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High Flyers: Celebrating the Extraordinary Women of the Rnzaf 1977-2002 by Bee Dawson
34.95 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
Bee Dawson's profiles reveal a group of extraordinary women, in jobs that are anything but ordinary. From a traditionally male-dominated organisation, the RNZAF has adapted and evolved radically over the past twenty-five years to finally utilise the skills and talents of all New Zealanders.
Lady Painters: The Flower Painters of Early New Zealand by Bee Dawson
39.95 NZD
Category: Fine Art | Reading Level: very good
This extraordinary book is a blend of accounts of the lives of resident women painters of the 19th century and wonderful examples of their exquisite art. The design is modern and accessible. Art interwoven with botany and social history, a readable insight into the lives of some very extraordinary women ...Show more
Lady Travellers - The Tourists of Early New Zealand by Bee Dawson
39.95 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction | Reading Level: very good
This edition is out of print. The true stories of the extraordinary women who visited New Zealand when it was a fledgling colony. 19th century New Zealand: land of Maori, mountains, fiords, forests and volcanoes - an exotic, far-flung frontier of the British Empire. It proved irresistably attractive to ...Show more
No Journey Made Alone: 35 Years of the Child Cancer Foundation by Bee Dawson
39.99 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
A look at the work of the Child Cancer Foundation over its 35-year history in New Zealand. In 1978 the parents of any New Zealand child diagnosed with cancer were presented with a bleak reality - there was seldom hope of a cure and there was little or no assistance for the family. Much has changed. This ...Show more
Otari: Two hundred years of Ōtari-Wilton's Bush by Bee Dawson
80.00 NZD
Category: Natural History
Ōtari tells the story of Ōtari–Wilton’s Bush, the only botanic garden dedicated solely to the collection and conservation of the plants unique to Aotearoa New Zealand and a native bush reserve with over a hundred hectares of regenerating forest, including some of Wellington’s oldest trees. It begins w ...Show more
Snow on the Lindis by Bee Dawson; Madge Snow
40.00 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
Second hand. A station matriarch recounts a life lived on the famous Morven Hills Station. Snow on the Lindis is Madge Snow's story of living at Morven Hills Station on the Lindis Pass. Morven Hills is one of New Zealand's most well-known high-country stations - once an enormous 400,000 acres. The grea ...Show more
Spreading Their Wings: Women of the WAAF in Wartime by Bee Dawson
35.00 NZD
Category: NZ Military
When World War II broke out in 1939, the idea of women working in the Armed Forces was considered quite radical, in spite of a long tradition of Army nurses. The first women of the WAAF were greeted with opposition and disapproval, but by the end of the war they had become respected members of the Armed ...Show more
The Plimmer Legacy by Bee Dawson
50.00 NZD
Category: NZ History | Reading Level: near fine
The Plimmers of Wellington were an influential family in the early days of the settlement - John Plimmer (of Plimmer Steps) was known as 'the father of Wellington'. From a busy store located in a ship (Plimmer's Ark) through the hard days of farming in the Depression, to today's busy world, the Plimmer ...Show more
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