My Brilliant Suburb by David McGill (ed.); Grant Tilly
$27.50 NZD
Category: NZ Regional History | Reading Level: very good
A celebration of 29 Wellington suburbs by those who live in them. Every article has its own slant on the local history, anecdotes and impressions.
They Came on the Tides: A Short History of Porirua and its People by Michael Keith
$21.50 NZD
Category: Wellington | Reading Level: very good
From the earliest days of human settlement in New Zealand, the Porirua basin was seen as a desirable place to live. This booklet gives us a glimpse of this city and its citizens who made great effort to turn their city in name into a city in actuality. Illustrated with heaps of b/w photographs.
Akaroa - Banks Peninsula (With Water Markings) by Gwenda Turner
$25.00 NZD
Category: NZ Regional History
This book includes 64 original pen and wash drawings by the artist depicting the life and landscape of Akaroa.
Great Barrier Island by Don Armitage
$35.00 NZD
Category: NZ Regional History
Great Barrier Island, the largest island off the coast of New Zealand's North Island and the outer-most island of the Hauraki Gulf, is comparatively undeveloped and free from many of the animal pests that have taken their toll elsewhere in New Zealand. As a result there is a superb natural landscape and ...Show more
Rapids and Riverboats on the Wanganui River by Robert D. Campbell
$65.00 NZD
Category: Manawatu-Whanganui | Reading Level: very good
Fascinating in-depth history on the Whanganui river boats Hatrick and Co. Riverboat Company, 1891 - 1958, and early tourism. Low volume local print, illustrated with b/w photographs and maps.
Tales of Akaroa: 1940-1990
$21.50 NZD
Category: Christchurch City & Banks Peninsula | Reading Level: very good
A special collection of memories of many people on Bank Peninsula. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
Beautiful Dunedin : its environs and the cold lakes of Otago by W. H. Fahey
$65.00 NZD
Category: Otago
With 150 illustrations and lists of Maori phrases. Written as a guidebook for visitors and sub-titled a memento from Maoriland.
Christchurch and beyond by David Wall
$30.00 NZD
Category: Christchurch City & Banks Peninsula
Photojournalist David Wall's fantastic collection of magnificent images that embrace the city and the region beyond. From the spectacular Southern Alps and their foothills, to the farm-rich lands of the plain, through to the coast and Banks Peninsula, there can be few regions in New Zealand that offer a ...Show more
City Pride, Civic Trust: 50 Years Work of the Christchurch Civic Trust by John Wilson; Christchurch Civic Trust Staff (Contribution by); Mainland Foundation Staff (Contribution by)
$37.50 NZD
Category: Christchurch City & Banks Peninsula | Reading Level: very good
Historic Wakatipu by F. W. G. Miller
$30.00 NZD
Category: NZ Regional History | Reading Level: very good
White Gold: the Mount Hutt Story by Gerry Power
$40.00 NZD
Category: NZ Business & Company History
Second hand. Mount Hutt is not only arguably New Zealand's finest ski area, it is a winter playground that saved the small mid-Canterbury town of Methven from slow economic death. The story of the skifield's development is a fascinating saga of latter-day pioneering by a band of rugged individualists w ...Show more