Pressing On : The Story of New Zealand Newspapers 1921-2000
$69.50 NZD
Category: NZ History
In 1920, when Lasting Impressions, the first volume in this history of New Zealand newspapers ended, the large number of newspapers in the country were the profitable, well-respected vehicles of nearly all the news from around the world and around the corner welcomed into households in the largest citie ...Show more
Badges and Insignia of the New Zealand Army by Geoffrey P. Oldham
$32.50 NZD
Category: NZ Military History
Secondhand. First edition. An illustrated price guide to cap and collar badges, insignia and shoulder titles of the of the New Zealand Army, Police & Militia from 1867 to 1997.
Western Front by Ian McGibbon
$15.00 NZD
Category: NZ & World War I
Secondhand. The Western Front, where New Zealand fought its deadliest military campaign, contains some of the most significant sites in the story of New Zealand's First World War - the Somme, Messines, Passchendaele and Le Quesnoy. The Western Front- A Guide to New Zealand Battlefields and Memorialsis ...Show more
Gallipoli : A Guide to New Zealand Battlefields and Memorials by Ian McGibbon
$15.00 NZD
Category: NZ & World War I
Secondhand. Gallipoli is one of the most significant sites in the story of New Zealand's First World War - a symbol of great sacrifice and camaraderie, and the heart of ongoing Anzac commemorations. Gallipoli: A Guide to New Zealand Battlefields and Memorials is the indispensable handbook to the histor ...Show more
Speeches and Documents on New Zealand History by W. David McIntyre, W. J. Gardener (eds.)
$18.50 NZD
Category: NZ History
Secondhand. This books covers the New Zealand history from the 1830s to 1948. Designed to coer the main themes of the country's development since annexation, it concentrates on the constitutional evolution of New Zealand, the development of political parties, reform legislation and external affairs. ...Show more
With Greek Guerriallas by Arthur Edmonds
$55.00 NZD
Category: NZ & World War II | Reading Level: very good
Secondhand. Describes the author's participation in the SOE Force 133 in occupied Greece, 1942-44. Arthur Edmonds of the New Zealand Engineers attached to Special Operations Executive and parachuted into occupied Greece 1 October 1941 serving with Greek guerrillas. Illustrated with photographs and maps ...Show more
The New Zealand Wars - A History of the Maori Campaigns and the Pioneering Period (Two Volume Set, No Dust Jacket) by James Cowan
$155.00 NZD
Category: Early NZ
Secondhand. First published in 1922. This set is reprint 19955-56 without amendment. 'This history of the New Zealand Wars is the late James Cowan's greatest works... It is a history that is not a dry as dust account of policies and battles; it is a living history of brave men and women who fought for ...Show more
Report of The Waitangi Tribunal on The Orakei Claim (Wai-9)
$25.00 NZD
Category: Te Tiriti o Waitangi/The Treaty of Waitangi
Secondhand. Claim Wai 9, the Orakei claim, was filed in February 1984 by Joe Hawke and 12 others on behalf of Ngati Whatua and concerned the Orakei block in Auckland.
Explorers, Whalers, and Tattooed Sailors: Adventurous Tales from Early New Zealand by Gordon Ell (ed.); Sarah Ell (ed.)
$25.00 NZD
Category: Early NZ | Reading Level: Very Good
Secondhand. This collection of first-hand accounts, drawn from early writings and out-of-print books, lets the first Europeans to visit this country tell their own stories of exploration, risk and adventure. Abel Tasman and Joseph Banks write of their first encounters with the people of this new land, ...Show more
An Errand of Mercy: Captain Jacob Eckhoff and the Loss of the Kakanui by Redmer Yska
$22.50 NZD
Category: Early NZ
Secondhand. In this untold chapter of 19th century maritime history, Redmar Yska traces his great-grandfather's heroic endeavours to save the lives of ten Dunedin sealers abandoned - and close to starving - on subantarctic Macquarie Island. But Jacob Eckhoff's life is also an epic tale of loyalty, bitt ...Show more