A Bloody Difficult Subject - Ruth Ross, te Tiriti o Waitangi and the Making of History by Bain Attwood
59.99 NZD
Category: NZ History | Reading Level: near fine
One historian's research and the transformation of te Tiriti in New Zealand life.
The Bad Old Days - A Century of Life in the Young Colony of New Zealand by Tony Nolan
47.00 NZD
Category: NZ History | Reading Level: very good
From Crime to Care: The history of abortion in Aotearoa New Zealand by Felicity Goodyear-Smith
39.99 NZD
Category: NZ History
This book gives a chronological history of abortion in Aotearoa New Zealand from pre-European times to the present. It includes key events including legislative changes, anti-abortion protests, lobbying by various factions, development of funded abortion services for women throughout New Zealand, and re ...Show more
Aftermaths: - Colonialism, Violence and Memory in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific by Angela Wanhalla (ed.); Lyndall Ryan (ed.); Camille Nurka (ed.)
49.99 NZD
Category: NZ History | Reading Level: near fine
What we choose to remember and what we choose to forget about the violent past tell us something about the society we live in now. Whether we like it or not, we’re part of each other’s story. So how do we talk about the past? —Joanna Kidman and Vincent O’Malley Aftermaths explores the life-changing inte ...Show more
Te Motunui Epa by Rachel Buchanan
49.99 NZD
Category: NZ History | Reading Level: near fine
‘This is a story about the power of art to help us find a way through the darkness. It is about how art can bring out the best in us, and the worst. The artworks in question are five wooden panels carved in the late 1700s by relatives in Taranaki.’ This stunning book examines how five interconnected car ...Show more
Blind Bay Hookers - The Little Ships of Early Nelson, and Colonial Times by Fred Westrupp
55.00 NZD
Category: NZ History
The history of early central New Zealand colonisation from a maritime perspective.
Empire City - Wellington Becomes the Capital of New Zealand by John E Martin
70.00 NZD
Category: NZ History | Reading Level: very good
Empire City: Wellington Becomes the Capital of New Zealand takes Wellington from the first encounter between Māori and the New Zealand Company in Te Whanganui-a-Tara in 1839 to its becoming the Empire City by the 1870s. It tells the story that began with a small and fragile New Zealand Company Pākehā se ...Show more
A History of New Zealand in 100 Objects by Jock Phillips
54.99 NZD
Category: NZ History | Reading Level: very good
New Zealand history through a new lens - 100 objects offer 100 entry points into the powerful, captivating stories of our shared past. Authored by award-winning historian Jock Phillips, The History of New Zealand in 100 Objects is gripping, inclusive, often revelatory and deeply human. A colourful and c ...Show more
Lost... Without Trace? by Richard Waugh
83.99 NZD
Category: NZ History
NZ Aviation Mystery - Brian Chadwick and the missing Dragonfly On 12th February 1962 Dragonfly ZK-AFB went missing on a scenic flight from Christchurch to Milford Sound. The search for the aircraft, its pilot Brian Chadwick and four passengers, was headline news in New Zealand and Australia. In spit ...Show more
The English Text of the Treaty of Waitangi by Ned Fletcher
69.99 NZD
Category: Aotearoa New Zealand Books
How was the English text of the Treaty of Waitangi understood by the British in 1840? That is the question addressed by historian and lawyer Ned Fletcher, in this extensive work. With one exception, the Treaty sheets signed by rangatira and British officials were in te reo Maori. The Maori text, Te Tiri ...Show more
Histories of Hate: The Radical Right in Aotearoa New Zealand by Matthew Cunningham, Marinus La Rooij, Paul Spoonley
50.00 NZD
Category: NZ History
Histories of Hate explores intolerance and extremism in Aotearoa New Zealand, from the emergence of the precursors to the radical right during British settlement in the late nineteenth century to today' s QAnon conspiracists and keyboard warriors. A definitive, benchmark text, this volume sheds light on ...Show more