Jock's Country by David Henshaw
49.99 NZD
Category: NZ General Non Fiction
A long-time resident of Tamahere in Waikato, David communicated with farmers for more than 40 years through his cartoons - his main character, Jock, is recognised as a national identity. His cartoons appeared in the New Zealand Farmer for 34 years and on the Jock calendar for the past 17 years. The cart ...Show more
Flies, Sand and Unwashed Socks - Letters from WWII: New Zealand Expeditionary Force 1940-1943 by R. G. Harris; Susan Cambridge
35.00 NZD
Category: NZ History
Letters from WWII New Zealand Expeditionary Force 1940-1943 R.G. (Dick) Harris These letters are from Egypt, Greece, Syria, Libya, Tunisia, Italy: Dick Harris travelled huge distances in North Africa, the Middle East and Southern Europe. For more than three years he lived with bombing from the air and s ...Show more
Beyond Manapouri by Knight Catherine
39.99 NZD
Category: NZ General Non Fiction | Reading Level: near fine
Beyond Manapouri: 50 Years of Environmental Politics in New Zealand traces the evolution of environmental administration in New Zealand since the dawn of the environmental era in the late 1960s. The national campaign to stop the government from raising the water level in the scenically spectacular Lake ...Show more
Showband!: Mahora and the Maori Volcanics by Mahora Peters
49.99 NZD
59.99 (16% off)
Category: Maori Tikanga
The incredible international success story of Mâori showbands comes to life here through the experiences of Mahora Peters and the Mâori Volcanics. This engaging recollection of the glitz and glamour of life on the road in the 60s and 70s captures the heyday of the showband phenomenon. Add to the story a ...Show more
Auckland and Northland with Hauraki Gulf and Coromandel by Peter Morath
19.99 NZD
Category: NZ General Non Fiction
This is a book of stunning scenery - a photographic celebration of some of New Zealand's best natural beauty.
The Legend of Mt White Station by Gerald Sandrey
60.00 NZD
Category: NZ General Non Fiction
The diverse and desolate country that makes up Mt White Station has held an irresistible allure for men for decades. Many have committed themselves to the extreme weather and isolation of the place only to finally admit defeat, while others have endured, raising families and forming bonds with their fel ...Show more
Big Questions: What Is New Zealand's Future? by Various Authors
38.00 NZD
Category: NZ General Non Fiction | Reading Level: very good
New Zealand is at a crossroads. People are increasingly concerned about where we are headed. Can we improve our appalling statistics on poverty and violence? What about work - will we all be replaced by robots? Will our children (let alone our grandchildren) be able to afford to buy a house? Can we clea ...Show more
Dust to Gold: The Story of Bendigo Station by John Perriam; Stephen Jaquiery (Photographer); Robin Major
50.00 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoir
Secondhand. The story of Bendigo Station is rich and fascinating, from its earliest days as the scene of New Zealand's richest quartz reef gold strike in the 1860s to its establishment as a 11,000 hectare sheep station producing many of New Zealand's highest quality top price Merino clips.
Life on the Road - Kiwi Trucking Stories by Randolph Covich
40.00 NZD
Category: NZ General Non Fiction
Kiwi truckies are the unsung heroes of New Zealand - the men and women who make great personal sacrifice and often risk their lives to keep our country running. The people who devote their life, in some way or another, to what is often a hard and lonely passion.Life on the Roadgathers together their fas ...Show more
The Pacific - In the Wake of Captain Cook with Sam Neill by Meaghan Wilson Anastasios
45.00 NZD
Category: NZ History | Reading Level: very good
A rich, complex and engaging account of Cook's voyages across the Pacific, from actor and raconteur Sam Neill, in which Sam Neill retraces Cook's footsteps, in the 250th anniversary year of Cook's first voyage. Captain James Cook first set sail to the Pacific in 1768 - 250 years ago. These vast waters, ...Show more
Ghost South Road by Scott Hamilton
59.95 NZD
Category: NZ History
The Great South Road was built in 1862 to carry a British army into the Waikato Kingdom. When the British invaded the Waikato in 1863, soldiers shared the road with Maori refugees from Auckland. Today the eroding earthen walls of forts and pa and military cemeteries remember the road's history. They sit ...Show more
He Pa Auroa - A Dictionary and Language Guide for Students of Maori by Ian Cormack
21.95 NZD
Category: Te Reo Maori
A Dictionary and Language Guide for Students of Maori