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If the Englishman Charles Money came to New Zealand in 1861 in search of adventure as well as gold, he found it. In this record of his seven years in the colony, Money was a gold prospector, soldier in the Maori Wars, and even a human packhorse. This is a fascinating tale of an inspiring young man w...

Young Lieutenant McKillop arrived at the Bay of Islands in 1845, just in time for battle with Hone Heke over supposed breaches of the Treaty of Waitangi. McKillop describes his encounters on the battlefield with other tribesmen, as well as some of the lighter activities of pioneers in Wellington and...

H.M.S. Dromedary sailed to the Bay of Islands in 1820 to trade for kauri timber to make spars for sailing ships. Intending to make only a short visit, the stay was extended to ten months, allowing Major Richard Cruise to investigate the various ports and Maori villages they encountered. His journal ...

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...

One of the most renowned Maori chiefs of his day was Te Rauparaha of the Ngati Toa tribe, whose military cunning and thirst for vengeance made him a wholesale threat to tribes in the North Island, and in the South. Forced out of the Waikato in his earlier years, Te Rauparaha made Kapiti Island his b...

Truth is stranger than fiction in this biographical work of a deserter from the colonial army during the days of the Taranaki Land Wars. Tired of military discipline, the American Kimble Bent joins the Maori forces and finds there is no easy way in life. His tale, as revealed to the patient author J...

This first-hand account of the Taranaki Land Wars provides a colonial officer’s recount of the conflict from 1860 to the end of his army career, when he was transferred to the Chatham Islands for seven years.Gascoyne has included an appendix relating the pursuit of the Maori chief Te Kooti through...

This fascinating autobiography by West Coaster Bill Munden follows his life from humble beginnings on a farm at Ahaura to managing the Huntly Coal Mine project in the North Island. In his early life, Bill worked in the milling industry, spend his weekends deer hunting and eventually took a position ...

West Coast historian Trevor Molloy brings an extensive personal collection of photographs, maps and information to this record of New Zealand history. Grouped into four sections, the book includes hundreds of black and white photos, maps and newspaper clippings.A4 sized paperback, 84 pages.