Angelina: From Stromboli to D'Urville Island - A Family's Story by Gerard Hindmarsh
35.00 NZD
Category: Nelson
In 1906, at just 16 years of age, Angelina Criscillo left the tiny volcanic island of Stromboli off Sicily to travel to an even remoter island on the other side of the world. From the age of eight she had been betrothed to her cousin, Vincenzo Moleta, who was now twice her age and taking her to a new l ...Show more
Jumping Sundays - The Rise and Fall of the Counterculture in Aotearoa New Zealand by Nick Bollinger
50.00 NZD
Category: NZ - History | Reading Level: near fine
Award-winning writer Nick Bollinger’s deep history of the transformation of New Zealand life wrought by the counterculture in the 1960s and ’70s.On a Sunday afternoon in the spring of 1969, thousands of people defied Auckland city bylaws and came to party in Albert Park. A rock band played on the rotund ...Show more
Nelson Historical Society Journal Vol 9 No. 3 - 2023 by Nelson Historical Society
25.00 NZD
Category: Nelson
The Front Line: Images of New Zealanders in the Second World War by Glyn Harper; Susan Lemish
80.00 NZD
Category: Military
NEW ZEALAND'S WAR THROUGH THE LENS OF THOSE WHO SERVED A landmark book exploring New Zealand's second world war effort through over 800 photographs, many never before published and many live-action shots takenby those at the front. The images span North Africa, Europe and the Pacific, as well as action ...Show more
One Hundred Havens - The Settlement of the Marlborough Sounds by Helen Beaglehole
60.00 NZD
Category: NZ - History | Reading Level: near fine
The many coves of the Marlborough Sounds are some of the most beautiful places in New Zealand. History has played out here in complex ways - Maori and Pakeha, land and sea, boom and bust, locals and tourists. It's a glorious but challenging environment and generations of farmers, miners and tourism oper ...Show more
The Treaty of Waitangi | Te Tiriti o Waitangi: an Illustrated History by Claudia Orange
50.00 NZD
Category: NZ - History | Reading Level: very good
Claudia Orange's writing on the Treaty of Waitangi has played a central role in national understanding of this foundational document. This fully revised and updated edition (previously entitled An Illustrated History of the Treaty of Waitangi) brings the Treaty's history to life with a richly informativ ...Show more
Nailed Boots and Crinoline Gowns: Women on the Rural Frontier in Nineteenth Century New Zealand by Robert Peden
40.00 NZD
Category: NZ - History
Histories of Pakeha settlement in New Zealand have often ignored the role of women, or devalued their contribution to mere adjuncts to the work of men. In Nailed Boots and Crinoline Gowns historian Robert Peden argues that not only were women present from the very beginnings of settlement, they were als ...Show more
The Forgotten Wars: Why the Musket Wars Matter Today by Ron Crosby
45.00 NZD
Category: NZ - History
Ron Crosby brilliantly rewrites his seminal The Musket Wars on a thematic basis, simplifying it to a concise work full of maps and illustrations for the general reader. Distinguished author Ron Crosby outlines why the Musket Wars were a crucial phase of New Zealand history and should be taught today. ...Show more
Good as Gold: New Zealand in the 1980s by Matt Elliott
50.00 NZD
Category: NZ - History
In the 1980s, life in New Zealand became brighter, louder, faster and wilder. While the decade is remembered for its big hair, bright clothing and excessive shows of wealth, it was also a time of social upheaval, protest and political reform. These years saw Kiwis make their mark on the global sport and ...Show more
Who Lived There? The Stories Behind Historic New Zealand Buildings by Nicola McCloy; Jane King
45.00 NZD
Category: NZ - History | Reading Level: very good
You can't help but wonder about the stories behind the unusual buildings you see around New Zealand - from cute colonial cottages to abandoned industrial buildings or ghost towns. Nicola McCloy went looking to find out ... who lived there? From basic stone cottages in barren-looking countryside to prett ...Show more
The Unsettled: Small Stories of Colonisation by Richard Shaw
40.00 NZD
Category: NZ - History
WHAT IT MEANS TO OWN YOUR PAST After Richard Shaw published his acclaimed memoir The Forgotten Coast in 2021, he made contact with Pakeha with long settler histories who were coming to grips with the truth of their respective families' 'pioneer stories'. They were questioning the foundation of aggressi ...Show more