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Raised in Tasmania, the author left for New Zealand in his early teens, keeping a journal of his sea voyage and his later adventures during the 1870s. Meredith writes with a surprisingly mature young person’s perspective on life to describe his work on various farms and then as a clerk in Parliame...

The Englishman Edward Ward arrived with the first Canterbury Pilgrims in 1850 at the age of 25. He kept a detailed and entertaining record of the voyage to New Zealand in the Charlotte Jane and his first six months in the new colony. Edward tragically died in a boating accident in Lyttleton Harbour,...

The Englishman Edward Ward arrived with the first Canterbury Pilgrims in 1850 at the age of 25. He kept a detailed and entertaining record of the voyage to New Zealand in the Charlotte Jane and his first six months in the new colony. Edward tragically died in a boating accident in Lyttleton Harbour,...

The Otira Tunnel had been opened only two years when this little tourist guide first appeared in 1925, no doubt to inform visitors of the natural wonders of the Arthur’s Pass National Park. Today it provides a unique insight into the natural history of this region and the attractions it still hold...

The Otira Tunnel had been opened only two years when this little tourist guide first appeared in 1925, no doubt to inform visitors of the natural wonders of the Arthur’s Pass National Park. Today it provides a unique insight into the natural history of this region and the attractions it still hold...

Classic New Zealand history of the West Coast's Kopara village and Haupiri Valley region. Written by school teacher Brian Pearson as a recollection of his years in the valley during the 1970s, teaching during the day and otherwise hunting, fishing and learning the local ropes. Brian artfully tells t...

The coal-mining town of Denniston on the West Coast has passed into history, but its people and spirit come alive in this well written book by Cecelia Adams,From the inside of the dust jacket: Despite its drawbacks of isolation, inclement weather and barrenness, the author doubts if any other New Ze...

West Coast teamster Bob Henderson recounts his 20 years of carrying freight and passengers from Nelson to the Reefton district in this memorable New Zealand book. Written in a surprisingly lively style, Henderson brings characters and events to life in a practical, witty way. His eye witness account...

Former railwayman Thomas Haughey describes various anecdotes from decades of experience with New Zealand Rail, combined with some solid history of English rail as well. Haughey relates the humorous as well as the serious high points of the railway industry from one end of New Zealand to the other un...

Thomas Lindsay Buick's research on The Treaty of Waitangi is a mainstay of New Zealand history. Buick wrote 12 books on New Zealand historical topics after working as a political journalist in Wellington. He became an influential figure in the historical field despite a lack of academic qualificatio...

“The Cruise of the ‘Cachalot’ is ranked next to Melville’s Moby Dick among the classic works on whaling. Rudyard Kipling wrote in a review at the close of the 19th century: “I’ve never read anything that equals it in its deep-sea wonder and mystery."Travel with young Frank Bullen as his ...

Nick-named "The Napoleon of the South, the Maori chief Te Rauparaha, of the Ngati Toa tribe led a campaign of conquest over Ngai Tahu throughout the South Island in the early 1800s. He later used a surprising range of diplomatic skills to make peace with his former tribal enemies and the colonists t...

Writing under the pseudonym of A.L.O.E. (A Lady of England), Charlotte Maria Tucker was one of the most popular and prolific authors of Christian fiction in the 1800s. In this book she draws on notes from the Christian Missionary Society and a wealth of personal letters to give an account of the ins...

This delightful collection of short stories is a wonderful summary of the main events and characters who built the West Coast during its gold rush days. From explorers like Thomas Brunner to prospectors including Little Biddy of the Buller, a cast of colourful and resourceful pioneers stride across ...

As miners and prospectors from the Victorian gold fields rushed to the new goldfields of Otago in the 1860s, the renowned coach operators Cobb and Co, also extended its business. In this important contribution to New Zealand’s transport history, Edgar McLeod Lovell-Smith relates how coaching compa...

This 1990 paperback of Women of Westland and their Families, Volume 3 is in very good condition.'The two earlier volumes, 1960 and 1977, in this series portraying our Westland foremothers and their families, met with a most encouraging response. Thirteen years later. the committee is optimistically ...

The personal memoirs of South Westland's most famous mountain guide who made many exploring trips and first ascents from his base at the Franz Josef Glacier Hotel which he and his family ran for 37 years.224 pages, illustrated, A fine hardcover with dustjacket

James West Stack, the natural-born story teller, recounts his experience of accompanying the Anglican Bishop Harper in 1859 from Christchurch to Invercargill and back to Dunedin. This is a journey filled with amusing anecdotes and first-hand experience of a wilderness that has since been tamed and l...

Issued by the New Zealand Department of Tourist and Health Resorts in 1928, this little book by its Queenstown-based manager, B. M. Wilson, is a fascinating account of the natural resources of a magnificent region. For tourists in the 1920s, Fiordland was more of a pristine wilderness than it is tod...

This is a Capper Press reprint of Irwin Faris's popular history of Charleston, one of our best-selling titles. This is an opportunity to purchase a hard cover copy.One of the more interesting stopovers on the West Coast, Charleston has a rich history of being a boom and bust town. The gold in the ne...