Holding the Balance: A History of New Zealand's Department of Labour 1891-1995 by John E. Martin
$32.50 NZD
Category: NZ Labour Movement & Union History
Softback. 478 pages. SECONDHAND
In the Public Interest: Essays in Honour of Professor Keith Jackson by Mark Francis & Jim Tully (ed.)
$37.50 NZD
Category: NZ Political History
This collection of essays honouring the late Emeritus Keith Jackson addresses the public interest in New Zealand. This subject is of increasing importance at a time when politicians are grappling with serious issues that call into question the boundaries between the private and public spheres. The essay ...Show more
Indigenous Land Rights in Commonwealth Countries - Dispossesion, Negotiation and Community Action: Proceedings of a Commonwealth Geographical Bureau Workshop, Christchurch, February 1992 by Commonwealth Geographical Bureau, Workshop Staff (Contribution by); Garth Cant; John Overton; Eric Pawson; University of Canterbury, Dept. of Geography Staff (Contribution by); New Zealand, Ngai Tahu Maori Trust Board Staff (Contribution by)
$25.00 NZD
Category: NZ Political History
Julius Vogel: Business politician by Raewyn Dalziel
$47.50 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoirs
Hardback with dust jacket. 368 pages. SECONDHAND
Keeper of the Long View - Sustainability and the PCE by David Young
$18.50 NZD
Category: NZ Political History
King Dick: A Biography of Richard John Seddon by R.M. Burdon
$37.50 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoirs
Premier of New Zealand for thirteen years, Lanciashire born and bred, a 'West Coaster by adoption, zealous Imperialist whilst remaining a radical reformer, Seddon is here presented in a lively authoratative biography which is at the same time a picture of an age.
Labour's Path to Political Independence - Origins and Establishment of the New Zealand Labour Party, 1900-19 by Barry Gustafson
$47.50 NZD
Category: NZ Political History
Labour's Path to Political Independence remains the best introduction to the origins of one of New Zealand's two major political parties. Not only does it trace the birth of the Labour Party, but it sheds light on the political, economic and social history of New Zealand during the years 1900–19. Gustaf ...Show more
Lord Cobham's Speeches by O. S. Hintz (ed.)
$17.50 NZD
Category: NZ Political History
Secondhand. A selection from the Speeches of Lord Cobham when he was Governor General of New Zealand 1957-1962. The people of New Zealand have literally demanded this book. Every major speech by Lord Cobham during his term as Governor-General has been followed by the most urgent pleas that his addres ...Show more
Man for All Seasons: The Life and Times of Ken Douglas by David Grant
$22.50 NZD
Category: NZ Labour Movement & Union History | Reading Level: Very Good
Ken Douglas was raised in a hardworking, tough-talking, union-focussed Wellington family and got into union politics as a very young working man. Hard-nosed, pragmatic and never scared of a scrap, he rose through the ranks, got deeper into left-wing ideology and activity with his membership of the Socia ...Show more
Mirrors on the Hill - Reflections on New Zealand's Political Leaders: Reflections on New Zealand's Political Leaders by Keith Eunson
$23.50 NZD
Category: NZ Political History | Reading Level: very good
Looks at the major New Zealand political leaders of the past sixty years. From Peter Fraser, possibly New Zealand's greatest Prime Minister in war and peace, through the controversial years of Rob Muldoon and David Lange, the explosive Rogernomic social and economic revolution and on to the years of Jim ...Show more