Environment, Floristry & Horticulture

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This guide gives you tips and information for finding material for your Environment, Floristry or Horticulture courses - check out the tab for your subject area.
It's also important to have worked through your course, doing the activities and accessing all the resources within the course.

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Kia ora koutou.

Find out how to access resources for your Environment studies below. 

Course readings

Use the library search box above. click on Course Readings, and enter your course code, e.g. 72191. These include:
print books - free return courier - just hit "Request" 
ebooks - easy to access online:

Click here for more information on how to access ebooks.

Finding further resources

Articles

Use the library search box above. Click on Search Everything, or the Advanced search option for access to thousands of articles including scholarly journals, magazines, newspapers, reports and more.
See our Getting started section for tips on searching.

Books

To find both print and ebooks, use the library search box above. Click on Catalogue, and enter keywords, e.g. environment, ecology, sustainability, conservation, marine management ...

Useful websites

Dept of Conservation
Forest & Bird 
Greenpeace 
Local Government Act 2002 
Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research
NIWA 
NZ Ministry for the Environment 
Our Environment – Land Atlas of NZ 
Resource Management Act 1991 
Resource Management Law Association
WasteMINZ
 

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Meet Tania, your friendly Library & Learning Support Liaison.

Get in touch with our Library & Learning Support team for advice on finding resources, academic writing and referencing.

Welcome to your Floristry guide!

Check out the info below to help you find some great books and recommended websites.

Course readings

Use the Library search box above. Click on the course readings button, enter your course code, e.g. FLO201, and hit Enter.

Results will include:
print books - free return courier - just hit "Request"
ebooks - you don't need to wait to have these sent! (sometimes print books are in high demand).

Click here for more information on how to access ebooks. 
 

Need more resources?

You can also search for more books by using the search box above. Click on Catalogue then enter keywords, e.g. flowers, floristry, flower arrangement...

Recommended websites

Library staff are happy to help you find what you’re looking for online.
Below are a few websites you might find useful to get you started. Your tutor will also direct you to recommended websites.

Careers.govt.nz - Florist
Floral art magazine
Floral Art Society of New Zealand
Floral fundamentals
New Zealand Professional Florists
Palmers

You may also like to check out industry websites. Three sample sites are given below, but you will find many more:
Epoch Floral
Interflora
Petals

Can't find what you need?

Meet Tania, your friendly Library & Learning Support Liaison.

Get in touch with our Library & Learning Support team for advice on finding resources, academic writing and referencing.

Welcome to your guide for Certificate in Horticulture and Certificate in Organic Primary Production.

Below we highlight readings, further resources and recommended websites.

Course readings

Use the Library search box above. Click on the course readings button, enter your course code, e.g. HOR300, and hit Enter.

Results will include:
print books - free return courier - just hit "Request"
ebooks - you don't need to wait to have these sent! (sometimes print books are in high demand).

Click here for more information on how to access ebooks. 

Finding further resources

To search for more resources, use the library search box above. Click on "Catalogue" then enter keywords, e.g. New Zealand horticulture, plant physiology, flora, organic horticulture, sustainable agriculture...

Recommended websites

Library staff are happy to help you find what you’re looking for online.
Below are a few websites you might find useful to get you started. Your tutor will also direct you to recommended websites.

Horticulture New Zealand
RNZIH
Britannica Encyclopedia - Horticulture + see related topics
Organics Aotearoa NZ
Organic Farming - Te Ara Encyclopedia of NZ
Organic Farming – It all starts with the soil - Ceres
OrganicNZ - online magazine

Can't find what you need?

Meet Tania, your friendly Library & Learning Support Liaison.

Get in touch with our Library & Learning Support team for advice on finding resources, academic writing and referencing.