The Trials Of Nurse Kerr by Scott Bainbridge
$37.99 NZD
Category: NZ Law, Crime & Policing
Did New Zealand have a secret poisoner? In 1992, builders demolishing a Devonport home stumbled across a skeleton, triggering an investigation that sent shockwaves across the community. The remains belonged to a woman who had died in the 1930s, and whispers soon emerged of the deadly legacy of Nurse E ...Show more
Freed to Care:100 years of the New Zealand Nurses' Association by Mary Ellen O'Conner
$42.50 NZD
Category: NZ Society
Secondhand. This 100-year history of the New Zealand Nurses Organisation reflects its social, economic and political background, and profiles individuals to highlight the many facets of nursing in New Zealand.
Battlers, Bluffers & Bully-Boys : New Zealand's Prime Ministers have shaped our nation by Richard Wolfe
$18.50 NZD
Category: NZ Political History
Secondhand. Battlers Bluffers and Bully-Boys: How New Zealand's Prime Ministers Have Shaped Our Nation is an essential reference book giving a brief description of each NZ Prime Minister, describing their influence at the time they were PM and also their lasting legacies - how their decisions have form ...Show more
Harraways - Going for Grain: 150 Years of Milling at Green Island, Dunedin by Rebecca Reid; Harraways Staff (Contribution by)
$35.00 NZD
Category: NZ Business & Company History
Secondhand. A DUNEDIN icon for over 150 years, Harraways is a family business that has endured since 1867.Still privately owned and operating from its original Green Island site, Harraways is the only remaining mill processing home-grown oats in New Zealand. How has the company survived to provide New ...Show more
New Zealand Mysteries by GOSSET, Robyn
$18.50 NZD
Category: NZ Society
Secondhand. 14 well- and not well-known events with unexplained aspects, e.g. the Tarawera phantom canoe, and the grave of 'Somebody's Darling'. Text is for a wide readership, but not sensationalised, with half a dozen photos and sketches.
Shot in the Dark: Unsolved New Zealand Murders from the 1920's and 30's by Scott Bainbridge
$19.50 NZD
Category: NZ Law, Crime & Policing
Secondhand. A Christchurch publican shot in a crowded pub, an Indian fruiterer beaten to death in Hawera and a trail of destruction left across Waikato and the Bay of Plenty by a mass murderer - these are just some of the fascinating unsolved murders profiled in Shot in the Dark. While the ten cases pr ...Show more
George Troup: Architect and Engineer by Gordon Troup
$21.50 NZD
Category: NZ Society | Reading Level: very good
Secondhand. A father's biography written by his son. We see a young man working his passage nearly 100 years ago from a depressed Scotland to a more promising New Zealand. He has been described as "Wellington's first town-planning Mayor" His best-known material monument is Dunedin's dignified Railway St ...Show more
Nedwill: That 'Peppery' Irish Surgeon, New Zealand's Outstanding Public Health Pioneer by Geoffrey W. Rice
$35.00 NZD
Category: NZ Education & Health | Reading Level: very good
Secondhand. Signed by the author. Courtney Nedwill was once Christchurch's most admired and most reviled doctor. He was admired as a caring GP and a careful surgeon... But he was also notorious for his quarrels with other doctors... His career is particularly interesting as it straddles the transition ...Show more
Daylight Robbery: The Plundering of the People's Bank by Ian Wishart
$22.50 NZD
Category: NZ Political History | Reading Level: very good
Secondhand. Ian Wishart's new investigation of the Bank of New Zealand collapse does not pull any punches. It cost taxpayers one billion dollars. The information in this book could cost the bank $2.9 billion in refunds for ordinary New Zealanders. An interesting and controversial book.
The New Zealand Doctor & The Welfare State by J. B. Lovell-Smith
$23.50 NZD
Category: NZ Education & Health | Reading Level: very good
Secondhand. A chronicle of the difficult, protracted and sometimes acrimonious negiotions between New Zealand's first Labour Government and the medical profession. The medicine man's traditional preoccupation with the individual is often in direct opposition to the concept of the Welfare State, and thi ...Show more
Being Extraordinary By Confronting Your Ordinary
$45.00 NZD
Category: NZ Business & Company History
If business is your life, you need to read this exciting new book.....Mike Bennetts will lead you on a journey to become extraordinary business leader. Mike was CEO of the year in 2016 and he didn't get there by accident!
The Gumboot Takeover the story of the Ravensdown Co-operative by Bryan James
$30.00 NZD
Category: NZ Business & Company History
Ravensdown Fertiliser Co-operative was formed after a series of takeovers during 1977–78. This involved the amalgamation of five fertiliser works, formerly owned by Kempthorne, Prosser & Company and the Dominion Fertiliser Company. A cartoon by Sid Scales depicts the aftermath of the battle.