Hello Girls & Boys! A New Zealand Toy Story by David Veart
$65.00 NZD
Category: NZ History and Society | Reading Level: near fine
A seriously fun New Zealand toy story! Toys are made for playing with, but they are also serious business, as this remarkable story of New Zealanders and their toys makes clear. In Hello Girls and Boys! David Veart digs through a few centuries of pocket knives and plasticine to take us deep into the chi ...Show more
Cannons Creek to Waitangi Te Pakehas Treaty Claim For Equality by Andy Oakley
$29.99 NZD
Category: NZ History and Society
The Maori Intertribal Wars 1801 – 1840 were New Zealand’s biggest tragedy of the 19th century. An estimated 43,600 natives were killed or wounded by enemy tribes. However, this cataclysmic near extinction of our early settlers is tossed aside as irrelevant when something like the special rights of a mou ...Show more
Land and Politics Ko te Whenua te Utu / Land is the Price: Essays on Maori History by M.P.K Sorrenson
$49.99 NZD
Category: NZ History and Society | Reading Level: very good
There are essentially two histories of Aotearoa. First, a long Maori history and secondly a history of Pakeha colonisation and take-over of Aotearoa. The two histories have been repeatedly stitched together . . . . For more than half a century, Keith Sorrenson – one of New Zealand’s leading historians a ...Show more
King George's Hall by Judy Siers
$25.00 NZD
Category: NZ History and Society
History, memories and stories - Designed by world-renowned Art Deco architect, Louis Hay, the King George Hall has been an important part of the Bay View community since 1911.
A Short History of New Zealand by Gordon McLauchlan
$29.99 NZD
Category: NZ History and Society | Reading Level: new
A new edition of the bestselling short history on New Zealand, updated to include the Helen Clark years, the rise of John Key, the Christchurch earthquakes and the 2011 Rugby World Cup! A lively and accessible history written by one of our most well-known commentators on matters past and present. Succin ...Show more
Maori in Aotearoa New Zealand: Understanding the Culture, Protocols and Customs by Buddy Mikaere
$32.99 NZD
Category: NZ History and Society
Starting with the beaching of his Mataatua Bay of Plenty ancestral canoe, Buddy Mikaere provides a highly readable historical overview of Maori in New Zealand and goes on to examine the impact of a changing urban world on the traditional way of life. He describes the renaissance of Maori culture and the ...Show more
New Zealand's Lost Heritage: The Stories Behind our Forgotten Landmarks by Richard Wolfe
$49.99 NZD
Category: NZ History and Society | Reading Level: good-very good
Features 20 notable structures which, for various reasons, no longer exist. Most of the buildings have been demolished in the name of urban development, creating controversy ... Each building is discussed and illustrated including the circumstances of its demise. The selection includes: Ruapekapeka pa i ...Show more
Strong, Beautiful and Modern - National fitness in Britain, New Zealand, Australia and Canada, 1935-1960 by Charlotte Macdonald
$25.00 NZD
$50.00 (50% off)
Category: NZ History and Society | Reading Level: near fine
In the late 1930s and early 1940s, a wave of state-sponsored 'national ftness' programmes swept Britain and its former colonies. Following revelations of the Nazi enthusiasm for government-backed sports and the organisation of mass leisure, the programmes quickly foundered. They probably laid, however, ...Show more
Twisting the Treaty: A Tribal Grab for Wealth and Power by John Robinson, Bruce Moon, David Round, Mike Butler, Hugh Barr & Peter Cresswell
$40.00 NZD
Category: NZ History and Society
This is probably the most important book published in recent times as it shows how in 27 years the Treaty of Waitangi has been reinterpreted, the "partnership" myth created, tribal corporations set up, public assets transferred to those corporations which are now on the brink of securing a special place ...Show more