Philip Simpson

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Philip Simpson is a botanist and author of Dancing Leaves: The Story of New Zealand’s Cabbage Tree, Tī Kōuka (Canterbury University Press, 2000) and Pōhutukawa and Rātā: New Zealand’s Iron-hearted Trees (Te Papa Press, 2005). Both books won Montana Book Awards in the Environment category and Pōhutukawa and Rātā also won the Montana Medal for best non-fiction book. Simpson is unique in his ability to combine the scientific expertise of the trained botanist with a writer’s ability to understand the history of Māori and Pākehā interactions with the environment. He was awarded the Creative New Zealand Michael King Writer’s Fellowship to work on Tōtara: A Natural and Cultural History (Auckland University Press, 2017).

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Philip Simpson

Philip Simpson

Tōtara: A Natural and Cultural History (Softback Edition)

Tōtara: A Natural and Cultural History (Hardback Edition)