The Rise and Fall of James Busby - His Majesty's British Resident in New Zealand by Paul Moon
43.99 NZD
Category: NZ History | Reading Level: near fine
One of the British Empire's most troubling colonial exports in the 19th-century, James Busby is known as the father of the Australian wine industry, the author of New Zealand's Declaration of Independence and a central figure in the early history of independent New Zealand as its British Resident from 1 ...Show more
Living On Shaky Ground - The science and story behind New Zealand’s earthquakes by Matthew Wright
39.99 NZD
Category: NZ History
What makes our isles so shaky? Why was Christchurch not the first of our big quakes? Any why won’t it be our last? This book investigates our turbulent tectonics. It tells us how earthquakes are measured and described, and how scientists predict future shakes. It details New Zealand’s lesser-known quake ...Show more
Kiwi School Days Volume 3 - Interviews and Memoirs 1927-2019 A multi-cultural perspective by Ross Sutton
36.00 NZD
Category: NZ History | Reading Level: near fine
The Story of a Treaty by Claudia Orange
29.99 NZD
Category: NZ History
Second-had book in good condition. The Treaty of Waitangi is a central document in New Zealand history. In this lively account, Claudia Orange tells the story of the Treaty from its signing in 1840 through the debates and struggles of the nineteenth century to the gathering political momentum of the la ...Show more
100 Days That Mapped a Nation by Graeme Lay
65.00 NZD
Category: NZ History | Reading Level: very good
October 2019 marks the 250th anniversary of Captain James Cook’s first landfall in New Zealand. One Hundred Days that Mapped a Nation marks this historic occasion by looking at Cook’s intrepid journeys to New Zealand and the Pacific that were unprecedented for the time and had such far-reaching conseque ...Show more
Cook Voyages Encounters by Janet Davidson
65.00 NZD
Category: NZ History | Reading Level: near fine
Almost 250 years after James Cook first sighted Aotearoa in October 1769, world-wide interest in all aspects of his exploration of the Pacific endures. In this handsome book, widely respected Pacific scholar Janet Davidson details the collection of Maori, Pacific and Native American objects associated w ...Show more
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.