Blind Bay Hookers - The Little Ships of Early Nelson, and Colonial Times by Fred Westrupp
55.00 NZD
Category: NZ History
The history of early central New Zealand colonisation from a maritime perspective.
Empire City - Wellington Becomes the Capital of New Zealand by John E Martin
70.00 NZD
Category: NZ History | Reading Level: very good
Empire City: Wellington Becomes the Capital of New Zealand takes Wellington from the first encounter between Māori and the New Zealand Company in Te Whanganui-a-Tara in 1839 to its becoming the Empire City by the 1870s. It tells the story that began with a small and fragile New Zealand Company Pākehā se ...Show more
Lost... Without Trace? by Richard Waugh
83.99 NZD
Category: NZ History
NZ Aviation Mystery - Brian Chadwick and the missing Dragonfly On 12th February 1962 Dragonfly ZK-AFB went missing on a scenic flight from Christchurch to Milford Sound. The search for the aircraft, its pilot Brian Chadwick and four passengers, was headline news in New Zealand and Australia. In spit ...Show more
The English Text of the Treaty of Waitangi by Ned Fletcher
69.99 NZD
Category: Aotearoa New Zealand Books
How was the English text of the Treaty of Waitangi understood by the British in 1840? That is the question addressed by historian and lawyer Ned Fletcher, in this extensive work. With one exception, the Treaty sheets signed by rangatira and British officials were in te reo Maori. The Maori text, Te Tiri ...Show more
Histories of Hate: The Radical Right in Aotearoa New Zealand by Matthew Cunningham, Marinus La Rooij, Paul Spoonley
50.00 NZD
Category: NZ History
Histories of Hate explores intolerance and extremism in Aotearoa New Zealand, from the emergence of the precursors to the radical right during British settlement in the late nineteenth century to today' s QAnon conspiracists and keyboard warriors. A definitive, benchmark text, this volume sheds light on ...Show more
Historic Places of New Zealand by Rob Suisted
9.99 NZD
19.99 (50% off)
Category: NZ History
New Zealand's historic places are tied intrinsically to the landscape, where evidence of the earliest settlements are clearly visible. In the latest title in his compact pictorial series, photographer Rob Suisted has recorded our most impressive and popular heritage sites. Early Maori pa and earthworks ...Show more
Jumping Sundays - The Rise and Fall of the Counterculture in Aotearoa New Zealand by Nick Bollinger
49.99 NZD
Category: Cultural History | Reading Level: near fine
Award-winning writer Nick Bollinger’s deep history of the transformation of New Zealand life wrought by the counterculture in the 1960s and ’70s.On a Sunday afternoon in the spring of 1969, thousands of people defied Auckland city bylaws and came to party in Albert Park. A rock band played on the rotund ...Show more
Shifting Grounds - Deep Histories of Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland by Lucy Mackintosh
59.99 NZD
Category: NZ History | Reading Level: near fine
In a city that has forgotten and erased much of its history, there are still places where traces of the past can be found. Deep histories, both natural and human, have been woven together over hundreds of years in places across Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland, forming potent sites of national significance. T ...Show more
Who Lived There? The Stories Behind Historic New Zealand Buildings by Nicola McCloy; Jane King
44.99 NZD
Category: NZ History | Reading Level: very good
You can't help but wonder about the stories behind the unusual buildings you see around New Zealand - from cute colonial cottages to abandoned industrial buildings or ghost towns. Nicola McCloy went looking to find out ... who lived there? From basic stone cottages in barren-looking countryside to prett ...Show more