The Chief and the Empire
The Chief and the Empire uncovers the extraordinary true tale of Te Tai Tokerau rangatira Te Pahi - the first influential Māori leader to cross the Tasman - whose curiosity about the Pākehā world forged alliances, saved lives, and ultimately cost him his own. On a visit to Sydney in 1805, Te Pahi was feted as a celebrity, building close...Paperback$2700Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
15% offKeep Calm – We Are Coming
Keep Calm — We Are Coming briefly backgrounds the New Zealand Special Air Service deployment in Afghanistan — then goes into action. While primarily training Afghan forces, in Kabul the NZSAS had to respond to a series of ‘spectacular attacks’ by heavily armed Taliban fighters wearing suicide vests and determined to inflict major casualties. In the words of those who...Paperback$3400Elsewhere:$4500Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
15% offMatariki: The Star of the Year
In mid-winter, Matariki rises in the pre-dawn sky, and its observation is celebrated with incantations on hilltops at dawn, balls, exhibitions, dinners, and a vast number of events. The Matariki tradition has been re-established, and its regeneration coincides with a growing interest in Māori astronomy. Still, there remain some unanswered questions about how Matariki was traditionally observed. These include: What...Paperback$2900Elsewhere:$3500Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
18% offSaving Elli
One child. Two years in hiding. Three lives in mortal danger. In Nazi-occupied Amsterdam, near Anne Frank's house, another Jewish girl is hidden. Her name is Elli. Her father has been executed at Mauthausen concentration camp. Her mother is fleeing for her life. Elli is next. To save her, resistance couple Frits and Jo Hakkens must risk everything, concealing her...Paperback$2700Elsewhere:$3799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Banjara
A powerful literary debut from an astonishing new Kiwi voice, focusing on the Indo-Fijian indenture system and how it affected generations across the Pacific.Rajasthan 1888: Avani Rathod, a nomad of the Banjara community, is summoned to teach a blue-eyed colonial officer the trees of her region, but instead is misled into indenture to the sugarcane plantations of Fiji. While on...Paperback$2500Elsewhere:$3799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow-
Serviceman J
A new edition of the bestselling 2024 memoir by a former NZSAS commander, on serving in Afghanistan over four deployments and operating at the edge of his limits. 'Frighteningly, devastatingly real.' - The Post In 2011, following the Taliban siege on Kabul's Intercontinental Hotel, an SAS soldier identified only as Serviceman J was awarded New Zealand's second highest military honour...Paperback$2499Elsewhere:$2799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow 
Tangata Whenua: An Illustrated History
Tangata Whenua: An Illustrated History is a landmark publication that meticulously portrays the extensive journey of Māori history from Pacific origins to the twenty-first century. Authored by Atholl Anderson, this richly illustrated book spans numerous generations, offering readers a vivid and comprehensive narrative that is anchored in specific localities and histories. The book unfolds across fifteen compelling chapters, each of...Hardback$9999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
The Penguin History of New Zealand
The definitive and bestselling history of Aotearoa New Zealand by one of our leading historians, continuously in print for 20 years. This bestselling book by the late Michael King is the unchallenged contemporary reference on the history of New Zealand. First published in 2003 and hailed as a triumph of careful research, wide reading and judicious assessment, it has been...Paperback$3300Elsewhere:$3800Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Struggle Without End
A revised edition of the best-selling book containing two new chapters covering the last decade and a half. Struggle Without End by Dr. Ranginui Walker is a compelling history of Aotearoa, New Zealand, viewed from a distinctly Māori perspective. Dr. Walker meticulously traces the journey of the Māori people from their Polynesian origins, through the arrival of European settlers in...Paperback$3800Elsewhere:$4500Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
New ReleaseShane Cotton
For over thirty years Shane Cotton (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Rangi, Ngāti Hine, Te Uri Taniwha) has developed a rigorous and evolving painting practice, using the medium to layer the visual languages through which Aotearoa can be seen and understood. In this book, leading art writer Anthony Byrt takes us on a voyage into Te Tai Tokerau to unravel the relationships, landscapes...Hardback$8499Elsewhere:$8999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Great Tales of Aotearoa
Great Tales of Aotearoa uncovers the stories that helped build our collective history, from pioneering tales of New Zealand's first bank and company to stories of high treason, nautical disasters, courage and survival. For over 40 years, retired journalist Tom Clarke has compiled this collection of fascinating, entertaining and extraordinary tales from New Zealand's storied past.Paperback$3699Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Pathway of the Birds
