Central Otago History in Bite-Sized Chunks by Nicola McCloy
$29.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Historical
Unearthly Landscapes : New Zealand's Old Cemeteries by Stephen Deed
$50.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Historical
By the nineteenth century the ancient parish churchyards of Britain, burdened with generations of dead, were unable to cope with the strain of rising numbers of corpses. Public concern about health problems eventually put an end to the local parish churchyard burial, and by the time settlers set sail fo ...Show more
The Larnachs by Owen Marshall
$39.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Historical | Reading Level: very good
Based on a real love triangle, this fascinating novel is by one of New Zealand's most-respected authors. 'Dougie's story and mine is not told in the history of William Larnach. It is our private journey, and only we understand how it came about; only we know the fitness and the wonder of it.' William Ja ...Show more
The Myers by Paul Goldsmith & Michael Bassett
$49.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Historical | Reading Level: Very Good
The Myers is a sweeping study of four generations of the Myers family. It moves from Prussian Poland to the goldfields of Ballarat to bankruptcy in the South Island and then to a growing fortune in beer and liquor. It tells the story of local government involvement by the first two generations, and the ...Show more
Cricketing Colonists by Rice Geoffrey
$39.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Historical
John Robert Godley, Edward Gibbon Wakefield, James Edward FitzGerald - these are the names that usually come to mind as the founders of Canterbury. But there was a fourth vitally important individual, arguably equal in importance to FitzGerald, whose story remains largely unknown. William Guise Brittan ...Show more
The Mosquito Fleet of Canterbury. An Impression of the Years 1830-1870 by Colin Amadeo
$69.99 NZD
$74.95 (6% off)
Category: New Zealand Historical | Reading Level: near fine
The Mosquito Fleet Of Canterbury records an almost forgotten aspect of Canterbury history - the role of sea transport in the development of the province. It explores the range of shipping and shipbuilding activity in early Canterbury and includes ship specifications, chronologies, fleet lists and shippi ...Show more
Ghosts of Anzac by Onesimus William Howe
$29.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Historical | Reading Level: Near Fine
Description: Old soldiers never tell their war stories? This one did: "General Johnstone tried to compliment us on our 'work' but was cut up too much when he heard of our losses. He was visibly affected. We marched to Mametz Wood and there Col. Plugge also tried to address us but he could not control h ...Show more
Real Modern - Everyday New Zealand in the 1950s and 1960s by Bronwyn Labrum
$75.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Historical | Reading Level: very good
The decades of the 1950s and '60s continue to exert a powerful fascination, as seen in the lasting popularity of Mad Men, Crown Lynn collectibles and mid-century design. In New Zealand, these years have been remembered in popular culture as a 'golden age' of God, Queen and Country, full employment, the ...Show more
Te Hei Tiki - An Enduring Treasure in a Cultural Continuum by Dougal Austin
$60.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Historical | Reading Level: near fine
Of all Maori personal adornments, the human figure pendants known as hei tiki are the most highly prized and culturally iconic. This book showcases photographs of a large selection of hei tiki, most from the taonga Māori collection at Te Papa. The collection of over 270 hei tiki is the largest in New Ze ...Show more
Pathway of the Birds by Andrew Crowe
$49.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Historical
Pathway of the Birds explores a neglected epoch of world history, one that saw Polynesians expand their territory across the world's largest ocean in one of the most expansive and rapid phases of human migration in prehistory. Were Polynesians adept at navigating return voyages or had they settled the P ...Show more
Tangata Whenua: An Illustrated History by Atholl Anderson, Judith Binney, Aroha Harris
$99.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Historical | Reading Level: very good
Second hand. Tangata Whenua: An Illustrated History charts the sweep of Māori history from ancient origins through to the twenty-first century. Through narrative and images, it offers a striking overview of the past, grounded in specific localities and histories.The story begins with the migration of a ...Show more
Fragments from a Contested Past (BWB Texts) by Joanna Kidman, Vincent O'Malley, Liana MacDonald, Tom Roa and Keziah Wallis
$17.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Historical | Reading Level: near fine
‘What a nation or society chooses to remember and forget speaks to its contemporary priorities and sense of identity. Understanding how that process works enables us to better imagine a future with a different, or wider, set of priorities.’ History has rarely felt more topical or relevant as, all across ...Show more