"OKOROA": A Wanganui River Diary by Harry Mason; Arthur P. Bates(ed.)
$55.00 NZD
Category: NZ History | Reading Level: very good
From the Diaries and Notes Left by the Late Edith Mason Who Lived in the Remote Mangataunoka Valley off the Wanganui River 1920-1940, collated by her son Harry Mason. This book records her honest day-by-day thoughts on the life she led at the farm until it was eventually abandoned.
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.
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
History of New Zealand and its Inhabitants by Dom Felice Vaggioli; John Crockett (Translator)
$50.00 NZD
Category: Early NZ
History of New Zealand and its Inhabitants is the English language translation of a lively, opinionated book by Dom Felice Vaggioli, an Italian monk who was one of the first Benedictine priests to be sent to Aotearoa NZ. While working in Auckland, the Coromandel and Gisborne during the years 1879-1887, ...Show more
The New Zealand Illustrated Magazine: August 1901 by Various Authors
$75.00 NZD
Category: Early NZ | Reading Level: very good