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.
The New Zealand Doctor & The Welfare State by J. B. Lovell-Smith
$23.50 NZD
Category: NZ Education & Health | Reading Level: very good
Secondhand. A chronicle of the difficult, protracted and sometimes acrimonious negiotions between New Zealand's first Labour Government and the medical profession. The medicine man's traditional preoccupation with the individual is often in direct opposition to the concept of the Welfare State, and thi ...Show more
Being Extraordinary By Confronting Your Ordinary
$45.00 NZD
Category: NZ Business & Company History
If business is your life, you need to read this exciting new book.....Mike Bennetts will lead you on a journey to become extraordinary business leader. Mike was CEO of the year in 2016 and he didn't get there by accident!
The Gumboot Takeover the story of the Ravensdown Co-operative by Bryan James
$30.00 NZD
Category: NZ Business & Company History
Ravensdown Fertiliser Co-operative was formed after a series of takeovers during 1977–78. This involved the amalgamation of five fertiliser works, formerly owned by Kempthorne, Prosser & Company and the Dominion Fertiliser Company. A cartoon by Sid Scales depicts the aftermath of the battle.
No Ordinary Deal: Unmasking the Trans-Pacific Partnership Free Trade Agreement by Jane Kelsey
$23.50 NZD
Category: NZ Business & Company History | Series: Series 21 - Into a New Century | Reading Level: Very Good
The Trans Pacific Partnership is no ordinary free trade deal. Billed as an agreement fit for the twentyfirst century, no one is sure what that means. For its champions in New Zealand a free trade agreement with the US is a magic bullet - opening closed doors for Fonterra into the US dairy market. Presid ...Show more
How to Get Lost and Found in New Zealand by John W. McDermott
$17.50 NZD
Category: NZ Society
In the summer of 1975-76 John W. McDermott and his wife (The Lady Navigator) criss-crossed the country in a period of intensive travel taking in all the major population centres and tourist spots.
Akaroa Area School - 150th Year Celebration 2007 by Akaroa Reunion Committee
$20.00 NZD
Category: NZ Education & Health
MM Woodland Counting Puzzle by Ogilvie Gordon
$55.00 NZD
Category: NZ Business & Company History | Reading Level: very good
Set Free: One Hundred Years of Salvation Army Addiction Treatment in New Zealand 1907-2006 by Don & Joan Hutson
$21.50 NZD
Category: NZ Society | Reading Level: very good
Over 100 years ago The Salvation Army made history, creating New Zealand’s first rehabilitation programme for alcoholics. They started a specialist treatment programme for the country's drunkards on Rotoroa Island in Auckland's Hauraki Gulf. In time, this led to city-based treatment options, growing fro ...Show more
Digging Deeper: A New Zealand Guide to Investigative Reporting by Amanda Cropp
$25.00 NZD
Category: NZ Society | Reading Level: very good
Journalists develop special skills to ferret out information others would prefer to hide. 'Digging Deeper' describes the investigative techniques used and, for the first time, how they can be properly applied in the New Zealand context.
The Passionless People Revisited: New Zealanders in the 21st Century by Gordon McLauchlan
$17.50 NZD
Category: NZ Society | Reading Level: very good
When The Passionless People was first published in 1976 it was a publishing sensation, selling tens of thousands of copies. Its title became part of the language. Over 30 years on - have we changed? Are we still 'smiling zombies'? There is no doubt that this book will be as topical and controversial as ...Show more
Report of the Royal Commission to Inquire into the Circumstances of the Convictions of Arthur Allan Thomas for the Murders of David Harvey Crewe and Jeanette Lenore Crewe
$30.00 NZD
Category: NZ Law, Crime & Policing | Reading Level: very good
A Royal Commission of Inquiry was established, headed by retired New South Wales Justice Robert Taylor. It declared Thomas to have been wrongfully charged and convicted and found that among other improprieties, police had planted a .22 rifle cartridge case in the garden of the house in which the murders ...Show more