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Janet Hunt
Photo Credit: Photograph by Peter Haines


Janet Hunt is an acclaimed writer, academic and graphic designer. In 2004, her study of New Zealand wildlife won Best in Non-Fiction and Book of the Year at the New Zealand Post Book Awards for Children and Young Adults, as well as the Elsie Locke Award at the LIANZA Children's Book Awards. In 2008, her Wetlands of New Zealand: A Bitter-Sweet Story won the Environment Award and the Montana Medal for Non-Fiction at the Montana New Zealand Book Awards.

Books by Janet Hunt

From Weta To Kauri

From Weta to Kauri is the prefect book to put in your backpack and take into the bush when you go walking and tramping.

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