Tupaia - The Remarkable Story of Captain Cook's Polynesian Navigator by Joan Druett
55.00 NZD
Category: NZ History | Reading Level: very good
Tupaia, lauded by Europeans as 'an extraordinary genius', sailed with Captain Cook from Tahiti, piloted the Endeavour about the South Pacific, and interceded with Maori in NZ. Until now his story has never been fully told. Tupaia, a gifted linguist, a brilliant orator, and a most devious politician, cou ...Show more
The Great Wrong War - New Zealand Society in WWI by Stevan Eldred-Grigg
55.00 NZD
Category: NZ History | Reading Level: good-very good
For New Zealand, World War One was wholly avoidable, wholly unnecessary - and almost wholly disastrous. Stevan Eldred-Grigg believes that the enormous cost of the war to our people was way too high - and that we still feel its effects, both socially and culturally, today. This is excellent narrative non ...Show more
Explorers, Whalers, and Tattooed Sailors: Adventurous Tales from Early New Zealand by Gordon Ell (ed.); Sarah Ell (ed.)
24.99 NZD
Category: NZ History | Reading Level: Very Good
Secondhand. This collection of first-hand accounts, drawn from early writings and out-of-print books, lets the first Europeans to visit this country tell their own stories of exploration, risk and adventure. Abel Tasman and Joseph Banks write of their first encounters with the people of this new land, ...Show more
Fred the Needle - The Untold Story of Sir Fred Allen by Alan Sayers; Les Watkins
65.00 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs | Reading Level: near fine
At last, the book they said would never be published. Few New Zealand rugby personalities can truly be labelled "legends". Sir Fred Allen, though, is one of those rare exceptions. Along with the great Colin Meads, Allen is an icon of the game, universally loved and a true New Zealand hero. For years, th ...Show more
God's Messenger - J F Riemenschneider and Racial Conflict in 19th Century New Zealand by Peter Oettli
25.00 NZD
Category: NZ History | Reading Level: very good
A new biography of the North German missionary Rev. J. F. Riemenschneider (1817-1866) who settled in the Taranaki region in the first half of the nineteenth century, based on a thorough reading of all original documents by and about him. The book places him into the historical and social context, which ...Show more
Presenting New Zealand - An Illustrated History by Philip Temple
39.99 NZD
Category: NZ History | Reading Level: Very Good
Presenting New Zealand is a visually sumptuous and informative account of how the country has developed into the independent nation that the rest of the world recognises today. Starting with the huge rifts of prehistoric times that tore it apart from Gondwana, the book traces the arrival of the first Po ...Show more
Inside Stories - A History Of The New Zealand Housewife 1895-1975 by Frances Walsh
19.99 NZD
49.99 (60% off)
Category: NZ History | Reading Level: very good
All that cooking, cleaning, darning, sewing, looking after sick children, looking good for your hubby when he came drifting in after a day at the office...it's always been a tough life as a housewife. This affectionate romp through women's toil and trouble over the past 120 years puts housework under th ...Show more
People, People, People : A Brief History of NZ by Stevan Eldred-Grigg
14.99 NZD
19.99 (25% off)
Category: NZ History
A short, very accessible snapshot of New Zealand's history written with tourists and anyone new to the country in mind. Written in a lively manner by Christchurch born and bred Stevan Eldred-Grigg, one of New Zealand's leading writers of both history and fiction, this book is also ideal for students or ...Show more
Painting the Frontier: The Art of New Zealand's Pioneers by David Filer
7.99 NZD
49.99 (84% off)
Category: NZ History
Uncovering images of New Zealand through the 'new eyes' of early European explorers and settlers. We are familiar with the commissioned works of official artists documenting their first impressions of their new land, and new co-inhabitants. But less well-known are the personal sketches and paintings cre ...Show more
Leading the Way - How New Zealand Women Won the Vote by Megan Hutching
39.99 NZD
Category: NZ History | Reading Level: very good
In 1893 New Zealand became the first country in the world to give women the vote, an achievement of which we are justly proud, but it wasn't easily achieved. Respected historian Megan Hutching records and explains this momentous event, including profiles of the women who brought about the government's c ...Show more
Hell or High Water: New Zealand Merchant Seafarers Remember the War by Neill Atkinson
38.00 NZD
Category: NZ History
Drawn from interviews with the men who were there in the darkest days of World War II, Hell or High Water includes stirring accounts of war at sea: the seamen who survived air and submarine attacks, an 18-year-old awarded the George Cross during the 1942 Pedestal convoy to relieve Malta; and others who ...Show more