True Tales of Thames Hospital - 150 years 1868-2018
40.00 NZD
Category: NZ History
As You Will - Carnegie Libraries of the South Pacific by Mickey Smith
50.00 NZD
Category: NZ History
In her book, As You Will: Carnegie Libraries of the South Pacific, artist Mickey Smith documents the historic legacy of 23 Carnegie Libraries erected across the South Pacific, including 18 in NZ. Named after the successful Scottish-American industrialist Andrew Carnegie, his philanthropic trust establis ...Show more
Lasting Impressions - The Story of New Zealand's Newspapers 1840-1920 by Ian F. Grant
69.50 NZD
Category: NZ History | Reading Level: very good
The first comprehensive history of New Zealand newspapers since Guy Scholefield¿sNewspapers in New Zealand in 1958, Lasting Impressions is a social history that places newspapers and their vital importance in New Zealand¿s development as a nation in the context of life in the communities they prospered ...Show more
Cook and the Pacific by John Maynard; Susannah Helman; Martin Woods
34.99 NZD
Category: NZ History
Cook led a scientific expedition to observe the transit of Venus in Tahiti, circumnavigated New Zealand and established that it was two separate islands, and nearly perished when the Endeavour ran aground on the worlds largest coral reef. In 1779, on his third Pacific voyage, he was killed in Hawaii. Co ...Show more
An Anzac in the Family: Private McAlpine of the 4th Reinforcements by Sherryl Abrahart
35.00 NZD
Category: NZ History | Reading Level: very good
Many families in New Zealand have an Anzac who served in WW1. Private Leslie McAlpine could have been any one of thousands of young men who left family and friends to serve his country. He was a fit, healthy young man when he left New Zealand and never completely lost hope that he would get back home. H ...Show more
Historic Sheep Stations of New Zealand by Colin Wheeler
100.00 NZD
Category: NZ History | Reading Level: near fine
A glorious new edition of Colin Wheeler's seminal books on the historic sheep stations of New Zealand Between 1967 and 1972, Colin Wheeler visited 60 of New Zealand's historic sheep stations across the North and South Islands. Travelling thousands of kilometres with his wife, Phyllis, the pair went to p ...Show more
With Them Through Hell by Rogers Anna
65.00 NZD
Category: NZ History | Reading Level: near fine
Secondhand. Signed by the author. The thousands of New Zealand men who fought in the First World War went through hell. And right beside them was another fighting force, armed with scalpels, bandages and drugs. Hundreds of doctors, nurses, stretcher-bearers, orderlies and ambulance drivers,dentists, ch ...Show more
Bravo Kiwi: New Zealand Soldiers, Afghanistan and the Battle of Baghak by Craig Wilson
39.99 NZD
Category: NZ History
Major Craig Wilson is a decorated former SAS member, and has been in more combat zones than any other Kiwi soldier. He was the commanding officer of Bravo Company, which lost 2 soldiers when they went to the aid Afghan police at Baghek in August 2012. Craig was left injured, shot in the shoulder, and wa ...Show more
Blood and Tears - A memorial to those killed by tribal and related violence
30.00 NZD
Category: NZ History
James Cook: The Voyages by William Frame
49.99 NZD
Category: NZ History | Reading Level: very good
Stunningly illustrated history tells the story of James Cook's three voyages into the Pacific, including his visits to New Zealand. Themes include the navigation and charting of the Pacific; first encounters between Western and indigenous cultures; the representation of the voyages in art; and scientifi ...Show more