Fragments from a Contested Past (BWB Texts) by Joanna Kidman, Vincent O'Malley, Liana MacDonald, Tom Roa and Keziah Wallis
$18.00 NZD
Category: NZ History
‘What a nation or society chooses to remember and forget speaks to its contemporary priorities and sense of identity. Understanding how that process works enables us to better imagine a future with a different, or wider, set of priorities.’ History has rarely felt more topical or relevant as, all across ...Show more
The History of a Riot (BWB Texts) by Jared Davidson
$15.00 NZD
Category: NZ History | Series: BWB Texts
'What follows is a microhistory of collective revolt.' In 1843, the New Zealand Company settlement of Nelson was rocked by the revolt of its emigrant labourers. Over 70 gang-men and their wives collectively resisted their poor working conditions through petitions, strikes and, ultimately, violence. Yet ...Show more
Dressed: Fashionable Dress in Aotearoa New Zealand 1840 to 1910 by Claire Regnault
$70.00 NZD
Category: Award Winners
When crinolines, bustles and ostrich feathers were the height of colonial fashion. This richly illustrated and lively social history explores the creation, consumption and spectacle of fashionable dress in Aotearoa New Zealand from 1840 to the early 1900s. Dressmakers were essential contributors to the ...Show more
Tragedy at Pike River Mine: 2022 Edition - How and Why 29 Men Died by Rebecca Macfie
$45.00 NZD
Category: Investigative Journalism
Winner: Post Book Award, Best First Book, Non-fiction. On a sunny afternoon in November 2010, a massive explosion rocked the underground Pike River coal mine, deep in a mountain range in New Zealand's South Island. More than an hour and a half later, two ashen men stumbled from the mine's entrance to re ...Show more
Behind The Reins
$70.00 NZD
Category: Horses
The book weaves together a selection of anecdotes from the life of Nick van der Sande and his family and their career managing the famous DB Clydesdale horses. From retellings of events to animal and human character studies, these stories are guaranteed to stimulate feelings of awe, sadness, humour and ...Show more
NUKU: Stories of 100 Indigenous Women by Qiane Matata-Sipu
$65.00 NZD
Category: NZ History
NUKU: Stories of 100 Indigenous Women is a powerful and important snapshot of Indigenous wāhine today. Through wide-ranging voices this ambitious social documentary showcases diverse representations of leadership, systems change and success. You will obtain authentic insight into life as an Indigenous ...Show more
Forbidden History by John Dudley Aldworth
$90.00 NZD
Category: NZ History
"Did Phoenician, Chinese and Spanish ships populate pre-Māori New Zealand? Did a tall white people with golden hair settle New Zealand 2,000 years ago?"--Back cover.
Can't Get There from Here: New Zealand Passenger Rail Since 1920 by Andre Brett
$65.00 NZD
Category: Transport
Urban passenger rail patronage in Auckland and Wellington is now booming after many years of decline. Outside these two centres, however, the situation is quite different: intercity and regional passenger rail services are scarce, and no other city possesses suburban rail. Can't Get There from Here tra ...Show more
The Gosden Years - A New Zealand Film Festival Legacy by Bill Gosden
$50.00 NZD
Category: NZ History
Bill Gosden was at the forefront of Aotearoa film culture from 1980 to 2019. The Gosden Years is a record of his enormous legacy as director of the New Zealand International Film Festival—the country’s leading annual cinema event and a constant wellspring of film discovery and appreciation. Conceived by ...Show more