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The "Hopeful" writer of this book describes her disappointments and anecdotes of Christchurch in the 1850s. Written as a series of witty letters to her brother in Canada, the book has become a snapshot of the pioneering New Zealand settlement only a decade after the first settlers arrived at Lyttleton. 228 page paperback, A5 size

The "Hopeful" writer of this book describes her disappointments and anecdotes of Christchurch in the 1850s. Written as a series of witty letters to her brother in Canada, the book has become a snapshot of the pioneering New Zealand settlement only a decade after the first settlers arrived at Lyttleton.

During the 1700s and early 1800s, the native village at Kaiapoi in New Zealand’s South Island was the centre for Ngai Tahu’s trade in pounamu, the greenstone which they carried over from the West Coast. Surrounded by wetlands on three sides, it was considered safe until 1832, when it was raided ...

Gold and sheep are synonymous with the early history of Central Otago, and in this delightful regional history, Robert Gilkison captures the classic stories of diggers and land owners as they test the limits of the land, and the land tests them. Gilkison brings in early Maori history, the gold rushe...

In this light-hearted account of Canterbury’s pioneering days, Lawrence Kennaway shares the unique stories of bushmen and farmers who rolled up their sleeves and built the country. Among his lively New Zealand characters is the pioneer who cooked his mutton chops on the remains of his burnt-down c...

Based upon a diary kept by a young English pioneer who came to Otago in 1859, this story gives a good account of Papakaio, Omarama and other sheep runs during the Otago gold rush. It’s an interesting insight into the hard work and rough conditions these two teenagers encountered, told with wit and brevity by Reverend E. Simeon Elwell.268 page paperback, A5 size

Francois Raynal’s account of his 20 months as a castaway on the Auckland Islands was a best-seller in 1875. It’s been proposed that Jules Verne used it as the inspiration for his novel Two Years’ Vacation, about a group of schoolboys stranded on a deserted island in the South Pacific. When it ...

Shipwreck stories of castaways and survivors continue to intrigue people well into the present century. We were inspired to reprint the memoirs of Captain Thomas Musgrave because the spirit he embodied as a castaway can be within us all – not just to survive, but to survive with honour. Once his s...

Castle Hill Station is one of the most iconic landmarks in the journey over the Southern Alps. This reprint of a family’s memoir brings together excerpts from the diary of Castle Hill’s original settler, his brother's prolific collection of watercolour paintings of the district, biographies of p...