"Andrew Crowe has produced a masterful synthesis of the remarkable voyaging history of the Polynesians." Prof Patrick V. Kirch, Chancellor's Professor Emeritus and Professor of the Graduate School at the University of California at Berkeley. Pathway of the Birds casts light on a neglected epoch of world history, one that saw Polynesians expand their territory across the world's largest ocean....Paperback$5000Elsewhere:$5500Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
An Island to Oneself
A South Seas classic since 1966, this is the story of one New Zealander brave enough to do what we have all now and then dreamed of doing – live alone on a desert island. In his youth, Tom Neale was an ordinary seaman and for years a shopkeeper among the Cook Islands, but he was in his fifties when...Hardback$3800Elsewhere:$4500Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Our Land in Colour
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 colour. Two hundred images have been meticulously colourised, opening a window back in time with remarkable detail....Hardback$4600Elsewhere:$5500Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Ockham Winner11% offMr Ward's Map
Victorian Wellington street by street In 1891, a remarkable map of Wellington was made by surveyor Thomas Ward. It recorded the footprint of every building, from Thorndon in the north and across the teeming, inner-city slums of Te Aro to Berhampore in the south. Updated regularly over the next 10 years, it detailed hotels, theatres, oyster saloons, brothels, shops, stables,...Hardback$7300Elsewhere:$9000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
The Clean
Now, you said it was yesterday, yesterday’s another day Heading round in make believe, I don’t know if it’s you or If it’s me oh, I don’t know, I don’t know Tally ho, tally ho! In 1978 in Dunedin the Kilgour brothers, Hamish and David, and their schoolfriend Peter Gutteridge, got together to form a band called The Clean. When...Paperback$4599Elsewhere:$4999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Voices from the New Zealand Wars | He Reo no nga Pakanga o Aotearoa
Welcome to our story, this history. Whichever part of the world the bones of your ancestors lie, wherever their ashes may have been dispersed, here you will find traces of them, and of yourself. It is a story of colonisation and resistance – and a history that has never stopped repeating itself. The New Zealand Wars of the mid-nineteenth century...Paperback$4599Elsewhere:$4999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
16% offBehind The Hill
Where kids ran wild and resilience developed…Behind The Hill is a social history, recording people’s lives from interviews, from one end of Golden Bay to the other. Each and every portrayal has something to say about the values and norms of the time.The book follows the revolutionary changes that affected one of New Zealand’s most isolated areas over succeeding decades...Paperback$3100Elsewhere:$4000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
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Tragedy at Pike River Mine
Updated Edition 2025 This new edition contains a completely up-to-date timeline. Winner of four major awards.Brilliantly written by award-winning journalist Rebecca Macfie. 'Devastating account of a needless tragedy' - Otago Daily Times'Lucid, exhaustive, enraging' - New Zealand Listener'Compelling account of what went wrong' - Weekend Herald'Highly readable, sometimes shocking' - The Press'Compulsory reading for directors, managers and business students' -...Paperback$3400Elsewhere:$4500Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow 
Toi Te Mana
He toi whakairo, he mana tangata. Through artistic excellence, there is human dignity. Toi Te Mana is a landmark account of Māori art from the time of the tupuna (ancestors) to the present day. In 600 pages and over 500 extraordinary images, this volume invites readers to climb onto the waka for a remarkable voyage—from ancestral weavers to contemporary artists...Hardback$9099Elsewhere:$9999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Imagining Decolonisation
Decolonisation is a term that scares some and gives hope to others. It is an uncomfortable and bewildering concept for many New Zealanders, yet it is needed if we are going to build a country that is fair and equal for all who live there. Imagining Decolonisation sets out the case for decolonisation by illuminating—through anecdotal, real-life examples—what decolonisation might...Paperback$1899Elsewhere:$2000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
12% offKiwi Country
An entertaining history of rural life in Aotearoa, told through artefacts, gadgets and ephemera that tell a story that goes deeper than the objects themselves. The most fun you'll ever have learning about rural life in New Zealand. Told through a varied selection of items from the everyday (apples, Red Band gumboots, milk tankers and ride-on mowers) to the weird...Paperback$3000Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
New ReleaseIntroducing The English Text Of The Treaty
