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A Question of Faith : A history of the New Zealand Christian Pacifist Society by David Grant
10.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
Christian Pacifists opposed all war, irrespective of political developments. They shared a fundamental and absolutist belief that war was a moral and ethical sin in God's eyes. Their beliefs led many members to publicly protest against World War II for which some were jailed, to become conscientious obj ...Show more
Anderton - His Life and Times by David Grant
50.00 NZD
Category: NZ Biographies & Memoirs | Reading Level: near fine
Jim Anderton, the Labour rebel who founded a new political movement and became deputy prime minister, is the subject of this compelling, warts-and-all biography by award-winning historian David Grant. From his position as the Party's most outspoken president, Jim Anderton became a backbencher in David L ...Show more
Field Punishment No. 1: Archibald Baxter, Mark Briggs and New Zealand's Anti-militarist Tradition by David Grant
34.99 NZD
Category: NZ History | Reading Level: very good
One of New Zealand's most extraordinary stories describes the courage of the conscientious objectors sent overseas during WW1 in a brutal attempt to force them to renounce their convictions and join the war effort. Despite torture and privation, Archie Baxter and Mark Briggs held out till the end, in on ...Show more
Jagged Seas: the New Zealand Seamen's Union 1879 - 2003 by David Grant
55.00 NZD
Category: NZ History
From humble beginnings in 1879 until the time it merged with the Waterside Workers' Union in 2003 to become the Maritime Union of New Zealand, the New Zealand Seamen's Union played an integral and essential role in this country's seafaring industry. Labour historian David Grant traverses the huge change ...Show more
Of Thoroughbreds, Trainers, Toffs and Tic Tac Men by Grant, David
34.95 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
The Big Blue: Snapshots of the 1951 Waterfront Lockout by David Grant
29.99 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
In working-class parlance a blue was the colloquial term for an industrial disruption, a strike or a lockout. The 1951 waterfront lockout was, up until that time, the biggest blue of them all and still holds attention today as a seminal event in New Zealand industrial and political history. The 1951 loc ...Show more
The Mighty Totara: The Life and Times of Norman Kirk by David Malcolm Grant
44.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs | Reading Level: Very Good
A major biography of arguably New Zealand's greatest modern political leader As Norman Kirk's body lay in state near the steps of Parliament on the day after his death on 31 August 1974, a kaumatua wailed 'the mighty totara has fallen'. The lament reflected what many New Zealanders felt about this big, ...Show more
Those Who Can Teach by David Grant
39.95 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
A history of secondary education in New Zealand from the union perspective. For 50 years the PPTA has campaigned to improve standards in schools and conditions for teachers. This book covers this period in detail and includes staffing and salaries, Maori, school discipline, rural education, bulk funding ...Show more
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