Both Sides of the Valley The Story of Otira's Hotels by Stephen Wright
$120.00 NZD
Category: NZ Regional History
Both sides of the Valley, the Story of Otira's Hotels. A leisurely journey through nearly 160 years of hotel history, this book centers on the fascinating history of Otira's six hotels. It also delves extensively into the wider history of hotels and accommodation between Jacksons in the west and Bealey ...Show more
Cloud Farm : High on Banks Pennisula by Jane Chetwynd
$19.50 NZD
Category: Christchurch City & Banks Peninsula
Jane Chetwynd was a professor of medicine and an aspiring lifestyle farmer. This account of her love affair with a patch of land 2000 feet above sea level offers insights into practical ecology (regenerating native trees and grappling with gorse). It will appeal to anyone who?s had an impossible dream. ...Show more
Akaroa, Horomaka, Banks Peninsula, Lyttleton by Steve Lowndes
$17.50 NZD
Category: Christchurch City & Banks Peninsula
History and photographs of Horomaka Banks Peninsula.
French Akaroa by Peter Tremewan
$55.00 NZD
Category: Christchurch City & Banks Peninsula
The most comprehensive historical account in English about the lives of French immigrants in New Zealand in existence, this work tells how, in 1840, New Zealand was nearly divided into two countries--a French South Island and a British North Island. That year, the French government made a play for inf ...Show more
My Brilliant Suburb by David McGill (ed.); Grant Tilly
$27.50 NZD
Category: NZ Regional History | Reading Level: very good
A celebration of 29 Wellington suburbs by those who live in them. Every article has its own slant on the local history, anecdotes and impressions.
They Came on the Tides: A Short History of Porirua and its People by Michael Keith
$21.50 NZD
Category: Wellington | Reading Level: very good
From the earliest days of human settlement in New Zealand, the Porirua basin was seen as a desirable place to live. This booklet gives us a glimpse of this city and its citizens who made great effort to turn their city in name into a city in actuality. Illustrated with heaps of b/w photographs.
Akaroa - Banks Peninsula (With Water Markings) by Gwenda Turner
$25.00 NZD
Category: NZ Regional History
This book includes 64 original pen and wash drawings by the artist depicting the life and landscape of Akaroa.
Great Barrier Island by Don Armitage
$35.00 NZD
Category: NZ Regional History
Great Barrier Island, the largest island off the coast of New Zealand's North Island and the outer-most island of the Hauraki Gulf, is comparatively undeveloped and free from many of the animal pests that have taken their toll elsewhere in New Zealand. As a result there is a superb natural landscape and ...Show more
Rapids and Riverboats on the Wanganui River by Robert D. Campbell
$65.00 NZD
Category: Manawatu-Whanganui | Reading Level: very good
Fascinating in-depth history on the Whanganui river boats Hatrick and Co. Riverboat Company, 1891 - 1958, and early tourism. Low volume local print, illustrated with b/w photographs and maps.
Tales of Akaroa: 1940-1990
$21.50 NZD
Category: Christchurch City & Banks Peninsula | Reading Level: very good
A special collection of memories of many people on Bank Peninsula. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
Beautiful Dunedin : its environs and the cold lakes of Otago by W. H. Fahey
$65.00 NZD
Category: Otago
With 150 illustrations and lists of Maori phrases. Written as a guidebook for visitors and sub-titled a memento from Maoriland.