Voyages of the Pioneers to New Zealand by John McLean
$40.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Historical
Worse Things Happen at Sea by John McCrystal
$39.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Historical
MISHAP 1968 – Caught in a sudden violent storm, the Wahine ferry foundered after running aground on Barrett’s Reef, attempting to enter Wellington Harbour. Battered mercilessly by the elements, the Wahine was listing heavily to starboard when the order to abandon ship was given. The tragic events that f ...Show more
Tangata Ngai Tahu / People of Ngai Tahu: Volume Two by Helen Brown & Michael Stevens
$49.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Historical | Reading Level: near fine
Tāngata Ngāi Tahu, Volume Two remembers and celebrates the rich and diverse lives of the people of Ngāi Tahu. Spanning time, geography and kaupapa, some fifty biographies bring Ngāi Tahu history into the present. The people in the book have contributed to their iwi, hapū and whānau in myriad ways: here ...Show more
A Short History of Farming in New Zealand by Gordon McLauchlan
$29.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Historical | Reading Level: new
Gordon McLauchlan continues his bestselling Short History series with an in-depth look into the history of the farming industry in New Zealand. From the early migrant farmers and regional produce trading, to the revolution of refrigeration - opening up global opportunities for our fast-growing export ma ...Show more
Death Among Good Men by Nathalie Philippe
$69.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Historical
Lindsay Merritt Inglis was a young man who found a talent for soldiering with the First New Zealand Expeditionary Force, commanding a Machine Gun company and rising to the rank of Major. From Egypt to the Somme, Messines and Le Quesnoy, he was driven to harness the tactical use of machine guns, the kill ...Show more
Fake Believe: Conspiracy Theories in Aotearoa by Dylan Reeve
$39.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Historical
Conspiracy theories: What do people believe, and why? How have they come to this place, and what does it mean for us all? By speaking to experts and those with personal experience of conspiracy culture, Dylan Reeve conveys what it means to believe and their relation to modern Aoteaora. Fake Believe shou ...Show more
Anzac Nations: The legacy of Gallipoli in New Zealand and Australia 1965-2015 by Rowan Light
$50.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Historical
In Anzac Nations: The legacy of Gallipoli in New Zealand and Australia, 1965 - 2015, author Rowan Light examines the myth-making around Anzac and how commemoration has evolved. Anzac Nations examines three key aspects: the changing and contested meanings of Anzac from the 1960s to the 1980s; the expande ...Show more
Nailed Boots and Crinoline Gowns: Women on the Rural Frontier in Nineteenth Century New Zealand by Robert Peden
$40.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Historical
Histories of Pakeha settlement in New Zealand have often ignored the role of women, or devalued their contribution to mere adjuncts to the work of men. In Nailed Boots and Crinoline Gowns historian Robert Peden argues that not only were women present from the very beginnings of settlement, they were als ...Show more
John Gillies - Skippers Canyon - History Art Adventure by John Gillies
$39.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Historical | Reading Level: near fine
Skippers Canyon is an artist’s paradise and one of New Zealand’s most stunning locations. This historic and scenic gorge, carved out by the Shotover River in Queenstown’s back country, has been a favourite destination and inspiration for artist John Gillies for some forty years. His love of Skippers and ...Show more
100 Days That Mapped a Nation by Graeme Lay
$65.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Historical | Reading Level: very good
October 2019 marks the 250th anniversary of Captain James Cook’s first landfall in New Zealand. One Hundred Days that Mapped a Nation marks this historic occasion by looking at Cook’s intrepid journeys to New Zealand and the Pacific that were unprecedented for the time and had such far-reaching conseque ...Show more
Taking the Ridge: Anzacs and Germans at the Battle of Messines 1917 by Jeffrey McNeill
$79.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Historical
The New Zealand Wars (The New Zealand Series) by Matthew Wright
$29.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Historical | Series: The NZ Series
Why did the New Zealand Wars occur? Who fought them and how did they proceed? And where were these battles fought? In The New Zealand Wars, Matthew Wright answers these questions in probing text supported by fact boxes and illustrations that make navigating these protracted wars easy. Building on his 20 ...Show more