The Story of Te Kuiti by Russell Young
40.00 NZD
Category: Rotorua Books
The Story of Te Kuiti contains 23 chapters covering some pre-European history, the Poro-o-tarao tunnel contract 1885-1890 bringing the first Europeans to the area. Many archival and newspaper sources are used to build a picture of how the town developed beyond this point. A series of highly interesting ...Show more
Ravaged Beauty: An Environmental History of the Manawatu by Catherine Knight
49.99 NZD
Category: Rotorua Books
While "Ravaged Beauty" is about the environmental history of one North Island region, the impact of human settlement and accompanying development for improving human settlement conditions is typical of many New Zealand regions. This impact, graphically illustrated in this well researched and entertainin ...Show more
Between the Rivers: 1863-2013: a sesqui-centennial souvenir publication
6.25 NZD
Category: Rotorua Books
Around the Lake: the Story of the Rotorua Marathon by Simon Earle
39.99 NZD
Category: Rotorua Books
On the eve of the 50th Rotorua Marathon, local author Simon Earle has published this history of the event. "The Rotorua Course takes no prisoners. Treat it like a rattlesnake - it will bite you if you don't get it right" - Barry Magee "It started off so quietly - when we first got 1000 runners we coul ...Show more
The Rise and Fall of National Women’s Hospital : a history by Linda Bryder
49.99 NZD
Category: Rotorua Books | Reading Level: very good
A history of National Women’s Hospital that also tells a wider story of reproduction, motherhood and women’s health in twentieth-century New Zealand. Natural childbirth and rooming in; artificial insemination and in vitro fertilisation; sterilisation and abortion: women’s health and reproduction went th ...Show more
Lyttelton, Akaroa and Banks Peninsula: Picturesque & Historic by Peter Morath
39.99 NZD
Category: Rotorua Books
Peter Morath has photographed and written this book as a sequel to his previous one "Christchurch, A Nostalgic Tribute". Two chapters are retrospective, showing Lyttelton scenes from the past and some of the heritage buildings lost in the earthquakes. The main part of this book is contemporary though. I ...Show more