Ghosts of Gondwana: the history of life in New Zealand. George Gibbs. 2011

Have you ever wondered why New Zealand’s plants and animals are so different from those in other countries?

Why the kakapo is the only parrot in the world that cannot fly, or why the kiwi lives here and nowhere else?

Ghosts of Gondwana is the remarkable story of how and why life evolved in New Zealand.