John Grigg of Longbeach A Biographical Essay by P.G. Stevens
$45.00 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoirs
Just in time : Heathcote Valley 2010 by Drina Sisarich
$21.50 NZD
Category: Christchurch City & Banks Peninsula
This book showcases the charms of Christchurch's beautiful Heathcote Valley. Concept & text by Drina Sisarich; photography by Ian McLeod & Drina Sisarich.
Kaikoura by J. M. Sherrard
$70.00 NZD
Category: Cadsonbury
A comprehensive history of Kaikoura from the days of Te Rauparaha, whalers, farmers, pioneers, timber millers and fellers to the growth of roads, shipping and coach services. A good source for social and family historians alike. First published in 1966, this is a facsimile reprint.
Lake Ellesmere to Te Pirita by Sarah E.W. Penney
$140.00 NZD
Category: Christchurch City & Banks Peninsula
Second hand.
Lancaster Park : Illustrated History by Don Neely
$60.00 NZD
Category: Christchurch City & Banks Peninsula
Lancaster Park, or Jade Stadium, as it is known these days, has been a friend of Canterbury sports lovers since 1881. In that time it has been transformed from a group of paddocks into a fine modern sports facility that is run professionally by full-time staff.These days Jade Stadium is mainly a footbal ...Show more
Living Between Land & Sea - The Bays of Whakaraupo Lyttelton Harbour by Jane Robertson
$75.00 NZD
Category: Christchurch City & Banks Peninsula | Reading Level: very good
This superbly illustrated history of the people who settled in the many bays of Whakaraup/Lyttelton Harbour is full of finely observed insights into the challengesof living in small, remote communities. Acknowledging the rich history of Te Hapu o Ngāti Wheke and their guardianship of this place, the bo ...Show more
Local Lives A History of Addington by John Wilson
$95.00 NZD
Category: Christchurch City & Banks Peninsula
Secondhand. Signed by the author. Local Lives records the past of one of the oldest inner suburbs of Christchurch. Addington was well-known throughout New Zealand as home to a railway workshops, a stock sale yards, a show grounds, a race course, a prison and an immigration barracks. The histories of al ...Show more
Looking Back A History of the Christchurch School of Nursing 1891-1987 by Helen Campbell
$42.50 NZD
Category: Christchurch City & Banks Peninsula
Lost Christchurch by John Wilson
$45.00 NZD
Category: Christchurch City & Banks Peninsula
Second hand. A pictorial history of Christchurch's architectural treasures lost to demolition or fire. Numerous black and white photographs of long-gone buildings. Published in 1984 this history is all the more poignant considering the awful loss of remaining inner city buildings in the 2010 and 2011 e ...Show more
Lyttelton: Port and Town - an Illustrated History: Port and Town - an Illustrated History by Geoffrey Rice
$35.00 NZD
Category: Christchurch City & Banks Peninsula
Secondhand. Signed by the author. The story of Christchurch's main port and one of its oldest boroughs. From the 'Pilgrim Port' of the 1850s, with its single jetty to receive thousands of Canterbury Assocaition settlers to the bustling modern port town of today.This is the story of Canterbury's main po ...Show more