The Maori: the History and Legacy of New Zealand's Indigenous People by Charles River Charles River Editors
42.00 NZD
Category: NZ History
*Includes pictures *Includes contemporary accounts *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading "When one house dies, a second lives." - Maori proverb In 1769, Captain James Cook's historic expedition in the region would lead to an English claim on Australia, but before he reach ...Show more
Auckland - The Twentieth-Century Story by Paul Moon
45.00 NZD
Category: NZ History | Reading Level: good-very good
Auckland: The Twentieth-Century Story journeys through the mosaic of cultures and lifestyles, anxieties and hopes, disasters and triumphs, virtues and vices that led to the transformation of New Zealand's largest city between 1900 and 2000.
Expanding World, New Country by Graeme Ball
59.99 NZD
Category: NZ History
The first section of Expanding World, New Country, (EWNC) tracks the transformation from the earliest origins in the long-range Polynesian migrations, which brought the ancestors of the Maori to New Zealand. The text draws on the latest scientific, archaeological and ethnographic research. The next sect ...Show more
A Bloody Difficult Subject - Ruth Ross, te Tiriti o Waitangi and the Making of History by Bain Attwood
59.99 NZD
Category: NZ History | Reading Level: near fine
One historian's research and the transformation of te Tiriti in New Zealand life.
The Bad Old Days - A Century of Life in the Young Colony of New Zealand by Tony Nolan
47.00 NZD
Category: NZ History | Reading Level: very good
From Crime to Care: The history of abortion in Aotearoa New Zealand by Felicity Goodyear-Smith
39.99 NZD
Category: NZ History
This book gives a chronological history of abortion in Aotearoa New Zealand from pre-European times to the present. It includes key events including legislative changes, anti-abortion protests, lobbying by various factions, development of funded abortion services for women throughout New Zealand, and re ...Show more
Aftermaths: - Colonialism, Violence and Memory in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific by Angela Wanhalla (ed.); Lyndall Ryan (ed.); Camille Nurka (ed.)
49.99 NZD
Category: NZ History | Reading Level: near fine
What we choose to remember and what we choose to forget about the violent past tell us something about the society we live in now. Whether we like it or not, we’re part of each other’s story. So how do we talk about the past? —Joanna Kidman and Vincent O’Malley Aftermaths explores the life-changing inte ...Show more
The New Zealand Wars by Philippa Werry
29.99 NZD
Category: NZ History
New edition of The New Zealand Wars The New Zealand Wars are a part of New Zealand's history that many people wish they knew more about. This book describes how the wars came about, where and when they were fought and who was involved. It looks at how they are being remembered today, including new way ...Show more
Blind Bay Hookers - The Little Ships of Early Nelson, and Colonial Times by Fred Westrupp
55.00 NZD
Category: NZ History
The history of early central New Zealand colonisation from a maritime perspective.
Empire City - Wellington Becomes the Capital of New Zealand by John E Martin
70.00 NZD
Category: NZ History | Reading Level: very good
Empire City: Wellington Becomes the Capital of New Zealand takes Wellington from the first encounter between Māori and the New Zealand Company in Te Whanganui-a-Tara in 1839 to its becoming the Empire City by the 1870s. It tells the story that began with a small and fragile New Zealand Company Pākehā se ...Show more
A History of New Zealand in 100 Objects by Jock Phillips
54.99 NZD
Category: NZ History | Reading Level: very good
New Zealand history through a new lens - 100 objects offer 100 entry points into the powerful, captivating stories of our shared past. Authored by award-winning historian Jock Phillips, The History of New Zealand in 100 Objects is gripping, inclusive, often revelatory and deeply human. A colourful and c ...Show more