Aotearoa: The New Zealand Story by Gavin Bishop
$40.00 NZD
Category: NZ History
Over a thousand years ago, the wind, sea currents and stars brought people to the islands that became known as Aotearoa, the land of the long white cloud. Navigate your way through this sumptuously illustrated story of New Zealand. Explore the defining moments of our history, captured by celebrated chi ...Show more
Patu: The New Zealand Wars by Gavin Bishop
$40.00 NZD
Category: NZ History | Series: 1st
A large-format, stunning visual history of the New Zealand Wars of the 1800s, suitable for children and adults, by the multiple-award-winning Gavin BishopDiscover the key people, perspectives and battles of the New Zealand Wars in this powerfully told and richly illustrated visual history by Gavin Bisho ...Show more
My Name Is Henry Fanshaw by Gillian Torckler
$24.99 NZD
Category: NZ History
Henry Fanshaw is no ordinary teddy bear. In fact, he travelled the world with the Royal New Zealand Air Force's No. 75 Squadron - one of New Zealand's most famous air force squadrons - which served around the world, in places like Malaysia, Singapore and Australia. Before that, they had fought in the Se ...Show more
Amazing Aotearoa Activity Book by Gavin Bishop
$25.99 NZD
Category: Activity Books
5 -12 Years Old. You'll have lots of creative fun with this book full of puzzles, quizzes and activities that explore Aotearoa New Zealand and its people. Based on Gavin Bishop's bestselling Aotearoa- The New Zealand Story and Wildlife of Aotearoa, this activity book is a place for you to tell your own ...Show more
Anzac Ted: 10th anniversary edition by Belinda Landsberry
$29.99 NZD
Category: NZ History
Meet a bear who is more extraordinary than most in this poignant story about the Anzac spirit, re-issued as a gorgeous hardback to celebrate its 10th anniversary. Anzac Ted is no ordinary bear. He's got worn patches, frayed threads, missing parts and more... but that's because he's got an incredible sto ...Show more
Our Land in Colour by Jock Phillips, Brendan Graham
$54.99 NZD
Category: NZ History
A breathtaking collection of 200 photographs expertly colourised by Aotearoa New Zealand's premier colourist, Brendan Graham, with commentary from award-winning historian Jock Phillips ONZM Our Land in Colour celebrates the rich story of Aotearoa through the restoration of images never before seen in co ...Show more
Te Tiriti o Waitangi / The Treaty of Waitangi by Toby Morris; Ross Calman; Mark Derby; Piripi Walker
$24.99 NZD
Category: NZ History
Ground-breaking full-colour graphic novel about Te Tiriti o Waitangi/The Treaty of Waitangi. This reorua (bilingual) graphic-novel-style flip book presents important information in a visually appealing and engaging way. The text (in both English and te reo Māori) and illustrations work together to provi ...Show more
The Red Poppy (Book & CD) by David Hill
$22.99 NZD
Category: NZ History
Five minutes...Two minutes....Young soldier Jim McLeod waits in the trenches of World War I for the order to attack the enemy. With him are his friends and Nipper, the messenger dog. When they charge across no-man’s land Jim is shot ... and finds himself face to face with an enemy soldier.A sensitively- ...Show more
Those Magnificent Voyagers of the Pacific by Andrew Crowe
$34.99 NZD
Category: NZ History
This epic story begins 5000 years ago, when the ancestors of Polynesians discovered ways to ‘see’ over the horizon to find and settle new islands. As their landfinding skills grew, these people took ever bigger strides across the vast Pacific until they reached South America. It was not until almost eve ...Show more
Amundsen's Way: The Race to the South Pole by Joanna Grochowicz
$22.99 NZD
Category: NZ History
But how will history view Roald Amundsen? he wonders to himself. Will I be remembered for my dedication, my discipline, my daring deeds? Or only for my deception? Roald Amundsen - hero or villain? Amundsen's South Polar conquest is an extraordinary tale that combines risk, intrigue and personal conflict ...Show more
Bobby, the Littlest War Hero by Glyn Harper
$19.99 NZD
$21.00 (4% off)
Category: NZ History
This is the story of Bobby - the littlest hero in a very big war. Bobby is a tiny canary. His best friend is Jack, a soldier in one of the tunnelling companies of the Royal Engineers. Together they go deep into the tunnels under no-man's-land. Jack's job is to dig, while Bobby's job is to warn the men t ...Show more
Cook's Cook: The Cook Who Cooked for Captain Cook by Gavin Bishop
$29.99 NZD
Category: NZ History
Cook's Cook follows the 1768 journey of James Cook's H.M.S. Endeavour with his ship's cook, the one-handed John Thompson, as story teller. Through real recipes from the ship's galley, events on board and the places the ship travelled to on its way to the Pacific, the book tells multiple stories. Here ar ...Show more