Vikings of the Sunrise by Te Rangi Hiroa; Paora Tapihana (Foreword by)
$49.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Historical
One of the greatest books ever written about the peopling of the Pacific, Te Rangi Hiroa's masterpiece interweaves oral history, scholarship and personal reflections to recount the movements of seafarers from East Asia to the furthest corners of Polynesia. Out of print for many decades, Vikings of the S ...Show more
Alpine Thunder: When the KB Class Ruled the Midland Line by Jonathon Singleton
$69.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Historical
Finally, the complete story of NZR’s most powerful conventional steam locomotive class has been documented. Author Jonathan Shingleton details the operational constrictions of the Midland line, history leading up to the development of the KB class, including proposals to transfer X class to the South Is ...Show more
Mr Rolland: Something of an Artist by Anne Rowland
$50.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Historical
Adam Rolland was born in Edinburgh in 1841 but emigrated to Otago with his parents and siblings on the Alpine in 1859. He documented the journey and this interest and skill with drawing and watercolour continued through his life, and even provided employment. This book focuses on a group of watercolour ...Show more
Port to Plains: The Story of the Lyttelton Railway Tunnel by David Welch
$44.90 NZD
Category: New Zealand Historical
Port to Plains celebrates the 150th anniversary of the Lyttelton Railway Tunnel by exploring the politics, the technology and the human stories behind the construction of the Lyttelton Railway Tunnel – the largest single engineering project of colonial New Zealand. The tunnel, from the vote to build to ...Show more
Bravo, Neu Zeeland: Two Maori in Vienna 1859-1860
$45.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Historical
Great Tales from New Zealand History by Gordon McLauchlan
$29.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Historical | Reading Level: near fine
An intriguing collection of tales plucked from the byways of our country's history by a master storyteller who recognises a good yarn when he sees it. Gordon McLauchlan tempts our imagination with 46 little-known tales from New Zealand¿s past. Here you will discover: - that Auckland applied twice to the ...Show more
Freyberg: A Life's Journey by Matthew Wright
$45.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Historical | Reading Level: near fine
In this fresh account of one of the 20th-century's great New Zealanders, Matthew Wright approaches Bernard Freyberg the man rather than the more widely known figure of a military leader. What took a humble immigrant child in Wellington to become a hero in two wars, friend to literary giants and politici ...Show more
Goldfields of Otago: An Illustrated History 3rd Edition With Supplement by John Hall-Jones
$45.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Historical
In 1861 Gabriel Read discovered rich gold in Gabriels Gully triggering off the great gold rush to Otago. One year later Hartley and Reilly panned 87 pounds of gold from the Dunstan Gorge of the Clutha River and a second great rush of miners swept into the province. As eager prospectors pushed their way ...Show more
Transgressing Tikanga - Captured by Maori - First-hand Accounts 1816-1884 by Trevor Bentley
$39.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Historical | Reading Level: near fine
Transgressing Tikanga is a collection of 20 first-hand accounts written by Europeans who were captured by Maori between 1816 and 1884. These Pakeha men and women were seized when they either committed blatant acts of aggression or unknowingly transgressed tikanga Maori (customary law), for which utu was ...Show more
Voices of World War II: New Zealanders Share Their Stories by Renee Hollis
$49.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Historical
Gain a fascinating insight into the human side of war with this collection of memories sent in by families across New Zealand. Captivating and genuine, it is a compendium of first-hand memories, stories, and reflections which provides an enduring snapshot of what life was like during WWII, from the poin ...Show more
Kiwi Farmers' Guide To Life: Rural Tales from the Heartland by Tim Fulton
$39.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Historical | Reading Level: near fine
Stories of New Zealand farmers and their families, tracing the ancestral journeys that brought them to their particular piece of rural Kiwi paradise. Profiles some of the country’s most innovative farmers; their motivations, frustrations and legacies; the camaraderie amongst their local communities. Sto ...Show more
The Penguin History of Aotearoa New Zealand by Michael King
$38.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Historical
This bestselling book by the late Michael King is the unchallenged contemporary reference on the history of New Zealand. First published in 2003 and hailed as a triumph of careful research, wide reading and judicious assessment, it has been continuously in print for twenty years and has sold over 300,00 ...Show more