Author(s): Nicola McCloy

NZ History | Secondhand

Secondhand.

Con artists, conspiracies, disappearances, deaths, mysterious creatures and unusual visitors - although our country's history is short, it is littered with mysteries that intrigue New Zealanders. This book brings together some of this country's strangest tales, from the ghostly canoe seen on Lake Tarawera just before the eruption in 1866, to the sightings of giant cats in Canterbury in 2005; from the disappearance of the Marlborough in 1890 to the bombing of Wellington's Trades Hall in 1984. These tales have fascinated and puzzled New Zealanders for years and many of them are unsolved, unexplained or just plain unbelievable.

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