Auckland Zoo - 100 Years, 100 Stories - A Century of wildlife at Auckland Zoo by Sarah Ell; Aja Pendergrast; Jane Healy
$55.00 NZD
Category: NZ History
This beautiful book packed with fantastic photography, tells the fascinating story of how the Zoo has evolved from its early days as a 'living museum' into a modern zoo that takes an active role in conserving wildlife in Aotearoa New Zealand and around the world. All profits from the sale of this book w ...Show more
Ballin' in Black: Our Tall Blacks Test Centurions by Huw Beynon
$39.99 NZD
Category: NZ History
When Tom Abercrombie was presented with his 100th cap ahead of the FIBA World Cup in 2019, he joined an exclusive club. He became the 11th player to reach a century of tests for the Tall Blacks. Standing at his side was Pero Cameron, the first man to achieve the feat. These players, and the nine between ...Show more
Bess the Brave War Horse by Susan Brocker
$29.99 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
This story is based on the true experiences of a remarkable horse called Bess, one of 10,000 NZ horses sent overseas to battle in World War One. Tragically, at the end of the war the horses could not return to New Zealand due to quarantine laws and a shortage of ships. Luckily for Bess, her master batt ...Show more
Brave Bess and the ANZAC Horses by Susan Brocker
$11.99 NZD
$19.99 (40% off)
Category: NZ History
Every year we celebrate our ANZAC heroes and commemorate the fallen at Gallipolli, wearing poppies in their memory every ANZAC Day. But there were other heroes and heroines of the First World War whose stories have remained largely untold - the horses shipped to the Middle East to carry our troops who f ...Show more
Chronicles of Paki Series 3
$64.90 NZD
Category: NZ History
Series Three of The Chronicles of Paki begins with the extraordinary changes in thinking that took place in Britain during the abolition of the slave trade. This thinking, combined with the request from Maori for British intervention in New Zealand, created a truly remarkable event. A treaty was put in ...Show more
Days of Darkness: Taranaki, 1878-1884 by Hazel Riseborough
$49.99 NZD
Category: NZ History | Series: 1st
The narrative of the Parihaka community sheds light on a critical period in Aotearoa’s colonial past. As the government seized their land, Māori communities across the region engaged in non-violent resistance, with Parihaka emerging as a powerful symbol of defiance under the leadership of Te Whiti o Ron ...Show more
Echoes from Hawaiki : The origins and development of Māori and Moriori musical instruments by JENNIFER. CATTERMOLE
$70.00 NZD
Category: NZ History
Echoes from Hawaiki is a comprehensive account of taonga pūoro ancestral musical traditions and instrument-playing techniques.In this thoroughly researched and beautifully illustrated book, Jennifer Cattermole traces the origins and development of taonga pūoro, the stories they carry and how they connec ...Show more
Gladys Goes to War by Glyn Harper
$19.99 NZD
$21.00 (4% off)
Category: NZ History
A stunning picture book from the award-winning Glyn Harper and Jenny Cooper, bringing us the incredible true story of Gladys Sandford u mechanic, First World War ambulance driver, New Zealand's first woman pilot and a trailblazer ahead of her time. Gladys loves nothing better than tinkering with car eng ...Show more
He Tau Makuru: 50 Years of Te Matatini National Kapa Haka Festival by Max Matenga, Moana Aroha Henry, Ruth Smith, David Jones, Wi Pere Mita, Amokura Panoho, Wenarata Tait-Kingi
$70.00 NZD
Category: NZ History
"Mā tini, mā mano ka rangatira a kapa haka" Kapa haka flourishes through the efforts of many. Embrace the joy and wonder that is kapa haka through the experiences, people and triumphs of the past 24 festivals, and relive memories that will stir, ignite and uplift the soul. He Tau Makuru: 50 Years of Te ...Show more
Hindsight: Pivotal Moments in New Zealand History by Mandy Hager
$40.00 NZD
Category: NZ History
Four pivotal moments in New Zealand's history are examined through a variety of source materials and commentary that enlivens the event and describes its impact on our society and growth as a nation. Hindsight is a resource for all schools and libraries. These topics are linked to themes in the social s ...Show more
I whanau au ki Kaiapoi: The story of Natanahira Waruwarutu, as recorded by Thomas Green by Te Maire Tau
$30.00 NZD
Category: NZ History
Natanahira Waruwarutu was a child at the time of the capture of Kaiapoi Pa by Te Rauparaha's Ngati Toa warriors in 1832. The early years of his life, recounted here in the original Maori text and an accompanying translation, saw great change in the Maori communities of Waitaha (Canterbury) and Akaora. O ...Show more
Into the White: Scott's Antarctic Odyssey by Joanna Grochowicz
$23.99 NZD
Category: NZ History
Together, they have taken on the greatest march ever made and come very near to great success; never giving up, and never giving up on each other. This is the story of Robert Falcon Scott's Terra Nova expedition to Antarctica and the memorable characters, who with a band of shaggy ponies and savage dogs ...Show more