Te Ata o Tū: The Shadow of Tumatauenga by Matiu Baker, Katie Cooper, Michael Fitzgerald and Rebecca Rice (editors)
$70.00 NZD
Category: NZ Land Wars
The New Zealand Wars of 1845-72 were a series of bitter and bloody conflicts between Maori and Pakeha that extended from Wairau to the Bay of Islands, and from Taranaki to the East Cape. They are as important to New Zealand as the civil wars were to England and to the United States. Land and sovereignty ...Show more
The Story of Menzies Bay( Autographed Copy) by Ian H. Menzies
$125.00 NZD
Category: Early NZ | Reading Level: very good
Secondhand. Signed by the author. The Menzies family have lived at Menzies Bay on the Banks Peninsula since 1878. This book, written by Ian H. Menzies describes nearly a century of country life in a unique area.
Doctors Divided: Medical Societies in Christchurch 1865-97 by Geoffrey W. Rice
$35.00 NZD
Category: Early NZ | Reading Level: very good
Secondhand. Signed by the author. Meet some colourful and quarrelsome doctors. A fascinating and important story of increasing professionalism in a period of major transition from the era of blood-letting and miasmas to the modern medical world of bacteriology and epidemiology, vaccination and asepti ...Show more
New Zealand Mysteries: Secrets, Spooks, Conspiracies And Con Artists-Intrigues That Have Puzzled The Nation by Nicola McCloy
$32.50 NZD
Category: NZ History | Reading Level: Very Good
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 o ...Show more
Rangiwaea, Bell's Junction School 1905-2005 by Gordon Collier
$35.00 NZD
Category: NZ History | Reading Level: very good
Secondhand. published to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Rangiwaea School and a reunion of the Bell's Junction schools.
Touching on Deaths: A Medical History of Early Auckland Based on the First 384 Inquests by GLUCKMAN, Laurie
$30.00 NZD
Category: Early NZ | Reading Level: very good
Secondhand. Auckland psychiatrist and medical historian, Laurie Gluckman, Discovered the only remaining record of the Auckland Coroners reports from 1840-1864 whilst searching through a garage sale. Laurie's transcription of the records is supplemented here by a wealth of historical data providing a va ...Show more
The Correspondence School Silver Jubilee 1922-1947
$42.50 NZD
Category: NZ History | Reading Level: very good
Secondhand. A booklet about the early history of The New Zealand Correspondence School (NZCS).
Maori Slade A Novel by Christopher P Tobin
$25.00 NZD
Category: Early NZ
An iconic story of a man battling stereotypes and prejudices, struggling to fit in.
Kiwis in Conflict: A History of New Zealanders at War Revised and Updated by Christopher Pugsley; Laurie Barber; 93299210342009329921034200
$60.00 NZD
Category: NZ & World War II
Kiwis in Conflict is the story of New Zealand and New Zealanders at war from the mid-19th century to the present day. Originally published as Scars of the Heart, this new revised and updated edition examines the impact of war through the eyes of those involved using photographs, paintings, letters and d ...Show more
Making New Zealand: Pictorial Surveys of a Century [A Selection of Issues for Individual Purchase] by Various
$25.00 NZD
Category: Magazine
Adventures and Experiences of a Pioneer Colonist by Captain Barry
$95.00 NZD
Category: Early NZ | Reading Level: very good
Secondhand. Other title: Glimpses of the Australian Colonies and New Zealand: A Thrilling Narrative of the Early Days: Embodying the life-history of Captain William Jackson Barry Who Arrived in New South Wales in 1829. Includes history of Maori with reference to New Zealand Wars. Illustrated with b/w ...Show more
Gallipoli Diaries : The Anzac's Own Story Day by Day by Jonathan King
$22.50 NZD
Category: NZ & World War I | Reading Level: very good
For the first time the full story of what happened at Gallipoli is told in the words of the soldiers fighting in the trenches. Starting with the landing right up until the last day of the campaign, this is a daily account in the world of the Gallipoli soldier taken from letters and diaries of the men wh ...Show more