existed!  We even had crocodiles here in NZ once, and of course there were dinosaurs a very long time ago.