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If you love a good historical story, tuck into our growing list of titles, from local and national histories of New Zealand, to innovative school textbooks. We aim to despatch all products on the next business morning after your order is made
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    095 The French at Akaroa
    This work describes the history of Akaroa in the South Island, a small settlement on the Banks Peninsula founded by French settlers in 1840. In the same year, New Zealand became part of the British Empire, and much of Buick's account focuses on the interaction and disputes between the French and Bri...
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    The Golden Grey: West Coasters 1860-2010 by Tony Kokshoorn
    The Golden Grey: West Coasters 1860-2010 by Tony KokshoornSince gold was discovered during the 1860s, the West Coast of the Southern Alps has had many battles with Mother Nature. Our coal fired the furnaces that industrialised New Zealand and Westland's timber helped build the nation. This book cele...
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    162 Wild Bill Enderby
    The Story of Wild Will Enderby was an 1873 colonial novel by Vincent Pyke set in the early goldfields of Otago, New Zealand. This facsimile edition was printed in 1974 by Capper Press. The book opens in the interior of Otago near the Lammerlaw ranges, diving straight into the rugged landscapes of th...
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    163 Mahoe Leaves by Thomas Moser
    Mahoe Leaves by Thomas Moser is a humorous and insightful collection of colonial sketches documenting Maori life, customs, and the impact of Europeans in New Zealand's early colonial period.Moser was a Cambridge-educated writer and private secretary to Governor George Grey (often noted historically...
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    164 New Zealand's First War: Or, the Rebellion of Hone Heke
    Thomas Lindsay Buick (1865–1938) became interested in New Zealand history while working as a political journalist in Wellington, and became an influential figure in the field. He wrote twelve books and numerous pamphlets on the early history of the country and was elected Fellow of the Royal Histo...
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    165 Colonial experiences or sketches of people and places in the province of Ota…
    Colonial experiences or sketches of people and places in the province of Otago, New Zealand. by Alexander BathgateCopper Press reprint from 1974 in excellent condition. Handback with fine dustjacket.
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    165 History of Early Gold Discoveries in Otago
    History of the Early Gold Discoveries in Otago by Vincent Pyke, a prominent politician, writer, and former Goldfields Secretary for the region. The author drew on his direct administrative experience, official documents, newspaper archives, and firsthand accounts. Chronicles the dramatic timeline of...
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    166 The Southern Districts of New Zealand
    The Southern Districts of New Zealand is an influential 19th-century ethnographical and travel account written by physician and ethnographer Edward Shortland and first published in 1851. The author served as a Protector of Aborigines for the colonial government and traveled extensively across the So...
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    167 Information Relative to New Zealand, Compiled for the Use of Colonists
    Information Relative to New Zealand, Compiled for the Use of Colonists, by John Ward was originally published in 1851. It is a historically significant 1839 promotional guidebook written by the secretary of the New Zealand Company , to attract prospective British emigrants.This edition published 197...
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    168 The Auckland Journals of Vicesimus Lush
    The Auckland Journals of Vicesimus Lush , 1850-63 , edited by Alison Drummond , offer a vivid, firsthand account of early colonial life through the eyes of an Anglican minister.Vicesimus Lush arrived in New Zealand from England in 1850 and served as a clergyman in the Auckland region until 1863. He...
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    169 Manners and Customs of the New Zealanders
    Manners and Customs of the New Zealanders (1840) is a two-volume historical and ethnographic work by trader and traveler Joel Samuel Polack that details 19th-century Māori life, societal structures, and traditions. This is volume 1.The author was an English-born merchant who lived in the Bay of Isl...
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    170 Richard Taylor Missionary Tramper
    Biography of Richard Taylor, one of the more effective and influential of Church Missionary Society (CMS) workers during New Zealand's golden age for missionaries, from the late 1830s to the period of the New Zealand Wars, when they pursued not only preaching to the Maori – “to proclaim to the b...
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    171 From Tasman to Marsden
    From Tasman to Marsden: A History of Northern New Zealand from 1642 to 1818 by Robert McNab First edition from 1914 in excellent condition.
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    172 Adventures of a Surveyor
    Adventures of a Surveyor in New Zealand and Australia by John Rochefort.Written when the author was barely into his twenties, the book is famous for its high-spirited, candid, and often mischievous tone. Rochfort arrived in New Zealand in 1852 at the age of 19 alongside his brother James. He worked...
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    173 Last of the Whalers
    Last of the Whalers, Charlie Heberley's Story, by Heather Heberley This is a biographical chronicle that details the life of her father-in-law, Charlie Heberley, and the vanishing shore-based whaling industry in New Zealand's Marlborough Sounds. Overview and Themes Charlie Heberley was an acknowledg...
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    174 The Whale's Wake
    The Whale's Wake by Harry Morton Harry Morton's book on whaling underwent a few title changes as he proceeded with the text. In November 1980 it was 'New England at New Zealand'; in April 1981 it was 'South-west Pacific Whaling'; and by April 1982, when the University of Hawaii Press agreed to fund...
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    175 Yankee Whalers in the South Seas
    Yankee Whalers in the South Seas by A.B.C. Whipple remains a well-regarded classic of popular maritime storytelling.Story-driven, vivid, and highly readable, focusing on the human drama of the 19th-century American whaling era, the book follows hardy crews sailing out of New England ports like Nantu...
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    176 The Whaling Trade in old New Zealand
    The Whaling Trade in Old New Zealand is a 1965 historical book by L. S. Rickard (published by Minerva Ltd, Auckland) that chronicles the rise, operations, and social impact of the country's first major commercial export industry. Whaling was New Zealand’s earliest Pākehā (European) commercial ex...
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    177 The Hull Whaling Trade
    The Hull whaling trade was a major Arctic enterprise that lasted for over two and a half centuries, turning the port city of Kingston upon Hull into one of Britain's most significant maritime and industrial hubs. First edition 1995, in excellent condition. paperback, fully illustrated, 200 x 210mm...
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    178 The Perano Whalers of Cook Strait
    The Perano Whalers of Cook Strait, 1911–1964 is a 1982 non-fiction book by Christchurch journalist Don Grady that chronicles the family-run commercial shore whaling operation of the Perano family in New Zealand's Tory Channel and Cook Strait.Built on first-hand interviews with more than 80 former...
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    057 The Illustrated Denniston Rose and Heart of Coal
    A must-have for the family's West Coast history collection. This beautiful illustrated edition of the classic story of the Denniston Rose by Jenny Patrick incorporates many historical photos of Westport, Denniston and the coal mining industry.In almost perfect condition.
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    135 Flying Electra
    ELECTRA FLYING: The Lockheed 10 Electra In New Zealand And The Pioneering of the Main Trunk Air Service, edited by Richard J. Waugh and David Phillips and Richard Waugh contributingforewords by The Right Honourable Sir Michael Hardie Boys and Les MillsABOUT The story of how Lockheed 10 Electra's re...
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    128 Pakeha and Maori at War
    Pakeha and Maori at War 1840-1870 by A.H. Reed reads like a school textbook on the Maori Wars. Well illustrated. Questions at the end of each chapter.1972 first edition paperback in good condition. 48 pages.
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    129 The Crooked Mile
    The Crooked Mile - Revell Street as I remember it, by Henry PiersonClassic West Coast history centered on Hokitika's main street.2004 first edition paperback bound with a perfect binding. Some pages in the centre have been glued back in place very carefully. 90 pages.Scarce.
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