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
Kei Puta te Wairau: A History of Marlborough in Maori times by W. J. Elvy
$42.50 NZD
Category: Marlborough
An authoritative account of Maori life relating particularly to the lower reahes of the Wairau Valey and to the Sounds from Cloudy Bay accross to Havelock. First published in 1957, this is a facsimile reprint.
Captain Marion by Alexandre Dumas
$40.00 NZD
Category: Cadsonbury
An account of the murder of French Pacific explorer Captain Marion de Fresne at the Bay of Islands in 1772, translated by A.W. Reed who was a Dumas scholar and collector of his books, now in the Auckland public library. First published in 1949, this is a facsimile reprint.
Notes on Early Life in New Zealand by George Clarke
$50.00 NZD
Category: Cadsonbury
An account of the early life of the author in Keri Keri, Bay of Islands. Clarke spoke Maori and was present at the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi and later served the Crown as Protector of Aborigines. First published for private circulation in 1903, this is a facsimile reprint.
Otago Place Names by J. H. Beattie
$50.00 NZD
Category: Cadsonbury
Outlines the names bestowed by European explorers and settlers in Otago and Southland. Originally published in 1948, this is a facsimile reprint.
Crossing the Lines - The story of three homosexual New Zealand soldiers in world war II by Brent Coutts
$50.00 NZD
Category: NZ & World War II | Reading Level: near fine
In Crossing the Lines, Brent Coutts brings to light the previously untold history of New Zealand homosexual soldiers in World War II, drawing on the experiences of ordinary men who lived through extraordinary times. At the centre of the story are New Zealand soldiers Harold Robinson, Ralph Dyer and Doug ...Show more
Never Forget by Jo Bailey
$39.99 NZD
Category: NZ & World War II
Six moving World War II stories. Told by the people who lived them. New Zealand writer Jo Bailey has combined extensive interviews with the use or wartime diaries and written memoir to create six compelling, first person accounts of war. They include a boy who grew up in Japanese-occupied Dutch East Ind ...Show more
The Centennial History of Canterbury Officers' by Stanley Newman
$145.00 NZD
Category: Christchurch City & Banks Peninsula
A well illustrated history of the Christchurch Officers' Club, and no. 184 of a limited run of 500. Second copy is #20/500.