On Zealand's Hills, Where Tigers Steal Along by Janet Holm
$45.00 NZD
Category: Early NZ | Reading Level: very good
Second hand. This book brings to life memorable men and women who left the old world to begin a new life in 19th century New Zealand. Many endured extreme hardship as they struggled with the remoteness of the country, and the difficulties of life in the bush or high country. Overcoming daunting obstacl ...Show more
Guy - The Adventures of New Zealand Photographer Guy Mannering by Guy Mannering
$42.50 NZD
Category: NZ History
"Finally we can all witness the wonderful exploits of Guy Mannering...Photographer, Filmmaker, Jet Boater, Mountaineer, Adventurer. This is a must-read and engaging recollection from Guy's diaries and his wife Margie's memories assembled and written by Margie and his granddaughter Nikki, proving once ag ...Show more
Heartland Strong by Brown Margaret
$37.00 NZD
Category: NZ History
The future of New Zealands rural communities is often in the news. Empty shops, depopulation and lack of jobs are offered as signs that many towns are dying. However, the strength of social ties and development of digital technologies, the innovations in rural entrepreneurship and the functioning inform ...Show more
The Waterlily Diary of Jack Atkinson by Colin Amodeo
$30.00 NZD
Category: NZ History
An insight into the minds of young men of the 1930s and a glimpse of island life before tourism.
Fresh Fields: More Writing from out of Town by John Gordon (ed.)
$39.99 NZD
Category: NZ History | Reading Level: very good
Short Stories and poetry relating to New Zealand's rural and farming culture.
The Good Citizen by Denis Dwyer
$34.99 NZD
Category: NZ History
The illegitimate baby of an Anglo-Irish aristocrat, Tom Ryan and his family were banished from Ireland to the far ends of the earth: New Zealand. He went on to score the first points for the first All Blacks rugby team and have a huge influence on the development of tourism services in Taupo. He became ...Show more
Unearthly Landscapes : New Zealand's Old Cemeteries by Stephen Deed
$50.00 NZD
Category: NZ History
By the nineteenth century the ancient parish churchyards of Britain, burdened with generations of dead, were unable to cope with the strain of rising numbers of corpses. Public concern about health problems eventually put an end to the local parish churchyard burial, and by the time settlers set sail fo ...Show more
Pushing His Luck : Report of the expedition and death of Harry Whitcombe by Hilary Low translated from Jakob Lauper
$45.00 NZD
Category: NZ History
In 1863 Henry Whitcombe, a young civil engineer and Canterbury's Provincial Road Surveyor, led an expedition to find a route across the Southern Alps in advance of the West Coast gold rushes. Jakob Lauper, a hardy Swiss goldminer, was hired to accompany him. The journey turned to tragedy. Dogged by appa ...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 ...Show more
Over the Mountains of the Sea : Life on the migrant ships 1870-1885 by David Hastings
$40.00 NZD
Category: NZ History | Reading Level: very good
Second hand. This lively, well-illustrated and very readable book draws on shipboard diaries and archival sources to give a vivid picture of the voyage out to New Zealand during the crucial Vogel period. Using information on individual ships, voyages and passengers Hastings follows the narrative of the ...Show more
Petals & Bullets by Mark Derby
$39.99 NZD
Category: NZ History
It was bright moonlight – good bombing light – and once we had to stop and put out our lights as a Fascist aeroplane flew over. They usually come swooping down with guns firing at cars, especially ambulances. Finally we arrived at a town among the hills about 12.30 p.m. Here there is a hospital of about ...Show more
Treasure Below by John Pettit
$29.99 NZD
Category: NZ History
John Pettit took up skindiving as a means of relaxation from the pressure of business. His first trip with the legendary Kelly Tarlton stemmed from a desire to dive the virgin waters of the Three Kings in 1967. It was only after they arrived at the Kings that he discovered the real purpose of the trip w ...Show more