A Distant Feast: The Origins of New Zealand's Cuisine by Tony Simpson

$34.95 NZD

Category: Cook Books | Reading Level: very good

THE ORIGINS OF NEW ZEALAND'S cuisine can be traced back to our nineteenth-centary immigrant ancestors. Bringing with them a tradition based on an annual agricultural cycle, they were confronted with not only reversed seasons but plentiful fertile land and a generally warmer climate. This abundance combi ned with the strong traditions of the immigrants produced a cuisine baed on a wide choice of meats, dairy products, fruits and vegetables, and characterised by plenty and hospitality.Drawing on wealth of published and unpublished material, Tony Simpson examines in deatil the development of our cuisine and domestic culture over the past two centuries.Illustrated throughout with traditional recipes and line drawings, A Distant Feast provides a fascinating overview of the place of food in the lives of New Zealanders. ...Show more

A History of Evandale by K. R. von Stieglitz

$35.00 NZD

Category: NZ History

A History of Gold-Mining in New Zealand by J.H.M. Salmon

$80.00 NZD

Category: NZ History

Softback. 315 pages. NEW.

A Lucky Landing by ROGERS, Anna

$37.50 NZD

Category: NZ History

A Wild Wind from the North: Hongi Hika's 1823 Invasion of Rotorua by Don Stafford

$39.99 NZD

Category: NZ History

Hongi Hika's invasion of the Rotorua area in 1823 is one of the most dramatic and daring assaults in New Zealand history. Armed with muskets, Hongi's forces had roamed the North Island seeking utu (revenge) for past slights. Te Arawa, inland and with their island stronghold of Mokoia on Lake Rotorua, fe lt impregnable. They did not count on Hongi's determination - which led to an epic portage of canoes to the lake shores, from which an attack on Mokoia became inevitable. A Wild Wind from the North not only tells the story with Stafford's flair and sense of drama, but is also richly illustrated, including modern photos of the locations depicted. Launch of the book in 2007 occasioned a major meeting of Ngapuhi and Te Arawa that aided reconciliation for the past conflict. ...Show more

Alone in the Tasman: Tony Allan's True Story of Survival at Sea by Les Hill

$35.00 NZD

Category: NZ History

The longest-known survival on the Tasman Sea in a life raft. After competing in the Solo Tasman Yacht Challenge 1974, Christchurch man Tony Allan was sailing back to New Zealand from Mooloolaba when his boat, Rebel II, capsized two days into the journey, leaving him adrift in his life raft for 20 days. Alone in the Tasman, as told to Les Hill, is an inspiring story of survival as Tony battled through nightmares, hearing voices, loneliness, and absolute vulnerability. Tony's is the longest-known survival on the Tasman Sea in a life raft. ...Show more

Among Secret Beauties: A Memoir of Mountaineering in New Zealand and the Himalayas by Brian Wilkins

$45.00 NZD

Category: NZ History | Reading Level: Fine

Climbing entered the world stage in the 1950s: this was the era that produced not only Sir Edmund Hillary but a strong body of world-class New Zealand climbers. In this important and dramatic book Brian Wilkins, who was part of the adventure, shares his experiences of climbing in the Southern Alps and t he Himalayas. During the NZ Alpine Club expedition to the Himalayas in 1954, the year after Everest, Wilkins was the climber most closely associated with Hillary. Hillary's two narrow escapes from death during the expedition saw Wilkins in a unique position to gauge the character and actions of this legendary figure at a formative stage in the famous climber's career. Wilkins' New Zealand climbing includes the first ascent of the North-East Ridge of Mt Aspiring, a gripping drama of survival, human endurance and a test of the ethics of mountaineering. In this account he also submits the writings of his contemporaries to robust critical attention, writing with warm gentle humour, honesty and insight. ...Show more

An Accidental Utopia?: Social Mobility and the Social Foundations of an Egalitarian Society, 1880-1940 by Erik Olssen et al

$50.00 NZD

Category: NZ History

This is the first systematic analysis of the urban social structure in New Zealand. By focusing on the three major forms of mobility marital, work life, and intergenerational this work identifies the distinctive forms taken by the capitalist class structure in urban New Zealand during the formative hist orical period of 1890-1940. By placing the analysis deep within the context of a particular community Dunedin's southern suburbs this book also identifies in rich detail the complex occupational pathways, their meanings, and the way in which shifts in the mobility pattern both reflect and explain changes in political behaviour. This unique discovery provides the book with one of its most stimulating themes. The authors also develop a comparative theme, showing that New Zealand was more fluid than England, if not always as open as the United States. This analysis also underlines the importance of size and scale not only to this topic, but to sociology and history in general ...Show more

An Illustrated History of The Treaty Of Waitangi by Claudia Orange

$42.50 NZD

Category: NZ History | Reading Level: very good

An Illustrated History of the Treaty of Waitangi by Claudia Orange

$120.00 NZD

Category: NZ History

This account begins before the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840 and tells the story to the present day. This edition covers the challenges and settlements of the last decade of the 20th century, and includes photographs, paintings and drawings. Copies of the Treaty are included.

Aotearoa: The New Zealand Story by Gavin Bishop

$40.00 NZD

Category: NZ History

Over a thousand years ago, the wind, sea currents and stars brought people to the islands that became known as Aotearoa, the land of the long white cloud. Navigate your way through this sumptuously illustrated story of New Zealand. Explore the defining moments of our history, captured by celebrated chil dren's book creator Gavin Bishop, from the Big Bang right through to what might happen tomorrow. Discover Maori legends, layers of meaning and lesser-known facts. A truly special book, Aotearoa- The New Zealand Storydeserves a space on every bookshelf, to be taken off and pored over, thumbed and treasured, time and again. NZ Listener 50 Best Books for Kids 2017 The SaplingBest Books List 2017 ...Show more

Bateman New Zealand Historical Atlas / Ko Papatuanuku E Takoto Nei by Malcolm McKinnon

$95.00 NZD

Category: NZ History

Winner of the Readers' Choice Award, 1998 Montana New Zealand Books Awards. This superb new colour book is a journey in maps, graphics and text through New Zealand's past to the present, revealing the relationships between the places and people of New Zealand. Using the most sophisticated technology ava ilable historians, cartographers, geographers, geologists and archaeologists have pooled their knowledge and research to create a book which is highly pictorial yet remarkably detailed. The book is divided into five sections: the geological origin of the land and its acquisition of flora and fauna the world of the Maori the effects of Pakeha colonisation the country as an independent dominion contemporary New Zealand viewed in a historical context In 290 pages, there are one hundred double-page spreads of maps, captions, graphs and pictures covering a great variety of topics, from volcanic activity, glaciation, flora and fauna before human settlement, Maori horticulture, regions of the country viewed through pre-European Maori eyes, the New Zealand wars, the conversion of bush into pasture, building cities, and many more. There is a thorough bibliography for each section providing sources of evidence and and additional information. First published 1997. ...Show more