First Map: How James Cook Charted Aotearoa New Zealand by Tessa Duder and David Elliot
49.99 NZD
Category: NZ History
The story of how James Cook charted Aotearoa New Zealand, lavishly produced and richly illustrated. Since it was published by the Admiralty in 1816, James Cook's chart of New Zealand has long been regarded as one of the most extraordinary achievements in the history of cartography. First Map: How James ...Show more
Historic New Zealand Racing Cars by Steve Reid
39.99 NZD
Category: NZ History
From the sleek futuristic McLaren M8A to the missile-shaped RA Vanguard, these are New Zealand's Historic Racing Cars in all their full-colour, tire-burning glory! Historic New Zealand Racing Cars reveals the fascinating histories of eighteen cars whose stories are intertwined with our motoring history. ...Show more
When Toawaka Met Cook by John Steele
24.99 NZD
Category: NZ History
An account of 12 extraordinary days in November 1769, when James Cook and his Endeavour crew met Ngati Hei chief Toawaka and his people in Mercury Bay, Coromandel, in a historic and groundbreaking encounter between Maori and European civilisations.
Expanding World, New Country by Graeme Ball
49.99 NZD
Category: NZ History
The first section of Expanding World, New Country, (EWNC) tracks the transformation from the earliest origins in the long-range Polynesian migrations, which brought the ancestors of the Maori to New Zealand. The text draws on the latest scientific, archaeological and ethnographic research. The next sect ...Show more
The New Zealand Wars | Nga Pakanga o Aotearoa by Vincent O'Malley
39.99 NZD
Category: NZ History | Series: 1st | Reading Level: near fine
The New Zealand Wars were a series of conflicts that profoundly shaped the course and direction of our nations history. Fought between the Crown and various groups of Maori between 1845 and 1872, the wars touched many aspects of life in nineteenth century New Zealand, even in those regions spared actual ...Show more
Katherine Mansfield's New Zealand by Vincent O'Sullivan
39.99 NZD
Category: NZ History
A stunning, fully illustrated guide to the country and times that shaped our greatest short story writer -- a feast of images and relevant excerpts from Mansfield's stories and journals. Katherine Mansfield was born in Wellington in 1888 and died in France in 1923, regarded as one of the finest short st ...Show more
Sunset to Sunrise - An Ilustrated History of New Zealand's Lighthouses by Timothy Nicol
39.99 NZD
Category: NZ History | Reading Level: very good
This fascinating history of all of New Zealand's lighthouses, as well as stories of hardship and perseverance endured by stout-hearted keepers and their families, will captivate the reader and give insight of a bygone age when men and women strove against the elements to preserve the safety of mariners ...Show more
Victory at Gate Pa by Buddy Makaere
39.99 NZD
Category: NZ History
The Battle of Pukehinahina-Gate Pa was a defining moment in New Zealand history. It brought together forces representing the British Empire's military machine, political manoeuvering and settler land hunger, Maori notions of sovereignty and self-determination, Christian ideals, and blood and death on a ...Show more
New Zealand and the Sea - Historical Perspectives by Frances Steel (editor)
59.99 NZD
Category: NZ History | Reading Level: near fine
As a group of islands in the far south-west Pacific Ocean, New Zealand's history is steeped in the sea. Its people have encountered the sea in many different ways: along the coast, in port, on ships, beneath the waves, behind a camera, and in the realm of the imagination. While they have continually sha ...Show more