South Canterbury Presbyterianism by Len Home QSM
$20.00 NZD
Category: NZ Religious & Church Histories
Secondhand. A brief history of the Presbyterian church in South Canterbury.
Shear Hard Work : A History of Shearing in New Zealand by Hazel Riseborough
$42.50 NZD
Category: NZ Society
Secondhand. Shear Hard Work tells the story of shearers and brings to life the world of the shearing shed for the first time. From the 1860s, when shearers were first identified as the 'very dregs of the colonial democracy', to the present day, when Kiwi shearers set world records and shear sheep aroun ...Show more
Faithful to Their Trust: The Eliza White Trust Board of Management 1909-2002 by John Fletcher
$15.00 NZD
Category: NZ Business & Company History
Secondhand.
Lord Cobham's Speeches by O. S. Hintz (ed.)
$17.50 NZD
Category: NZ Political History
Secondhand. A selection from the Speeches of Lord Cobham when he was Governor General of New Zealand 1957-1962. The people of New Zealand have literally demanded this book. Every major speech by Lord Cobham during his term as Governor-General has been followed by the most urgent pleas that his addres ...Show more
No 8 Wire by Jon Bridges
$17.50 NZD
Category: NZ Society | Reading Level: very good
A celebration of New Zealanders' ability to be world-beating innovators with a look at around 100 examples of Kiwi ingenuity, ranging from scientific and technological innovations to the weird and wacky. It includes popular classics such as the Hamilton jet boat and the Britten motorbike.
The Trials Of Nurse Kerr by Scott Bainbridge
$37.99 NZD
Category: NZ Law, Crime & Policing
Did New Zealand have a secret poisoner? In 1992, builders demolishing a Devonport home stumbled across a skeleton, triggering an investigation that sent shockwaves across the community. The remains belonged to a woman who had died in the 1930s, and whispers soon emerged of the deadly legacy of Nurse E ...Show more
Freed to Care:100 years of the New Zealand Nurses' Association by Mary Ellen O'Conner
$42.50 NZD
Category: NZ Society
Secondhand. This 100-year history of the New Zealand Nurses Organisation reflects its social, economic and political background, and profiles individuals to highlight the many facets of nursing in New Zealand.
Battlers, Bluffers & Bully-Boys : New Zealand's Prime Ministers have shaped our nation by Richard Wolfe
$18.50 NZD
Category: NZ Political History
Secondhand. Battlers Bluffers and Bully-Boys: How New Zealand's Prime Ministers Have Shaped Our Nation is an essential reference book giving a brief description of each NZ Prime Minister, describing their influence at the time they were PM and also their lasting legacies - how their decisions have form ...Show more
Harraways - Going for Grain: 150 Years of Milling at Green Island, Dunedin by Rebecca Reid; Harraways Staff (Contribution by)
$35.00 NZD
Category: NZ Business & Company History
Secondhand. A DUNEDIN icon for over 150 years, Harraways is a family business that has endured since 1867.Still privately owned and operating from its original Green Island site, Harraways is the only remaining mill processing home-grown oats in New Zealand. How has the company survived to provide New ...Show more
New Zealand Mysteries by GOSSET, Robyn
$18.50 NZD
Category: NZ Society
Secondhand. 14 well- and not well-known events with unexplained aspects, e.g. the Tarawera phantom canoe, and the grave of 'Somebody's Darling'. Text is for a wide readership, but not sensationalised, with half a dozen photos and sketches.
George Troup: Architect and Engineer by Gordon Troup
$21.50 NZD
Category: NZ Society | Reading Level: very good
Secondhand. A father's biography written by his son. We see a young man working his passage nearly 100 years ago from a depressed Scotland to a more promising New Zealand. He has been described as "Wellington's first town-planning Mayor" His best-known material monument is Dunedin's dignified Railway St ...Show more
Nedwill: That 'Peppery' Irish Surgeon, New Zealand's Outstanding Public Health Pioneer by Geoffrey W. Rice
$35.00 NZD
Category: NZ Education & Health | Reading Level: very good
Secondhand. Signed by the author. Courtney Nedwill was once Christchurch's most admired and most reviled doctor. He was admired as a caring GP and a careful surgeon... But he was also notorious for his quarrels with other doctors... His career is particularly interesting as it straddles the transition ...Show more