History of the Country Women's Institutes of New Zealand 1921-1958 by Barbara Harper
$30.00 NZD
Category: NZ Social & Cultural History
The story of the establishment, and public service of the Women's Institutes, including during the years of WWII. Includes lists of the various branches.
Hustlers, Rogues and Bubble Boys: A History of White-Collar Crime in New Zealand by Graeme Hunt
$19.50 NZD
Category: NZ Social & Cultural History | Reading Level: very good
White collar mischief in New Zealand.
I Do - 125 Years of New Zealand Weddings by Sandra Coney
$20.00 NZD
Category: NZ Social & Cultural History
A 1995 Women's Book Festival title which covers New Zealand weddings from 1870 to the present day. It includes a social history as well as a history of design and style.
Inside Centrepoint: The Story of a New Zealand Community by Len Oakes
$30.00 NZD
Category: NZ Social & Cultural History
Softback. 236 pages. SECONDHAND
Jim Henderson's Open Country by Jim Henderson
$17.50 NZD
Category: NZ Social & Cultural History
Jim Henderson's People by Jim Henderson; Bruce Foster (Photographer); Margot Alexander (Illustrator)
$22.00 NZD
Category: NZ Social & Cultural History
Justice & Race : Campaigns against racism and abuse in Aotearoa New Zealand by Oliver Sutherland
$22.50 NZD
Category: NZ Social & Cultural History
Over half of those locked up in our prisons are Maori - are non-Pakeha people treated fairly by our police and courts? In the 1960s and '70s, thousands of young New Zealanders were arrested, charged and processed by children's courts for a variety of mostly minor offences. Few had access to lawyers. Mos ...Show more
Kororareka & Other Essays by Ormond Wilson
$32.50 NZD
Category: Maori History, Society & Culture
Softback. 139 pages. SECONDHAND
Lake of Coal: The Disappearance of a Mining Township by David Cook
$57.50 NZD
Category: NZ Social & Cultural History
Rotowaro was once a mining township on the Waikato coalfields west of Huntly. Situated in the path of an opencast mine, it was entirely removed in the late 1980s to access coal for the Huntly Power Station. The destruction of this community is the subject of Lake of Coal, a 20 year photo-documentary pro ...Show more
Land Uprooted High - New Zealand's Rise to International Insignificance by A. K. Grant; K. P. Gabara (Illustrator)
$32.50 NZD
Category: NZ Social & Cultural History
Second hand. Sub-titled "New Zealand's Rise to International Insignificance" this is a witty and humerous account of New Zealand's story.
Languages of New Zealand by Allan Bell
$30.00 NZD
Category: NZ Social & Cultural History
A collection of essays by noted linguistic specialists, Languages of New Zealand is a valuable addition to the scholarship and study of language and linguistics in our country. New Zealand has been characterised as one of the most monolingual countries in the world, and there is no doubt that English wi ...Show more
Littledene: A New Zealand Rural Community by H.C.D. Somerset
$95.00 NZD
Category: North & Mid Canterbury