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A Savage Country: The untold Story of New Zealand in the 1820s by Paul Moon
39.99 NZD
Category: NZ History | Reading Level: very good
Secondhand. New Zealand in the 1820s had no government or bureaucratic presence; no newspapers were published; the literate population was probably no more than a couple of dozen people at any one time. Early explorers' assessments of New Zealand were haphazard at best - few knew what to make of this f ...Show more
Ans Westra: A Life in Photography by Paul Moon
49.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
The photographer Ans Westra, who died in 2023, took hundreds of thousands of images over her long career. Together, those images constitute what is arguably a photo album of Aotearoa. Her dedication and determination sometimes came at a cost but she was focused and driven, overcoming a difficult childho ...Show more
Auckland - The Twentieth-Century Story by Paul Moon
45.00 NZD
Category: NZ History | Reading Level: good-very good
Auckland: The Twentieth-Century Story journeys through the mosaic of cultures and lifestyles, anxieties and hopes, disasters and triumphs, virtues and vices that led to the transformation of New Zealand's largest city between 1900 and 2000.
Encounters: The Creation of New Zealand by Paul Moon
55.00 NZD
Category: NZ History | Reading Level: very good
'Throughout its human history, New Zealand has been interpreted and experienced in often radically different ways. Each wave of arrivals to its shores has left its own set of views of New Zealand on the country – applying a new coat of mythology and understanding to the landscape, usually without fully ...Show more
Face to Face - Conversations with Remarkable New Zealanders by Paul Moon; Jane Ussher
50.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction | Reading Level: Very Good
Stimulating, humorous, sometimes controversial and always revealing, Face to Face offers intimate portraits of the lives of twelve remarkable New Zealanders. Through conversations with Paul Moon, one of the country's most acclaimed historians and cultural commentators, and through the lens of award-winn ...Show more
Fatal Frontiers - A new history of New Zealand in the decade before the Treaty by Paul Moon
39.99 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction | Reading Level: near fine
A fascinating account of New Zealand in the colourful and pivotal 1830s. Some of the most interesting and important events in New Zealand history took place in the 1830s. In this period the French almost beat the British to claim New Zealand, aggressive English merchants were applying pressure on the co ...Show more
Fitzroy - Governor in Crisis 1843-1845 by Paul Moon
34.99 NZD
Category: NZ History | Reading Level: very good
Superbly researched this uncovers the momentous and controversial career of New Zealand’s second Governor. ‘Paul Moon is to be congratulated on producing a readable FitzRoy biography…FitzRoy the book and the man deserve recognition.” Graeme Hunt, Editor, National Business Review
Hobson - Governor of New Zealand 1840-1842 by Paul Moon
30.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Hone Heke - Nga Puhi Warrior by Paul Moon
29.99 NZD
Category: Maori Books | Reading Level: very good
A captivating account of the life of Hone Heke, first to sign the Treaty of Waitangi, then feller of the flagpole who at one stage seemed to hold the future of the young colony in his hand.
Ka Ngaro Te Reo: Maori Language Under Siege in the 19th Century by Paul Moon
39.95 NZD
Category: Learn Te Reo Māori / Te Reo Māori Language Resources
Secondhand. Ka ngaro te reo, ka ngaro taua, pera i te ngaro o te moa. If the language be lost, man will be lost, as dead as the moa. In 1800, te reo Māori was the only language spoken in New Zealand. By 1899, it was on the verge of disappearing altogether. In Ka Ngaro Te Reo, Paul Moon traces the spira ...Show more
Ngapua : The Political Life of Hone Heke Ngapua, MHR by Paul Moon
39.99 NZD
Category: Maori Books | Reading Level: Very Good
Hone Heke Ngapua (1869-1909) was one of the foremost Maori leaders of the past two centuries. He received enormous recognition as an MP, working alongside Carroll, Ngata, and Seddon, and emerged as the country's first pan-tribal Maori leader. 398 pp.
The Edges of Empires - New Zealand In The Middle Of The Nineteenth Century by Paul Moon
34.99 NZD
Category: NZ History | Reading Level: near fine
Well known historian Paul Moon provides a 'captivating and intimate account of New Zealand in the 1950s.' He shines a 'powerful light' on this previously 'obscured decade' and in doing so, has illuminated one of the most significant periods in the country's history, with an eye for colourful detail and ...Show more