The State in New Zealand 1840-1984 - Socialism Without Doctrines? by Michael Bassett
$42.50 NZD
Category: NZ Political History | Reading Level: very good
In this study, historian and former politician Michael Bassett, explores how and why the state became such an active and interventionist player in New Zealand life, developing, subsidizing and regulating the economy, and increasingly protecting citizens from the cradle to the grave. It looks in detail a ...Show more
The Tragic Story of the Waihi Strike by H. E. Holland, 'Ballot Box,' and R.S. Ross
$37.50 NZD
Category: NZ Labour Movement & Union History
The Upper House in Colonial New Zealand by McLintock & Wood
$40.00 NZD
Category: NZ Political History
Portrays and evaluates the House in the context of the political and constitutional history of the time to reveal the character and practice of the New Zealand parliament.
The Whimpering of the State: Policy After MMP by Brian Easton
$26.50 NZD
Category: NZ Political History | Reading Level: very good
Has MMP worked? This work goes behind the political theatre of elections and parliament to investigate how the policy process and policy outcomes have changed followiung the election of New Zealand's first MMP parliament.
The Women's Parliament The National Council of the Women of New Zealand 1896-1920 by Roberta Nicholss
$30.00 NZD
Category: NZ Political History
Softback. 144 pages. SECONDHAND
Tim Shadbolt - A Mayor of Two Cities by Tim Shadbolt
$47.50 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoirs | Reading Level: very goof
Written in Shadbolt's usual humourous style he covers a wide range of subjects from hippie communes, concrete, the peace movement, Tv appearances, to the world's fastest indian and the Invercargill mayorality First published October 2008, Auckland softcover
To Be a Hero A Biography of Sir George Grey by Edmund Bohan
$42.50 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoirs
Hardback with dust jacket. 374 pages. SECONDHAND
Tomorrow Comes the Song: A Life of Peter Fraser by Michael Bassett
$37.50 NZD
Category: NZ Political History | Reading Level: very good
Peter Fraser was New Zealand's wartime Prime Minister and a world figure of considerable stature. His political career spanned most of the first half of the twentieth century. This is the first full biography, using considerable material assembled by Michael King. First published 2001.
Top of the Greasy Pole - New Zealand Prime Ministers in Recent times by Neale McMillan
$17.50 NZD
Category: NZ Political History