Archeology of the Pouerua by Louise Furey
$55.00 NZD
Category: Northland
The Pouerua Project is an archaeological initiative of the 1980s, studying the pa (native village) site on and around the volcanic cone at Pouerua, New Zealand. This book looks at the attempts to use archaeological techniques to explore and understand the socio-political process of the pa.
John Hobbs 1800-1883 Wesleyan Missionary to the Ngapuhi Tribe of Northern New Zealand by T.M.I. Williment
$47.50 NZD
Category: Northland
Hardback with dust jacket. 262 pages. SECONDHAND
Letters from the Bay of Islands: The Story of Marianne Williams by Marianne Williams; Caroline Fitzgerald (ed.)
$37.50 NZD
Category: Northland | Reading Level: good
In 1822, Marianne Williams left England for New Zealand with her missionary husband William. Living in Paihia amid warring Maori tribes (and with unruly European whaling crews nearby) Marianne was a mother of 11, nurse, midwife and surrogate missionary and hostess to such luminaries as Charles Darwin.He ...Show more
Northland's Devastating Deluge by -
$25.00 NZD
Category: Northland
In March 2007 Northland experienced a very severe storm that caused widespread destruction and flooding, and threatened to damage New Zealand's most historic buildings. The students, staff and parnets of Westmount School at Kerikeri have compiled a book which includes personal accounts and numerous phot ...Show more
Port in the North A Short History of Russel – New Zealand by Marie M. King
$60.00 NZD
Category: Northland
Hardback without dust jacket. 204 pages. SECONDHAND
The Covid Chronicles: Lessons From New Zealand by Paul Little
$19.50 NZD
Category: NZ History
"It is a multi-stranded account of one of the most extraordinary times in Aotearoa's history, and the lessons we must heed for our future"
The Kauri Gumdiggers by Sir Alfred Reed
$25.00 NZD
Category: Northland
This popular story of the kauri gum industry has become a collectable item in the 30-odd years since its last publication. The pioneer publisher, writer and veteran walker began his career as a gum digger in the Far North and his story records the pioneer phase of settlement and industry there. This new ...Show more
Time and Tide - Local Government in the Mangonui, Kaitaia and Adjacent Areas by Jeanette Richardson
$25.00 NZD
Category: Northland
Trading Cultures : A History of the Far North by Adrienne Puckey
$55.00 NZD
Category: Northland
Trading Cultures is a social, economic and political history that gives fresh insights into how and why Maori and Pakeha in the far north of New Zealand traded and interacted with each other from the 1700s to the present. It explores how the far north began as a bread basket and became an economic baske ...Show more