Introducing the English Text of the Treaty of Waitangi provides a clear and accessible account of the research behind Ned Fletcher’s award-winning study of the Treaty’s English text. Drawing on the same careful archival work as the larger book, this short edition guides readers through the origins, intentions, and meaning of the English text, and the wider imperial context in...Paperback$3499Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
19% offThe Good Settler
‘Where once I saw a view as I drove around the Taranaki coast along State Highway 45, I now see confiscated land from an invasion road. The creation story I used to subscribe to, the one in which hard-working people came here and settled the land, now jars. Weirdly, even the lawn looks different. The form of things just won’t...Paperback$3000Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
18% offTikanga
An introduction to te ao Māori. The guide to understanding the Māori world from a 21st-century point of view. The book we've all been needing for decades – a unique explanation of the world of Māoridom for Pākehā, and all others disconnected from the Māori world. Told with simple lucidity and great expertise, Keri Opai shares the spirit and meaning...Paperback$2800Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
A Short History of New Zealand
A new edition of the bestselling short history on New Zealand, updated to include the Helen Clark years, the rise of John Key, the Christchurch earthquakes and the 2011 Rugby World Cup!Paperback$2799Elsewhere:$2999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
12% offBible & Treaty: Missionaries Among the Maori-A New Perspective
Bible & Treaty: Missionaries Among the Maori is a complex and colourful adventure of faith, bravery, perseverance, and betrayal that seeks to recover lost connections in the story of modern New Zealand. It brings a fresh perspective to the missionary story, from the lead-up to Samuel Marsden's first sermon on New Zealand soil, and the intervening struggle for survival and...Paperback$4400Elsewhere:$5500Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Tatau
The Samoan Islands are virtually unique in that tattooing has been continuously practised with indigenous techniques: the full male tattoo, the pe'a, has evolved in subtle ways in its design since the nineteenth century, but remains as elaborate, meaningful, and powerful as it ever was. This cultural history is the first publication to examine 3000 years of Samoan tatau. Through...Hardback$6899Elsewhere:$7500Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Te Tiriti o Waitangi | The Treaty of Waitangi, 1840
In 1840, over 500 Māori leaders put their names to a significant new document: Te Tiriti o Waitangi or the Treaty of Waitangi. Through their signatures, moko or marks, they were making an agreement with the British Crown, represented by Consul and Lieutenant-Governor William Hobson. At stake was the sovereignty of the country, the governance of the land. The meanings...Hardback$3699Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Mark of the Lion: the Story of Charles Upham VC & Bar
Mark of the Lion: the Story of Charles Upham VC & Bar is an engrossing biography that explores the life of Charles Upham, one of the most astonishing war heroes of New Zealand. Authored by Kenneth Sandford, this monumental work delves into the extraordinary narrative of a man who displayed unparalleled bravery and strategic genius during World War II. Charles...Paperback$3400Elsewhere:$4000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
23% offChathams Resurgent: How the Islanders Overcame 150 Years of Misrule
In 1990 those living on Chatham Islands/ Rekohu/ Wharekauri faced crisis. Annexed to New Zealand by a London proclamation, the Islands had experienced 150 years of New Zealand control. Years of muddlement, some good intentions, financial waste exploitation and theft, and failure to deliver democratic rights and basic infrastructure. The after-effects of Rogernomics had produced a government decision to “walk...Other book format$4600Usually:$6000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Ockham Winner18% offTe Ahua o nga Kupu Whakaari a Te Kooti
Ko Te Kooti Te Turuki Rikirangi tētahi o ngā maunga teitei o te wā – he kōkōrangi i ngā rā pōuri, he tokotoko i te awa kōpaka. I tū ia hei toa i te whare o Tūmatauenga, engari ki te Hāhi Ringatū, he poropiti – he matakite nāna i hāpai ngā moemoeā, ngā tūmanako, me ngā wairua o te iwi...Hardback$4500Elsewhere:$5999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow-
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Speaking My Language Te Korero i Toku Reo
Well-known journalist and presenter Mike McRoberts opens up about his experiences of reconnection to te ao Māori and learning te reo, and encourages others to do the same. For much of his life, Mike McRoberts felt burdened by not knowing his own language - te reo Māori. Growing up at a time when te reo was scarcely spoken in daily...Paperback$2700Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow 
A Fire in the Belly of Hineāmaru
Remarkable stories of twenty-four inspirational tupuna of Te Tai Tokerau.Hardback$5999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Ake Ake Kia Kaha E!
