Nga Puriri o Taiamai : a political history of Nga Puhi in the inland Bay of Islands by J,Sissons;Al, Wi Hongi W Et
$31.00 NZD
Category: NZ History
Nga Puriri o Taiamai was first published by the Polynesian Society in 1987 as The Puriri Trees are Laughing. a record of the political history of Nga Puhi tribal groups in the Taiamai and Te Waimate regions of the inland Bay of Islands, this highly regarde work brings together Nga Puhi oral traditions a ...Show more
Shadow Worlds - A History of the Occult and Esoteric in New Zealand by Andrew Paul Wood
$55.00 NZD
Category: NZ History | Reading Level: near fine
A vigorous strand of interest in the occult, the spooky and the mysterious hasbeen part of our history since 1840. Shadow Worlds takes a lively look at communicating with spirits, secret ritualistic societies, the supernatural, the New Age - everything from The Golden Dawn and Rosicrucianism to Spiritua ...Show more
Tangata Ngai Tahu / People of Ngai Tahu: Volume Two by Helen Brown & Michael Stevens
$50.00 NZD
Category: NZ History | Reading Level: near fine
Tāngata Ngāi Tahu, Volume Two remembers and celebrates the rich and diverse lives of the people of Ngāi Tahu. Spanning time, geography and kaupapa, some fifty biographies bring Ngāi Tahu history into the present. The people in the book have contributed to their iwi, hapū and whānau in myriad ways: here ...Show more
The Forgotten Coast by Richard Shaw
$35.00 NZD
Category: NZ History | Reading Level: near fine
A short memoir whose main focus is unpacking a family story that was never told:that a farm in Taranaki on which the family's generations-long comfortable fortunes rested had been directly taken from the people of Parikaha and given to an ancestor, a member of the Armed Constabulary following the invasi ...Show more
The New Oxford History of New Zealand by Byrnes, Giselle, editor
$100.00 NZD
Category: NZ History
The most up-to-date multi-authored revisionist history of Aotearoa, New Zealand. This book tests the idea that New Zealand istory can be explained as a quest for 'national identity' and considers whether narratives that rely on the 'colony-to-nation' storyline are still relevant today. Featuring previou ...Show more
The New Zealand Wars and the Victorian Interpretation of Racial Conflict by James Belich
$24.95 NZD
Category: NZ History | Reading Level: very good
The Penguin History of New Zealand by Michael King
$38.00 NZD
Category: NZ History
This bestselling book, the triumphant fruit of careful research, wide reading and judicious assessment, is the unchallenged contemporary reference to the history of New Zealand. New Zealand was the last country in the world to be discovered and settled by humankind. It was also the first to introduce f ...Show more
The Stolen Island : Searching for 'Ata (BWB Texts) by Scott Hamilton
$15.00 NZD
Category: NZ History | Series: BWB Texts | Reading Level: Very Good
One day in 1863 a strange ship stopped at 'Ata, a tiny island in the wild seas between Tonga and New Zealand, and sailed away with one hundred and forty-four men, women, and children. The 'Atans were never heard from again, and in Tonga their fate became the subject of legends and superstitions. Uncover ...Show more
The Treaty of Waitangi | Te Tiriti o Waitangi: an Illustrated History by Claudia Orange
$50.00 NZD
Category: NZ History | Reading Level: very good
Claudia Orange's writing on the Treaty of Waitangi has played a central role in national understanding of this foundational document. This fully revised and updated edition (previously entitled An Illustrated History of the Treaty of Waitangi) brings the Treaty's history to life with a richly informativ ...Show more
Touring Edwardian New Zealand by Paul Moon
$39.99 NZD
Category: NZ History
The Edwardian era (1901-14) was fleeting but significant, perhaps nowhere more so than in Aotearoa New Zealand. At the turn of the twentieth century, many British regarded New Zealand as ‘the Britain of the South Seas’. Tourist promotions created an idealised impression of a country that was partly a c ...Show more
Tragedy at Pike River Mine: 2022 Edition - How and Why 29 Men Died by Rebecca Macfie
$45.00 NZD
Category: NZ History
Winner: Post Book Award, Best First Book, Non-fiction. On a sunny afternoon in November 2010, a massive explosion rocked the underground Pike River coal mine, deep in a mountain range in New Zealand's South Island. More than an hour and a half later, two ashen men stumbled from the mine's entrance to re ...Show more
Voices of World War II - New Zealanders Share Their Stories by Renee Hollis (Editor)
$69.99 NZD
Category: NZ History
Voices of World War II is a visually captivating compendium of photographs and written accounts, providing a snapshot of life during World War II from the point of view of those who lived through us. Fascinating and genuine, it shows the human side of war through dozens of first-hand accounts, memories ...Show more