Just to Let You Know I'm Still Alive: Postcards from New Zealanders During the First World War by Glenn Reddiex
9.99 NZD
49.95 (80% off)
Category: NZ History
This book takes the reader on a journey into the colourful world of the picture postcard during World War One when the form of communicating was to mail a postcard with a message on the reverse side to a loved one serving on the battlefields of Europe. They were the emails of yesteryear, the economic wa ...Show more
Auckland Waterfront : The Port in Edwardian Times by Roger Morris
8.62 NZD
Category: NZ History
At the beginning of the last century Auckland was a thriving port, and her waterfront, although entirely devoted to its primary purpose of shipping, was no less vibrant than it is today. The public were free to wander around the wharves, and the small steamer and ferries did a roaring excursion trade on ...Show more
James Hector Explorer Scientist Leader by Simon Nathan
39.99 NZD
45.00 (11% off)
Category: NZ History | Reading Level: near fine
2015 is the 150th anniversary of Hector's appointment as the first government scientist in New Zealand. Generously illustrated with historic images of New Zealand natural history. Describes the founding of several important New Zealand organisations. Second hand.
Andris, Where Are You? From Latvia to New Zealand: The Family Story of Andris Apse by Ron Crosby
39.99 NZD
Category: NZ History | Reading Level: very good
Andris, Where Are You? tells the family story of renowned New Zealand photographer Andris Apse, who when middle aged, discovered that his father Voldemars, believed to be dead for 40 years, was still alive in Latvia. Told largely through insightful pre-war diary entries by Voldemars Apse, as well as cor ...Show more
Rushing for Gold by Carpenter Lloyd Fraser Lyndon
45.00 NZD
Category: NZ History
Secondhand. This is the first book to take a trans-Tasman look at the nineteenth-century phenomenon that was the gold rushes in Australia and New Zealand. It explores links between the rushes, particularly those in Victoria and Otago, to show that they were strongly intertwined affairs. The book brings ...Show more
Laucala Bay: The Story of the RNZAF in Fiji 1939 to 1967 by Bee Dawson
45.00 NZD
Category: NZ History
"A social history of the RNZAF flying-boat station at Laucala Bay, near Suva in Fiji. As the prospect of a Pacific war with Japan became likely in the 1930s, a Commonwealth defence conference decided which countries would be responsible for which parts of the Pacific. New Zealand was given responsibilit ...Show more
Beyond Betrayal: Trouble in the Promised Land - Restoring the Mission to Maori by Keith Newman
45.00 NZD
Category: NZ History | Reading Level: very good
Beyond Betrayal delves into New Zealand's pioneering history, and asks why such promising partnerships descended into decades of distrust. After the Treaty of Waitangi was signed, a succession of governors resisted missionary advice, despite their local knowledge and peacemaking skills, and influenced a ...Show more
Captured by Maori - White Female Captives, Sex and Racism on the Nineteenth-Century New Zealand Frontier by Trevor Bentley
36.00 NZD
Category: NZ History | Reading Level: near fine
The capture of white women by Maori in the nineteenth century was often accompanied by high hysteria and moral outrage. Trevor Bentley tells these women