Colonial Tears & Sweat - The Working Class in Nineteenth-Century New Zealand by Julia Millen
$47.50 NZD
Category: NZ Labour Movement & Union History
Secondhand. Tells the story of the forgotten immigrants whose presence in New Zealand, though unacknowledged, was vital to the prosperity of others. Special emphasis is given to the lot of single women and domestic servants, along with the vagabonds, dance girls, prostitutes and hotel workers.
Creating a National: Spirit Celebrating New Zealand's Centennial by William Renwick
$35.00 NZD
Category: NZ Political History
Softback. 294 pages. SECONDHAND
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
David Lange - My Life by David Lange
$26.50 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoirs | Reading Level: very good
Second hand. The long-awaited memoir of NZ's outstanding prime minister of the late 20th Century. David Lange ushered in a revolution in NZ when he came to power in 1984, aged just 41. His Labour government introduced sweeping new legislation that freed the country from its old conservative bonds, esta ...Show more
Daylight Robbery: The Plundering of the People's Bank by Ian Wishart
$22.50 NZD
Category: NZ Political History | Reading Level: very good
Secondhand. Ian Wishart's new investigation of the Bank of New Zealand collapse does not pull any punches. It cost taxpayers one billion dollars. The information in this book could cost the bank $2.9 billion in refunds for ordinary New Zealanders. An interesting and controversial book.
Diary of the Kirk Years by Margaret Hayward
$22.50 NZD
Category: NZ Political History
Second hand. The author was Norman Kirk's secretary before and during his term as Prime Minister. Her personal diary extracts from his last thirty-four months to analyse the man and his times.
Early Victorian New Zealand: A study of racial tension and social attitudes 1839-1852 by John Miller
$22.50 NZD
Category: NZ Political History
A comprehensive and illustrated study of racial tension and social attitudes, 1839-1852, the early Victorian European mind adapting to the shocks of a new environment, and of Maori adapting to the challenge of invasion.
Edward Stafford - New Zealand's First Statesman by Edmund Bohan
$35.00 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoirs | Reading Level: very good
An examination of the life and career of New Zealand's first and youngest-ever Prime Minister. Personalities and events of the period are explored to throw light on the development of our nation and its political system. There is a section of black and white photographs, cartoons, and drawings. Edmund B ...Show more
Election '81 - An End to Muldoonism? by Tony Garnier; Stephen I. Levine
$17.50 NZD
Category: NZ Political History
Elizabeth Yates - The First Lady Mayor in the British Empire by Judith Devaliant
$18.50 NZD
Category: NZ Political History | Reading Level: good-very good