Murihiku: The Southland Story by Paul Sorrel (Editor)
95.00 NZD
Category: Rotorua Books | Reading Level: very good
Murihiku - The Southland Story is the first comprehensive treatment of Southlanders and the things they care about, their majestic physical environment and their proud history. Its more than 400 pages comprise 23 chapters and numerous sidebars by fifty authors, supported by a full bibliography and list ...Show more
The Vital Link: Crossing the Mokau
40.99 NZD
52.00 (21% off)
Category: Rotorua Books
The Tainui Coast with the Mökau and Awakino Rivers on the northern marches of Taranaki has, for generations, formed the lynchpin in access to the richness of the western peninsula of Te Ika a Maui/North Island. The area is also renowned for its close associations with two of the traditional waka of the ...Show more
Memories of Tirau: A History of Tirau by Cummins Peg
45.00 NZD
Category: Rotorua Books
Tirau's history goes back at least as far as 1650, when relatively large numbers of Maori had settled in the area. During the 1800s, the predominant tribe in the area was Ngati Raukawa whose origins were Tainui. There is evidence of large villages on the huils around the township and the numerous pa i ...Show more
From Disaster to Recovery: the Hastings CBD 1931-35 by Michael Fowler
50.00 NZD
Category: Rotorua Books
No reply from publisher as at October 2008. On the third of Febraury 1931 at 10.47am., a 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit Hawke's Bay. In Hastings at least 93 people lost their lives, with hundreds more injured. In this book Michael Fowler details the destructive impact of the 1931 quake on the Hastings CBD ...Show more
The Flour Mills of Te Waimate by Lawrence B. I.
56.99 NZD
68.00 (16% off)
Category: Rotorua Books
Wheat was one of the earliest crops to be grown after Samuel Marsden had established the first of the Missionary SocietyâÂÂs inland stations in New Zealand at Te Waimate (know known as Waimate North) in the Bay of Islands in 1831. (The land was purchased in 1830) This was the fourth mission station ...Show more
Child of the Kauri by Mavis Smith
55.99 NZD
68.00 (17% off)
Category: Rotorua Books
Mavis Smith traces a lifetime spent at her birthplace Totara House on the northen Kaipara.
Opening the Gate: History of the Te Aute District by Moss, Maryan
80.99 NZD
100.00 (19% off)
Category: Rotorua Books
Te Aute is located in a long valley starting at Pakipaki and extending south to Whatuma and beyond. It is characterised by a series of lakes known to the Maori as Nga Puna a Tara. The lakes of Poukawa, Rotoakiwa and Rotoatara relate to this history and were all named by Tara around the year 1250.
Pioneers of Martins Bay: Life in New Zealand's Most Remote Settlement by Alice McKenzie (revised by Alice Margaret Leaker)
60.00 NZD
Category: Rotorua Books
The Story of New Zealand's Most Remote Settlement This reprint of Alice McKenzie's 1947 publication continues to be a very popular read. It is an historical account that conveys the reality of everyday life for those who ventured into this remote south-west corner of New Zealand. The terrible hardships ...Show more