Footprints on the Land - How Humans Changed New Zealand by Richard Wolfe
$45.00 NZD
Category: NZ History | Reading Level: near fine
Less than a thousand years of human occupation have massively altered Aotearoa. In this fascinating work, cultural historian Richard Wolfe explores how and why settlers have impacted on nature and what this means for our future. Footprints on the Land is a timely review of the human place in our environ ...Show more
Fake Believe: Conspiracy Theories in Aotearoa by Dylan Reeve
$40.00 NZD
Category: NZ History
Conspiracy theories: What do people believe, and why? How have they come to this place, and what does it mean for us all? By speaking to experts and those with personal experience of conspiracy culture, Dylan Reeve conveys what it means to believe and their relation to modern Aoteaora. Fake Believe shou ...Show more
Heart of the City The Story of Christchurch's Controversial Cathedral by Edmund Bohan
$30.00 NZD
$50.00 (40% off)
Category: NZ History
From the days even before Christchurch was settled its cathedral has been the focus of ferocious public debate: Where should a cathedral be built? How would it be paid for? Should it be built in wood or stone in an earthquake-prone country? Who should oversee the building? It took far too long to build ...Show more
Fossil Treasures of Foulden Maar - A Window into Miocene Zealandia by Uwe Kaulfuss; Daphne Lee; John Conran
$60.00 NZD
Category: NZ History | Reading Level: near fine
In Fossil Treasures of Foulden Maar, authors Daphne Lee, Uwe Kaulfuss and John Conran share their passion and knowledge for Foulden Maar in Otago, New Zealand, a paleontological site of international significance and home to countless rare, well-preserved fossils. This beautifully illustrated book reve ...Show more
The Fix - The story of one of New Zealand's biggest swindles by Scott Bainbridge
$40.00 NZD
Category: NZ History | Reading Level: very good
In 1966, international con-man Robert Gardner brought a highly skilled crew of grifters to New Zealand to pull off one of the biggest swindles in the country’s history. This was executed with professional precision, until two young office girls played detective and stumbled upon a crucial mistake – but ...Show more
The English Text of the Treaty of Waitangi by Ned Fletcher
$70.00 NZD
Category: NZ History
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
Vanishing Ice: Stories of New Zealand's Glaciers by Lynley Hargreaves
$60.00 NZD
Category: NZ History
Written by Lynely Hargreaves, this important new book describes New Zealand's glaciers, and how we have interacted with them. Glaciation has had a huge impact on the shape of the New Zealand landscape. Enormous rivers of ice once flowed out onto the Canterbury Plains, stretched beyond the current West ...Show more
Adopted - Loss, Love, Family and Reunion by Brigitta Baker; Jo Willis
$40.00 NZD
Category: NZ History
To not know your family story is a huge loss of your sense of self. It has the potential to undermine your wellbeing and your relationships across a lifetime. Adopted is the powerful and honest account of two of the thousands of children adopted during the era of closed adoption in Aotearoa New Zealand, ...Show more
Democracy in Aotearoa New Zealand: A Survival Guide by Geoffrey Palmer; Gwen Palmer Steeds
$40.00 NZD
Category: NZ History
A survival guide to democracy in Aotearoa New Zealand, this book aims to unravel the mysteries of our political system and show how ordinary people can navigate the political world and influence decisions made by our government. Its 40 chapters include a succinct history of government in Aotearoa New Ze ...Show more
On The Farm - New Zealand's Invisible Women by David Hall
$40.00 NZD
Category: NZ History
On the Farm: New Zealand’s Invisible Women tells the fascinating stories of Kiwi farm women predominantly in their own words, drawing from the vast archive of letters written to New Zealand farming magazines throughout the 20th century. It reveals the daily routines, the various roles women held on far ...Show more
Anzac Nations: The legacy of Gallipoli in New Zealand and Australia 1965-2015 by Rowan Light
$50.00 NZD
Category: NZ History
In Anzac Nations: The legacy of Gallipoli in New Zealand and Australia, 1965 - 2015, author Rowan Light examines the myth-making around Anzac and how commemoration has evolved. Anzac Nations examines three key aspects: the changing and contested meanings of Anzac from the 1960s to the 1980s; the expande ...Show more