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Arawata Bill: The Story of Legendary Gold Prospector William James O'Leary by Ian Dougherty
29.99 NZD
33.00 (9% off)
Category: NZ Non Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Arawata Bill (1865–1947) was a pioneering New Zealand folk hero. He spent decades in the unforgiving mountain country of North-west Otago and South Westland, prospecting for gold and other minerals and making new tracks in unexplored areas. His astonishing feats of endurance and tenacity, coupled with h ...Show more
Books and Boots - The Story of New Zealand Publisher, Writer and Long Distance Walker, Alfred Hamish Reed by Ian Dougherty
39.95 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
Remembered by many as an eccentric folk hero who walked the length of New Zealand at the age of 85, and from Sydney to Melbourne at the age of 89, Alf (A.H.)Reed was a pioneering publisher, prolific author and selfless benefactor. Leaving school at the age of 12, he transcended his working roots in New ...Show more
People's University by Dougherty Ian
49.99 NZD
Category: Rotorua Books
From its earliest days in a cold, rented room in a former Christchurch warehouse, the Canterbury Workers' Educational Association has been a pioneering provider of adult education, enriching, and sometimes even transforming, the lives of thousands of men and women. Through its box and travelling library ...Show more
Southern Sting: The Team That Inspired a Region by Ian Dougherty
29.99 NZD
Category: Other Sports
It was the team deemed least likely to succeed in the glitzy new netball franchise competition launched in 1998, but it succeeded way beyond anyone's expectations. In the process, the Southern Sting captured the hearts and lifted the spirits of a region that had suffered decades of having the stuffing k ...Show more
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