Recreating the Magic: the Rebirth of a Christchurch Theatre by Anna Crighton
$39.99 NZD
Category: Canterbury & Christchurch
This is the story of the restoration and reconstruction of a heritage building on the brink of collapse after the 2011 earthquakes.As dramatic as any production that has taken place on the theatre's stage, this story shows that, in reality, earthquake damage is only as great as we allow it to be.
Christchurch by Deb Donnell
$25.00 NZD
Category: Canterbury & Christchurch | Series: Christchurch Then and Now
Christchurch 3rd Edition takes you on a visual journey around the earthquake and wildfire impacted city of Christchurch, New Zealand, and surrounding towns, including Kaikoura. 155 full colour images compare how the scenes looked before the disasters, and the transformation it is going through as it rec ...Show more
Victoria Square: Cradle of Christchurch by Geoffrey W. Rice
$19.99 NZD
$59.99 (66% off)
Category: Canterbury & Christchurch
Victoria Square, that green and peaceful oasis in the centre of Christchurch, has a special claim to fame: it is the only city square in the world with a river running through it. And it has a rich and varied history, starting in 1850 when, as Christchurch's Market Place, it was the centre of commerce i ...Show more
Rising from the Rubble by Ardagh Michael
$39.99 NZD
Category: Canterbury & Christchurch | Reading Level: near fine
How do health care workers manage disaster on an unprecedented scale?The 2011 Canterbury earthquakes were more challenging to the region's health system than anyone could have expected. The injured needed immediate treatment, buildings and equipment were badly damaged, aftershocks continued to rock the ...Show more
Old Bucky & Me: Dispatches from the Christchurch Earthquake by Jane Bowron
$33.00 NZD
Category: Canterbury & Christchurch | Reading Level: very good
On February 22, 2011, journalist Jane Bowron had been living back in her hometown of Christchurch for three years when the city was struck by a magnitude 6.3 earthquake – just five months after a 7.1 earthquake. The first quake had caused damage but no fatalities. This time it was the ultimate horror st ...Show more
Come Back to Mona Vale - Life and death in a Christchurch Mansion by Alexander McKinnon
$40.00 NZD
Category: Canterbury & Christchurch | Reading Level: near fine
Come Back to Mona Vale is a beautifully written, compelling narrative/memoir that sets about unravelling the mysteries and anomalies behind the public history of a wealthy Christchurch business family in the first half of the 20th century. The author-as narrator gradually becomes aware that his family h ...Show more
Canterbury Foothills & Forests: A Walking and Tramping Guide by Pat Barrett
$39.99 NZD
Category: Canterbury & Christchurch
This new edition of Pat Barrett's popular guide to walking excursions in the greater Canterbury region adds Lewis Pass National Reserve and Western Arthur's Pass National Park to the areas included in the first edition, and also covers additional areas of Te Kahui Kaupeka and Hakatere Conservation Parks ...Show more
You Know You're From Christchurch When... 2 by Bruce Raines
$16.99 NZD
Category: Canterbury & Christchurch
Following the success of the bestselling YOU KNOW YOU'RE FROM CHRISTCHURCH WHEN..., which showed Cantabrians' ability to laugh at themselves in the face of the city's devastating earthquakes, YOU KNOW YOU'RE FROM DUNEDIN WHEN...takes a tongue-in-cheek look at those living in New Zealand's 'University Ci ...Show more
Quackery in Christchurch 1850-1900 by Geoffrey W. Rice
$42.50 NZD
Category: Canterbury & Christchurch | Reading Level: very good
Quackery is simpley defined as medical practice that has no scientific basis, yet, thanks to the Covid pandemic, alternative medication and treatments are again on the rise all over the world. Mainstream doctors have always warned against placing reliance on patient medicines, herb, homepathy, phrenolo ...Show more
Living Between Land & Sea - The Bays of Whakaraupo Lyttelton Harbour by Jane Robertson
$75.00 NZD
Category: Canterbury & Christchurch | Reading Level: very good
This superbly illustrated history of the people who settled in the many bays of Whakaraup/Lyttelton Harbour is full of finely observed insights into the challengesof living in small, remote communities. Acknowledging the rich history of Te Hapu o Ngāti Wheke and their guardianship of this place, the bo ...Show more
Shaken, Not Stirred: Family Survival in a Quake Zone by Amanda Cropp
$19.99 NZD
$29.99 (33% off)
Category: Canterbury & Christchurch
Imagine sharing a portable toilet with your neighbours for months on end, showering in a shipping container in the fire station car park, or travelling for three hours a day on six different buses to get to and from school. Such was life in post-quake Christchurch for Amanda Cropp and her family. On Sep ...Show more