Histories of Hate: The Radical Right in Aotearoa New Zealand by Matthew Cunningham, Marinus La Rooij, Paul Spoonley
50.00 NZD
Category: NZ History
Histories of Hate explores intolerance and extremism in Aotearoa New Zealand, from the emergence of the precursors to the radical right during British settlement in the late nineteenth century to today' s QAnon conspiracists and keyboard warriors. A definitive, benchmark text, this volume sheds light on ...Show more
Historic Places of New Zealand by Rob Suisted
9.99 NZD
19.99 (50% off)
Category: NZ History
New Zealand's historic places are tied intrinsically to the landscape, where evidence of the earliest settlements are clearly visible. In the latest title in his compact pictorial series, photographer Rob Suisted has recorded our most impressive and popular heritage sites. Early Maori pa and earthworks ...Show more
Jumping Sundays - The Rise and Fall of the Counterculture in Aotearoa New Zealand by Nick Bollinger
49.99 NZD
Category: Cultural History | Reading Level: near fine
Award-winning writer Nick Bollinger’s deep history of the transformation of New Zealand life wrought by the counterculture in the 1960s and ’70s.On a Sunday afternoon in the spring of 1969, thousands of people defied Auckland city bylaws and came to party in Albert Park. A rock band played on the rotund ...Show more
Shifting Grounds - Deep Histories of Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland by Lucy Mackintosh
59.99 NZD
Category: NZ History | Reading Level: near fine
In a city that has forgotten and erased much of its history, there are still places where traces of the past can be found. Deep histories, both natural and human, have been woven together over hundreds of years in places across Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland, forming potent sites of national significance. T ...Show more
Who Lived There? The Stories Behind Historic New Zealand Buildings by Nicola McCloy; Jane King
44.99 NZD
Category: NZ History | Reading Level: very good
You can't help but wonder about the stories behind the unusual buildings you see around New Zealand - from cute colonial cottages to abandoned industrial buildings or ghost towns. Nicola McCloy went looking to find out ... who lived there? From basic stone cottages in barren-looking countryside to prett ...Show more
Assembly - New Zealand Car Production 1921-1998 by Mark Webster
49.99 NZD
Category: NZ History
New Zealand’s car assembly industry began with the Colonial Motor Company piecing together Ford Model Ts in the early 1920s, and the first true production line came in 1926 with General Motors. For the next 70 years, the assembly industry directly employed thousands of New Zealanders and indirectly supp ...Show more
New Zealand Pubs: 175 Classic Pubs to Visit by Peter Janssen
39.99 NZD
Category: Cultural History
New Zealanders love a pub, especially one with an interesting past. This guide provides a selection of the best -- pubs that are not only a great place to relax but are cornerstones of their communities, playing a part in the history of New Zealand. With helpful information about the food, accommodation ...Show more
Voices of Aotearoa - 25 Years of Going West Oratory by Robyn Mason et al. (eds)
49.99 NZD
Category: NZ History | Reading Level: near fine
Since 1996 the Going West Writers Festival has attracted literary voices from around Aotearoa to West Auckland for a feast of ideas and words. Drawing on the festivals comprehensive sound archive, Voices of Aotearoa sets down the live recordings of a whos who of New Zealand literary luminaries from Fion ...Show more
Illustrating the Antipodes: George French Angas in Australia and New Zealand 1844-1845 by Philip Jones
69.99 NZD
Category: NZ History
George French Angas (1822–1886) was one of the nineteenth century’s outstanding colonial artists. As a young man in the 1840s he journeyed to Australia and New Zealand, where he excelled at capturing the minute detail of plants and people, objects and landscapes. The bush was his studio — he captured th ...Show more
City at the Centre - A History of Palmerston North by Kerry Geoff & Taylor Margaret & Watson Tennant
60.00 NZD
Category: NZ History | Reading Level: near fine
A RICHLY ILLUSTRATED HISTORY CELEBRATING 150 YEARS. City at the Centre tells the story of a small town carved out of the bush that once cloaked the Manawatū plains, whose growth was driven by the railway that runs through it, by farming, by defence and by Massey University. From Māori history and early ...Show more