The Penguin History of New Zealand by Michael King
$38.00 NZD
Category: History
This bestselling book, the triumphant fruit of careful research, wide reading and judicious assessment, is the unchallenged contemporary reference to the history of New Zealand. New Zealand was the last country in the world to be discovered and settled by humankind. It was also the first to introduce fu ...Show more
Driving To Treblinka: A Long Search for a Lost Father by Diana Wichtel
$45.00 NZD
Category: NZ History
A Winner in Ockhams New Zealand Book Awards - Both the Royal Society Te Apārangi Award for General Non-Fiction 2018, and Best First Book Award for General Non-Fiction 2018. As a young child Diana Wichtel is brought up in Vancouver, Canada. Her mother is a Catholic New Zealander, her father a Polish Jew ...Show more
New Zealand's Native Trees (revised edition) by John Dawson, Rob Lucas et al
$130.00 NZD
Category: NZ Flora
A complete revision, of the best selling, award-winning landmark book on New Zealand’s native trees. New Zealand’s Native Trees is a landmark book, the kind that is published only once in a generation. It celebrates our unique and magnificent native forests, and describes and generously illustrates m ...Show more
The Big Smoke: New Zealand Cities 1840-1920 by Ben Schrader
$60.00 NZD
Category: NZ History
Secondhand. The pursuit of city life is one of the most important untold stories of New Zealand. The Big Smoke is the first comprehensive history to tell this story, presenting a dynamic and highly illustrated account of city life from 1840 to 1920.It explores such questions as: what did cities look li ...Show more
The Great War For New Zealand - Waikato 1800-2000 by Vincent O'Malley
$80.00 NZD
Category: NZ History
A monumental new account of the defining conflict in New Zealand history. It was war in the Waikato in 1863-64 that shaped the nation in all kinds of ways: setting back Maori and Pakeha relations by several generations and allowing the government to begin to assert the kind of real control over the coun ...Show more
Life at the Top : Tales from Aoraki-Mt.Cook by Genevieve Willoughby
$40.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
Life at the Top: tales from Aoraki-Mt. Cook brings to life the stories of those who lived and worked in the Mt. Cook area and explored the magnificent mountains surrounding it. The themes and issues that dominate the development of Mt. Cook are uncovered in the book. The mountains have great spiritual s ...Show more
The Field Guide to New Zealand Geology (revised edition 2009) by Jocelyn Thornton
$50.00 NZD
Category: Geology
This is the first field guide written for the general public and beginners in geology in New Zealand. Now fully revised and updated, it shows travellers in New Zealand something of the tremendous variety of our rocks, minerals and fossils and describes what to look for in many areas where rock formation ...Show more
A Short History of Farming in New Zealand by Gordon McLauchlan
$30.00 NZD
Category: Farming
Gordon McLauchlan continues his bestselling Short History series with an in-depth look into the history of the farming industry in New Zealand. From the early migrant farmers and regional produce trading, to the revolution of refrigeration - opening up global opportunities for our fast-growing export ma ...Show more
A Short History of New Zealand by Gordon McLauchlan
$30.00 NZD
Category: History
A new edition of the bestselling short history on New Zealand, updated to include the Helen Clark years, the rise of John Key, the Christchurch earthquakes and the 2011 Rugby World Cup! A lively and accessible history written by one of our most well-known commentators on matters past and present. Succin ...Show more
A History of New Zealand Women by Barbara Brookes
$70.00 NZD
Category: NZ History
What would a history of New Zealand look like that rejected Thomas Carlyle's definition of history as 'the biography of great men', and focused instead on the experiences of women? One that shifted the angle of vision and examined the stages of this country's development from the points of view of wives ...Show more
Not in Narrow Seas: The economic history of Aotearoa New Zealand by Brian Easton
$60.00 NZD
Category: NZ History
Not in Narrow Seas is a major contribution to the history of Aotearoa New Zealand. It covers everything from the traditional gift-based Māori economy to the Ardern government's attempt to deal with the economic challenges of global warming, and is the first economic history to underline the central role ...Show more
Ask That Mountain: The Story of Parihaka by Dick Scott
$45.00 NZD
Category: Te ao Māori
Second hand. Parihaka has become a byword for Maori refusal to yield land, culture and dignity to New Zealand's colonial government. Well after the end of the New Zealand Wars, the people of this small settlement at the foot of Mt Taranaki held out against the encroachments of Pakeha settlers in a stru ...Show more