Under Two Flags - The New Zealand Salvation Army's Response to the First World War by Harold Hill; Kingsley Sampson; Phil Lascelles; Garry Mellsop
$59.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Historical
Under Two Flags is the story of The Salvation Army of New Zealand in the First World War and fi lls an important gap in our knowledge of New Zealands response to that war. Written mostly by members of The Salvation Army, it covers the support the Army gave both at home in New Zealand and with the New Ze ...Show more
The Furthest Garrison - Imperial Regiments in New Zealand 1840-1870 by Adam Davis
$69.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Historical | Series: From Musket to Maxim 1815-1914 Ser.
The Furthest Garrison focuses on Imperial Forces in New Zealand, with particular reference to Auckland. Existing work has focused solely on the conduct of the New Zealand (Maori) Wars between 1846 and 1866. While this in itself is of undoubted significance, there is an additional unexplored aspect of th ...Show more
Today in New Zealand History (Updated) by Neill Atkinson; David Green; Gareth Phipps; Steve Watters
$39.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Historical
Dates matter, and they are often a starting point for our engagement with history. For most New Zealanders, days like 6 February or 25 April are laden with significance. They are recognised as markers of important moments in our past; they inspire pride, connection, reflection, or perhaps controversy. S ...Show more
Then. Now. Always: Royal Australian Air Force Illustrated History 1921-2021 (HB) by Air Force History Branch
$65.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Historical
Royal Australian Air Force has come a long way since its early beginnings in the Australian Flying Corps, an element of the Australian Army. From its birth as a fledgling little brother of the other two services, the RAAF has developed over the years in its elements of raising, training, and sustaining ...Show more
Strangers Arrive - Emigres and the Arts in New Zealand 1930-1980 by Leonard Bell
$75.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Historical | Reading Level: very good
From the 1930s through the 1950s, a substantial number of forced migrants - refugees from Nazism, displaced people after World War II and escapees from Communist countries - arrived in New Zealand from Europe. Among them were an extraordinary group of artists and writers, photographers and architects wh ...Show more
Christchurch Crimes 1850 - 1875 by Geoffrey Rice
$30.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Historical
While researching a different book, historian Geoffrey W. Rice was poring through old newspaper reports and was struck by the number of articles about crime in Victorian Christchurch. Fascinated by what he was reading, he became diverted from the task at hand and set about writing this book instead: abo ...Show more
South Sea Vagabonds by Johnny Wray
$27.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Historical
75th anniversary edition of the timeless New Zealand classic of adventure at sea. Johnny Wray's gripping and often hilarious account of his adventures around the South Pacific has inspired readers and changed lives since its first publication 75 years ago. Fired from his day job during the Great Depress ...Show more
Tangata Whenua - A History [text-only edition] by Atholl Anderson, Judith Binney, Aroha Harris
$49.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Historical | Series: 1st | Reading Level: very good
Tangata Whenua: A History presents a rich narrative of the Māori past from ancient origins in South China to the twenty-first century, in a handy paperback format. The authoritative text is drawn directly from the award-winning Tangata Whenua: An Illustrated History; the full text of the big hardback is ...Show more
A History of New Zealand Women by Barbara Brookes
$69.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Historical | Reading Level: near fine
What would a history of New Zealand look like that rejected Thomas Carlyle's definition of history as 'the biography of great men', and focused instead on the experiences of women? One that shifted the angle of vision and examined the stages of this country's development from the points of view of wives ...Show more
Sing New Zealand by Guy Jansen
$59.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Historical | Reading Level: near fine
New Zealanders love to sing together. Thousands of us sing in hundreds of choirsthroughout the country, making it our most popular and participated in performing art. Most of us have sung in school choirs, or participated in national competitions such as the Big Sing, and increasingly people are joining ...Show more
Treasures of the University of Canterbury Library by Chris Jones
$40.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Historical | Reading Level: very good
The University of Canterbury is the guardian of a rich and varied inheritance, which is reflected in the diverse material held by its libraries. These collections enable us to discover not only the history of Christchurch, the South Island of New Zealand's largest city, but also into the history of an e ...Show more