The Wild Winds: The History of Number 486 RNZAF Fighter Squadron with the RAF by Paul Sortehaug
$485.00 NZD
Category: NZ Military History | Reading Level: very good
A great account of the air operations of the Royal New Zealand Air Force No. 486 Squadron, which was based in Europe from its formation in England in 1942, until it was disbanded soon after the end of the war in that area. It covers not only the detailed service and personal experiences of 486's pilots ...Show more
The Great Exhibition Christchurch 1.11.1906 to 15.4.1907 by Alexander de Kort
$30.00 NZD
Category: NZ History | Reading Level: very good
This unusual book is about "some facts, assumptions and queries pertaining to the philatelic aspects of the New Zealand International Exhibition which was held in Hagley Park, Christchurch, from the 1st of November, 1906 until the 15th of April, 1907".
The "taxwoman": One Hundred and One Years of Women Working in the Inland Revenue Department, 1892-1993 by Fiona McKergow
$20.00 NZD
Category: NZ History | Reading Level: very good
A booklet that undertakes a history of IRD women employees to commemorate the centennial of women's suffrage in New Zealand. By 1993, 62 per cent of IRD employees were women. But it is only within the last few years that the work enviroment has changed to the extent that women are just beginning to mak ...Show more
The Treaty of Waitangi in Tauranga/Te Tiriti o Waitangi Ki Tauranga Moana (English/Maori) by Debbie McCauley; Tamati Waaka
$40.00 NZD
Category: Te Tiriti o Waitangi/The Treaty of Waitangi
The Treaty of Waitangi was first signed in the Bay of Islands on 6 February 1840. Over the following months a further eight Treaty sheets were signed at various locations around Aotearoa. One of those places was Tauranga.
Letters from Early New Zealand(No Dust Jacket) by Charlotte Godley
$32.50 NZD
Category: Early NZ
Good Morning New Zealand - News Stories Of The Day From The 1950s
$30.00 NZD
Category: NZ History | Reading Level: very good
Death Among Good Men by Nathalie Philippe
$45.00 NZD
Category: NZ & World War I
Lindsay Merritt Inglis was a young man who found a talent for soldiering with the First New Zealand Expeditionary Force, commanding a Machine Gun company and rising to the rank of Major. From Egypt to the Somme, Messines and Le Quesnoy, he was driven to harness the tactical use of machine guns, the kill ...Show more
A History of New Zealand by Keith Sinclair
$16.50 NZD
Category: NZ History | Reading Level: very good
This vivid and entertaining history of New Zealand by the late Keith Sinclair has long been regarded as a classic, one of the most authoritative studies of this country's history. First published in 1959, A History of New Zealand has been brought up to date in this revised edition by Raewyn Dalziel, Pro ...Show more
The New Zealand Illustrated Magazine: August 1901 by Various Authors
$75.00 NZD
Category: Early NZ | Reading Level: very good
Quackery in Christchurch 1850-1900 by Geoffrey W. Rice
$42.50 NZD
Category: NZ History | Reading Level: very good
Quackery is simpley defined as medical practice that has no scientific basis, yet, thanks to the Covid pandemic, alternative medication and treatments are again on the rise all over the world. Mainstream doctors have always warned against placing reliance on patient medicines, herb, homepathy, phrenolo ...Show more
Early History of New Zealand by From Earliest Times to 1840 by R.A.A. Sherrin; From 1840 to 1845 by J.H. Wallace
$325.00 NZD
Category: Early NZ | Reading Level: very good
While the first colony of New Zealand was officially founded in 1840 settlers felt there was far more relevant history contributing to the colonization of New Zealand previous to this time. This database contains a history of early New Zealand beginning with the voyages of Captain Cook in the region. Th ...Show more