Otago Cavalcade 1921-1925 by Hardwicke Knight
$22.50 NZD
Category: Otago | Reading Level: very good
Secondhand. A predominantly pictorial account of Otago's history beginning in the year 1921 and covering all the years till 1925. These were the gay twenties. New Zealanders were not much aware of what was going on over the horizon: Hilter, Stalin, Gangsters in America or the massacre of Greek civilians ...Show more
Otago Cavalcade 1911-1915 by Hardwicke Knight
$22.50 NZD
Category: Otago | Reading Level: very good
Secondhand. A predominantly pictorial account of Otago's history beginning in the year 1911 and covering all the years till 1915. It brings us to the outbreak of World War I in 1914 and to major political changes. Furthermore, this book intended to give a fair sample of what was looked at by that consi ...Show more
Otago Cavalcade 1901-1905 by Hardwicke Knight
$22.50 NZD
Category: Otago | Reading Level: very good
Secondhand. Reproductions of early photographs of Otago, compiled and captioned by Hardwicke Knight.
Akaroa by Gwenda Turner
$37.50 NZD
Category: NZ Regional History | Reading Level: very good
Secondhand. This book includes 64 original pen and wash drawings by the artist depicting the life and landscape of Akaroa.
Tapu-Kereta School and District Reunion 18??-1979 by Tapu-Kereta Reunion Committee
$25.00 NZD
Category: NZ Regional History | Reading Level: very good
Secondhand. A special record of over 100 years of settlement in Tappu, including the earliest activities, schooling, sports, the heyday of the Gold Rush, etc. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
Otago Cavalcade Complete Set (Seven Volumes, from 1901-1935) by Hardwicke Knight
$145.00 NZD
Category: Otago | Reading Level: very good
Secondhand. The complete seven volumes. Reproductions of early photographs of Otago, compiled and captioned by Hardwicke Knight. Published 1983-1985. Volumes included 1901-1905,1906-1910, 1911-1915, 1916-1920, 1921-1925, 1926-1930,1931-1935.
The Canterbury Museum: An Accounting on Re-opening by Robin S. Allan
$15.00 NZD
Category: NZ Regional History | Reading Level: very good
Secondhand. A concise report of the remodelling and enlargement of the Canterbury Museum as a Canterbury Centennial Memorial project.
Let's Take a Walk by Words by Nicole Phillipson
$47.50 NZD
Category: Canterbury
The Crofskey family lost their home and business to the Christchurch Earthquakes in 2011. The early rebuild of their cafe, C1 Espresso, marked a return to the central city of life and hope. Sam and Fluer continue to live in the central city of Christchurch with their two young boys. Harrison and Coope ...Show more
Snapshots of Holmes Bay 1935 by Des McSweeney
$27.50 NZD
Category: NZ Regional History | Reading Level: very good
Secondhand. A small booklet tells the story of life in Holmes Bay through a series of snapshots. A glimpse back to the 1930s New Zealand and a bit of taste of Depression and shade of the pre-war.
Both Sides of the Valley The Story of Otira's Hotels by Stephen Wright
$120.00 NZD
Category: NZ Regional History
Both sides of the Valley, the Story of Otira's Hotels. A leisurely journey through nearly 160 years of hotel history, this book centers on the fascinating history of Otira's six hotels. It also delves extensively into the wider history of hotels and accommodation between Jacksons in the west and Bealey ...Show more
Cloud Farm : High on Banks Pennisula by Jane Chetwynd
$19.50 NZD
Category: Christchurch City & Banks Peninsula
Jane Chetwynd was a professor of medicine and an aspiring lifestyle farmer. This account of her love affair with a patch of land 2000 feet above sea level offers insights into practical ecology (regenerating native trees and grappling with gorse). It will appeal to anyone who?s had an impossible dream. ...Show more
Akaroa, Horomaka, Banks Peninsula, Lyttleton by Steve Lowndes
$17.50 NZD
Category: Christchurch City & Banks Peninsula
History and photographs of Horomaka Banks Peninsula.