Rush to Riches: Kauri and Gold (The New Zealand Series) by Gordon Ell
$29.99 NZD
Category: NZ History | Series: The New Zealand Series
Colonising New Zealand was as much of a search for wealth as an imperial venture. The rush to exploit the country's gold and kauri is a story of innovation and determination, as well as suspicion and thuggery. The rushes of both industries drew Maori and British, and also Americans, Australians, Dalmati ...Show more
Frontier of Dreams: The Story of New Zealand by Ministry for Culture
$35.00 NZD
Category: NZ History
Frontier of Dreams accompanies the 13-part television series of the same name - New Zealand's most substantial history documentary in a quarter of a century. The book is written by a pantheon of New zealand's leading historians, is in full colour and lavishly illustrated with over 450 carefully chosen p ...Show more
Report on Experience by John Mulgan
$16.50 NZD
Category: NZ Non-Fiction
Report on Experience is a compelling memoir written by a quietly heroic author. This brilliantly written work provides insight both into the mind of the author and the prevailing attitudes of wartime Britain and Europe.
Red Haze: Australians and New Zealanders in Vietnam by Leon Davidson
$37.50 NZD
Category: General NZ Military History | Series: The\Drum Ser.
In the Vietnam War there was no frontline, no safe zone. In the thick jungles the Vietcong were everywhere, nowhere and winning. To find the Vietcong, a country was torn apart. To defeat them, Australia and New Zealand almost tore themselves apart.
New Zealand Then and Now by Jenny Haworth
$30.00 NZD
Category: NZ History
A new edition of the Then and Now series.
An Illustrated History of the Treaty of Waitangi by Claudia Orange
$65.00 NZD
Category: Te Tiriti o Waitangi/The Treaty of Waitangi | Reading Level: very good
This account begins before the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840 and tells the story to the present day. This edition covers the challenges and settlements of the last decade of the 20th century, and includes photographs, paintings and drawings. Copies of the Treaty are included.
On Active Service: New Zealand At War by Richard Wolfe
$32.50 NZD
Category: General NZ Military History | Reading Level: very good
From earliest tribal conflicts to involvement in major campaigns and peacekeeping exercises, "On Active Service: New Zealand at War" recounts this country's war experience. Camaraderie and teamwork at the front, those left behind to keep the home fires burning, victory and defeat - they are all here, ri ...Show more
Struan's War - Battlegrounds, recreation and Sightseeing in North Africa 1941-1944 in the Photographs and Diaries of New Zealand Division Gunner Struan MacGibbon by Edited by John MacGibbon
$40.00 NZD
Category: NZ & World War II | Reading Level: very good
The elite Long Range Desert Group operated behind enemy lines and Frank Jopling was with them from the first sortie. His diary is the most comprehensive published account of the daily activities of these military swashbucklers who played a vital part in the Eight Army's victory over Axis forces in North ...Show more
The Smell of Powder: A History of Duelling in New Zealand by Donald Kerr
$30.00 NZD
Category: NZ History
It's hard to imagine it but it's not long ago that some people in NZ were sorting out their feuds with duels. Yes duels - mostly using pistols but occasionally swords. The last one recorded was in 1935 in Auckland. These duels were fought because of too much wine; quarrels over money; casting a slur ove ...Show more
Hell or High Water by Neill Atkinson (ed)
$35.00 NZD
Category: NZ & World War II
Drawn from interviews with the men who were there in the darkest days of a bloody and terrible conflict, Hell or High Water includes many stirring accounts of war at sea. During WWII thousands of New Zealanders served in New Zealand, British and other Allied merchant marines. Many braved the deadly Germ ...Show more