The Riversdalians
$62.50 NZD
Category: Cadsonbury
A comprehensive local history of the Southland town and district of Riversdale on the Waimea plain, north west of Gore. First published in 1971, this is a facsimile reprint edition with a new index
The Stewart Islanders by Olga Sansom
$47.50 NZD
Category: Southland
Olga Sanson is herself a Stewart Islander and grew up in its tradition. She knew its old people and remembers them gratefully and with love. She learned the paths, and the forest and seashore. And- importantly for the readers of this book- she inherited a way with words that enables the reader to share ...Show more
The Stirring Times of Te Rauparaha (Chief of the Ngatitoa) by William Thomas Locke Travers
$55.00 NZD
Category: Cadsonbury
A very comprehensive history of Te Rauparaha, the Maori rangatira and war leader of the Ngati Toa tribe who took a leading part in the Musket Wars along with a history of the sacking of Kaiapohia. Originally published in1906, this is a fascimile reprint.
The Story of Gate Pa, April 29th, 1864 by Gilbert Mair
$45.00 NZD
Category: Cadsonbury
Gate Pa was the fortress built in 1864 only 3 miles from the main British base of Camp Te Papa at Tauranga during the Tauranga Campaign of the New Zealand Land Wars. The pa was built at the instigation of Chief Rawiri Puhirake of Ngai Te Rangi, on the edge of land owned by Maori, where missionaries had ...Show more
The Story of Oxford 1852 - 1932 by Lancelot Watson
$40.00 NZD
Category: Cadsonbury
Facsimile edition of the history of Oxford, Canterbury.
The Whaling Trade in Old New Zealand by L.S. Rickard
$50.00 NZD
Category: Cadsonbury
The story of the rise and fall of the old whaling trade around the coasts of early New Zealand, gathered from fragmented sources. First published in 1965, this is a facsimile reprint.
Tikao Talks: Traditions and tales second edition by Herries Beattie
$42.50 NZD
Category: Cadsonbury
Contains many traditions and beliefs never before recorded. As an old man Teone Taare Tikao passed on to the author, knowledge which he had gained as a young man from the old people. First published in 1939 and again in 1990, this is a facsimile of the first edition with an index added.
Traditions and Legends of the South Island Maori Collected from the Natives of Murihiku (Southland, New Zealand) by Herries Beattie
$55.00 NZD
Category: Cadsonbury
Originally published in the Journal of the Polynesian Society between 1915 and 1922, these stories were collected by the author crom Maori of Murihiku (Southland). Full index included.
Twenty-five years experience in New Zealand and the Chatham Islands (facsimile edition)
$50.00 NZD
Category: Cadsonbury
Two early accounts of the Chatham Islands from 1866 and 1882. Facsimiles of the original editions. Hunt arrived at Port Nicholson in 1840 and spent time at Otaki, and as a Pakeha-Maori with Te Rauparaha. Later in 1840 he resided in the Chathams, and visited Pitt Island. Includes also the Chatham Islands ...Show more
Two Visions Fulfilled
$40.00 NZD
Category: Cadsonbury
An account of the railway town and farming district of Rolleston, Canterbury from 1866 to 1988 with the author's update to 2002. Illustrations. First published by the author in 1988, this is a reprint.
Vol 1: Legends of the Maori: Mythology, Folk-Lore, Tradition and Poetry (1930) by Maui Pomare and James Cowan
$70.00 NZD
Category: Cadsonbury
This volume is divided into three sections, designed to present a general survey of Maori-Polynesian tradition and belief: a series of typical legends, folktales and tribal historical narratives, and a collection of the poetry of the race. Facsimile reprint, originally published 1930.