A truly unique insight into the impact the Second World War had on the iwi of the central North Island and Bay of Plenty districts (including Te Arawa, Ngati Tuwharetoa, Tuhoe, Whanau-a-Apanui, Ngati Maru and Ngati Paoa), focusing on the region's war effort not only overseas, but also at home and in government. Through personal recollections, eyewitness accounts, numerous anecdotes,...Hardback$4599Elsewhere:$4999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Ockham ShortlistGarrison World
A major work by a distinguished historian, Garrison World examines the lives of soldiers and families constituting the British military presence in New Zealand and other territories during the nineteenth century. The British Empire’s expansion relied on a vast, mobile army (‘redcoats’), supported by a dominant navy (‘bluejackets’). Despite New Zealand’s treatybased beginnings with tangata whenua, signifi cant British forces...Hardback$6500Elsewhere:$6999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
The Welcome of Strangers
'A signally important text in the canon of Maori history.' - Michael Stevens The dynamics of an evolving southern world are mapped by distinguished archaeologist Atholl Anderson in a new edition of his groundbreaking book from 1998. The Welcome of Strangers traces the early migrations of Waitaha and Kati Mamoe people and the later arrival and settlement of Ngai Tahu....Hardback$6500Elsewhere:$6999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Moko
Moko is written by Michael King, one of New Zealand's most celebrated historians, and photographed by Marti Friedlander, one of the country's most eminent photographers. One of New Zealand's iconic books, originally published in 1972, it was a milestone in New Zealand publishing. At that time, Māori subject matter was not thought to be of interest to the New Zealand...Paperback$4099Elsewhere:$4500Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Atlas of the New Zealand Wars
In the Atlas of the New Zealand Wars, five decades of maps and plans from 1834 to 1884 provide remarkable new insight into the deep conflicts running through nineteenth-century Aotearoa. Beginning with early skirmishes off the Taranaki coast and at the Chathams, Volume One follows the tracks inland from the Bay of Islands towards the Hokianga in the Northern Wars;...Hardback$8500Elsewhere:$8999Unit price /UnavailableBackorderShips mid November
History of New Zealand and its Inhabitants
History of New Zealand and its Inhabitants offers an engaging and provocative narrative from the unique perspective of Dom Felice Vaggioli, an Italian Benedictine monk who was sent to Aotearoa New Zealand during the late 19th century. This English language translation captures Vaggioli's observations and reflections on the lifestyles, customs, and historical events he encountered while serving in Auckland, the...Paperback$5000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Serviceman J
A gripping memoir by a former NZSAS commander on serving in Afghanistan over four deployments and operating at the edge of his limits. 'Frighteningly, devastatingly real.' - The Post In 2011, following the Taliban siege on Kabul's Intercontinental Hotel, an SAS soldier identified only as Serviceman J was awarded New Zealand's second highest military honour by showing outstanding gallantry in...Paperback$3399Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
25% offI Shall Not Die
"You were made a Pakeha, and the name of England was given to you for your tribe. I was made a Maori, and New Zealand was the name given to me. You forgot that there was a space fixed between us of great extent - the sea. You, forgetting that, jumped over from that place to this. I did not...Paperback$3000Usually:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
23% offTribes of Muriwhenua
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20% offWe will not cease
We Will Not Cease is the harrowing, true memoir of Archibald Baxter, a stalwart New Zealander who stood firm in his convictions during the brutal times of World War I. Arrested in 1915 at the age of 33 for his steadfast refusal to bear arms, Baxter's journey is one of relentless suffering, resilience, and unyielding spirit. Transported under confinement from...Paperback$2400Usually:$3000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
The Platform
In a book that is both deeply personal and highly political, Melani Anae recalls the radical activism of Auckland's Polynesian Panthers - the movement modelled on the US Black Panther Party but without guns. The Polynesian Panthers was founded in response to the racist treatment of Pacific Islanders in the era of the Dawn Raids. Central to the group was...Paperback$1899Elsewhere:$2000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow-
He Whakaputanga | The Declaration of Independence, 1835
He Whakaputanga o te Rangatiratanga o Nu Tireni / The Declaration of Independence of New Zealand was signed by fifty-two rangatira from 1835 to 1839. It was a powerful assertion of mana and rangatiratanga, made after decades of Māori and European encounters that had been steadily expanding - both within Aotearoa New Zealand and elsewhere on the globe as Māori...Hardback$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow 
