Kiwi Bees Have Tiny Knees 2024 NZ STORYLINES NOTABLE BOOK AWARD WINNER! 2025 BOOK DESIGN AWARDS FINALIST FOR BEST EDUCATIONAL BOOK – PRIMARY. Publishers Association of New Zealand Te Rau o Tākupu (PANZ) Book Design Awards 2025 Whitley Book Awards Australasian region ‘Kiwi Bees Have Tiny Knees: Native Bees of Aotearoa New Zealand’ Best Children’s Educational Book 2025 Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales Hardcover Edition Most people are not aware that New Zealand has native bees, but once you meet them, you’re sure to fall in love with them! With 36 stunning photographic images, fun illustrations and diagrams, Kiwi Bees Have Tiny Knees is an informative, interactive visual feast! Kiwi Bees Have Tiny Knees connects children to the world around them, where native bees, ngaro huruhuru, have had a long evolutionary history with New Zealand’s unique heritage – they are a taonga! Short videos (QR codes in book) of native bees are available to view on my RESOURCES PAGE. Visit there to view these cool little bees! Endorsements: “This is a beautiful book on our special native bees; it’s crammed full of fascinating information. I’m excited to meet a future generation of kids already pre-loaded with native bee facts!”– David Pattemore, The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Ltd “Not only for kids! This is a book for everyone who is interested in New Zealand’s nature. Rachel Weston has achieved something that was long overdue: compiling all facts about native bees, beautifully wrapped in marvellous colours of words, photos and illustrations. You will discover new things from the bee’s world every time you look into this book.”– Julia Kasper, Lead Curator Invertebrates, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
