Postcards from Tukums: A Family Detective Story by Ann Gluckman
44.99 NZD
Category: NZ History | Reading Level: Very Good
In 1904, Ann's grandparents, Adolph and Yetta Manoy, and their three daughters left Tukums in Latvia, then part of Imperial Russia, to settle in Stratford, New Zealand. Their story was further revealed by the discovery of a set of beautiful postcards originally mailed to the Manoys from their homeland. ...Show more
The Far Beyond by Warwick Thompson
34.99 NZD
Category: NZ History
Former journalist Warwick Thompson retraces the path of his great grandparents and the "remarkable" times through which they lived. First published April 2009.
Mackillop Women : the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart Aotearoa New Zealand 1883-2006 by Diane Strevens
39.99 NZD
Category: NZ History
In 1883 three young Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart arrived in Temuka, South Canterbury, to teach in the parish school. One hundred years later, the Sisters of St Joseph were teaching in Catholic primary and secondary schools from Panguru in the north, to Balclutha in the south. Diane Strevens ...Show more
The Watchdog: New Zealand's Audit Office 1840 to 2008 by David Green and John Singleton
59.99 NZD
Category: NZ History
In a global economic climate troubled by the consequences of a dearth of fiscal accountability and transparency, the importance of independent auditing bodies, whether in the public or private sector, is not to be underestimated. Today New Zealand is perceived as one of the worldÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂ ...Show more
Doing Well and Doing Good: Ross and Glendining : Scottish Enterprise in New Zealand by S.R.H. Jones
49.95 NZD
Category: NZ History
Ross & Glendining Ltd was founded in Dunedin in 1862, during the gold rush, by Caithness-born John Ross and Robert Glendining, from Dumfries. Starting as a drapery importing business, it opened branches throughout New Zealand. This engrossing history offers not only the portrait of a firm that was ...Show more
From Kai to Kiwi Kitchen - New Zealand's Culinary Traditions and Cookbooks by Helen Leach (ed.)
40.00 NZD
Category: NZ History | Reading Level: very good
In the past two decades, cuisine and culinary history have attracted increasing attention, with both popular and academic books reflecting the growth of interest. Recipes are both sensitive markers of the socioeconomic conditions of their times and written representations of a culture's culinary reperto ...Show more
Promised New Zealand: Fleeing Nazi persecution by Freya Klier (tr Jenny Rawlings)
45.00 NZD
Category: NZ History | Reading Level: very good
Promised New Zealand is the true tale of refugees who fled Nazi terror in Europe for a safe haven on the opposite side of the world
I am five and I go to school: the work and plays of early years schooling in New Zealand by Helen May
49.99 NZD
Category: NZ History | Reading Level: Very Good
The twentieth century was a time of great change in early years education. As the century opened, the use of Froebel's kindergarten methods infiltrated more infant classrooms. The emergence of psychology as a discipline, and especially its work on child development, was beginning to influence thinki ...Show more
Quarantine!: Protecting New Zealand at the Border by Gavin McLean
45.00 NZD
Category: NZ History | Reading Level: Near Fine
As a group of islands for which biosecurity is vital, New Zealand provides an ideal focus for this book, the world's first national history of quarantine.
The Real McKay : The Remarkable Life of Alexander McKay, geologist by Graham Bishop
45.00 NZD
Category: NZ History
Geologists all over New Zealand have long acknowledged Alexander McKay as a major figure in their field. And he is a folk hero, the explorer who liked whisky in his porridge and wrote epic poems. This book tells McKay's story.
Always the Sound of the Sea - The Daily Lives of New Zealand's Lighthouse Keepers by Helen Beaglehole
16.00 NZD
Category: NZ History | Reading Level: Very Good
Lighthouses have a mystique, a romance, and an almost biblical significance about them. Elegant structures located on remote and exposed sites where the land is challenged by the sea, they beam light into the darkness and transform uncertainty into knowledge and safety. They are the subject of legends a ...Show more
Angelina: From Stromboli to D'Urville Island - A Family's Story by Gerard Hindmarsh
34.99 NZD
Category: NZ History
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 ...Show more