Stewart Island Bibliography
Both Sails Ashore & Kowhai Lane have extensive libraries of local interest reference books and DVD’s. And we have used these to assist with the various information pages we have on this web site. The bibliography below are designed to reflect the four main interest streams.
This web site also draws on 40 odd years of Island life and on many many fascinating hours spent talking with “old Islanders”. Many of whom are now sadly gone. Their memories and stories gave substance to the magic of Stewart Island
And some of those memories have been given to us in the shape of old books and albums. One we were very grateful to receive was an album of photos and short descriptions put together by one of the New Zealanders who crewed on one of the Norwegian Whaling Expeditions in the 1920’s. The “Whaling Base” in Paterson Inlet is a tangible link with that interesting chapter in Island life.
| Genera | Title | Author | ISBN |
| Rakiura | Howard | 0 589 00901 X | |
| Murihiku | McNab | ||
| William Stewart | Ross | 0 909 434 28 8 | |
| The Stewart Islanders | Sansom | 0 589 00454 9 | |
| In the Grip of an Island | Sansom | 0 908629 00 1 | |
| Brother Wholers | Natusch | 0 473 01611 7 | |
| Stewart Island Explored | Hall Jones | 0 908629 42 7 | |
| Titi Heritage | Wilson | 0 9597554 4 6 | |
| Roy Traill of Stewart Island | Natusch | ||
| John Boultbee | A.C. & N.C. Begg | 0 7233 0604 4 | |
| HISTORY | Kaipipi Shipyards & Ross Sea Whalers | Watt | 0 9597719 1 3 |
| HISTORY | The Whalers Base | Watt | |
| Foveaux Whaling Yarns of Yankee Jack | Richards | 0 908774 12 5 | |
| Tutakiwa …. Maori Place Names … | Ashwell | 0 473 08325 6 | |
| The Whaling Trade in Old New Zealand | Rickard | ||
| Out of Tune (Novel) | Orwin | 1 877135 90 9 | |
| Pegasus Tin | Petchey | 0-478-14118-1 | |
| In the Wake of a Sealer | Kelly | 0 473 10091 6 | |
| Sealers & Whalers in NZ waters | Grady | 0 474 0050 8 | |
| Traditional Lifeways of Southern Maori | Beattie | 0 908569 79 3 | |
| Rakiura Heritage | Peat | 978-0-478-14820-6 | |
| Flora of New Zealand (vols 1, 11, 111,) | Allan, Galloway | ||
| Stewart Island Plants | Wilson | ||
| Eagles Trees & Shrubs of NZ | Eagle | 00 00 216532 5 | |
| Eagles Complete Trees and Shrubs of NZ | Eagle | 978 0 909010 08 9 | |
| FLORA | NZ Native Orchids | St George | 1 86962 040 2 |
| NZ Ferns | Crookes & Dobbie | ||
| Common Ferns & Fern Allies | Parkinson | 0 7900 0698 7 | |
| Mushrooms & Other Fungi of New Zealand | Ridley & Horne | 978-1-86966-134-2 | |
| SCENIC | Rakiura | Brown | |
| GENERAL INTEREST | Stewart Island The Last Refuge | Brinkmann & Peat | 1 86941 165 X |
| Jerimiah’s Journey | Leask | 978-0-473-17915-1 | |
| The Dark Side of the Wave | Paul Caffyn | 978-0-9583584-6-0 | |
| Discover Stewart Island | South Coast Productions | ||
| The Titi Islands A Paradise Restored | South Coast Productions | ||
| DVD’s | The Grey Ghosts of Stewart Island | South Coast Productions | |
| Primeval Paradise | Ulva Island Trust | ||
| Octopus Garden | Natural History Unit | ||
Stewart Island Electricity is generated using diesel fuel
Sails Ashore is Solar Powered
But we now produce 100 % of our electrical needs, and are completely "Off Grid", Excess electricity is used to heat our domestic hot water and central heating system and this has cut our non renewable heating fuel usage to around 20% of pre solar.. All cooking is electric, no more LPG. See More .......
Kowhai Lane is also Solar powered,
Kowhai Lane is "Grid Tied" Excess production is used to heat water. Production beyond the house requirements is exported, thus cutting diesel use in the wider grid. At night Kowhai Lane Lodge receives power from the grid.
Like Sails Ashore, all cooking is electric,,,,, No LPG
Sails Ashore, Kowhai Lane & Sails Tours
11 View Street,
Stewart Island, 9846
NEW ZEALAND
+64 3 219 1151
Email: tait@sailsashore.co.nz
Web: www.sailsashore.co.nz