The New Zealand Wars | Nga Pakanga o Aotearoa
The New Zealand Wars | Nga Pakanga o Aotearoa by Vincent O'Malley delves into one of the most significant series of conflicts in New Zealand's history. This comprehensive work meticulously examines the wars that were fought between the British Crown and various Māori groups from 1845 to 1872. Through vivid narrative and incisive analysis, O'Malley brings to life the battles...Paperback$3699Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Our Untold Stories
Our Untold Stories brings to light tales of human tragedies, bravery, and daring endeavours, famous firsts, and scandalous behaviour. These stories reflect the enormous changes that have occurred in the opinions, beliefs, and attitudes of New Zealanders over the years—stories that are hugely entertaining, enlightening, and educational. For over 40 years, retired journalist Tom Clarke has compiled this collection of...Paperback$3200Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
The Story of a Treaty | He Korero Tiriti
The Treaty of Waitangi/Te Tiriti o Waitangi is a central document in New Zealand history. This lively account tells the story of the Treaty from its signing in 1840, through the debates and struggles of the nineteenth century, to the gathering political momentum of recent decades. The third edition of The Story of a Treaty/He Korero Tiriti takes the narrative...Paperback$3199Elsewhere:$3500Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Between Worlds
An epic, award-winning account of Pakeha-Maori relations immediately following Captain Cook's voyages to New Zealand. 'Vivid, convincing and utterly memorable.' —Michael King, North & South Anne Salmond's extraordinary Between Worlds begins with the arrival of Cook's second expedition in 1773 and takes the story through to 1815, with the establishment of the first British missionary settlement in the Bay of...Paperback$5400Elsewhere:$6000Unit price /UnavailableBackorderShips mid November
New Zealand history in bite-Sized Chunks
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Heroes and Monsters People of the Edwin Fox
Built in Calcutta (Kolkata), India, in 1853, the Edwin Fox is the only remaining vessel of her kind and has made a unique and unmatched contribution to world maritime history. The ship's importance is acknowledged by Heritage New Zealand, which has designated it as Category 1—the highest level of protection. Built in Calcutta (Kolkata), India, in 1853, the ship is...Paperback$4500Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
New ReleaseThe Treaty Of Waitangi Companion
Weaving together voices, documents and images from centuries of cooperation, conflict and change, The Treaty of Waitangi Companion ranges from first contact between Māori and Europeans to today’s debates over the place of te Tiriti o Waitangi in our constitutional arrangements. Rather than offering a single narrative, Vincent O’Malley and Bruce Stirling bring readers close to the historical record itself....Paperback$5499Elsewhere:$5999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow-
Worse Things Happen At Sea
MISHAP 1968 – Caught in a sudden violent storm, the Wahine ferry foundered after running aground on Barrett’s Reef, attempting to enter Wellington Harbour. Battered mercilessly by the elements, the Wahine was listing heavily to starboard when the order to abandon ship was given. The tragic events that followed became our nation’s worst modern maritime disaster. MISERY 1945 – Struck...Paperback$3200Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow 
Great Tales from Rural New Zealand
Gordon McLauchlan is a master storyteller adept at recognising a good yarn when he sees it. Following the success of his Great Tales from New Zealand History, his new collection leads us down uncharted country lanes and tempts us with many little-known tales from New Zealand's farming and rural past, and also explores many aspects of New Zealand and being...Paperback$2799Elsewhere:$2999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
A Short History of the New Zealand Wars
Following the ongoing success of A Short History of New Zealand, Great Tales of New Zealand History, and Great Tales of Rural New Zealand — all reprinted and still going strong — Gordon McLauchlan has turned his masterful storytelling skills to one of the most important periods in this country's history. Published to coincide with New Zealand's first national day...Paperback$2400Elsewhere:$2999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Kate Edger
In 1877, Kate Edger became the first woman to graduate from a New Zealand university. The New Zealand Herald enthusiastically hailed her achievement as 'the first rays of the rising sun of female intellectual advancement'. Edger went on to become a pioneer of women's education in New Zealand. She also worked tirelessly to mitigate violence against women and children and...Paperback$3799Elsewhere:$4000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow-
Captain Cook and the Unsettled Afterlives of Empire
Captain Cook And The Unsettled Afterlives Of Empire James Cook is one of the most contested figures in Aotearoa New Zealand’s past. Today, his name evokes not only exploration and scientific endeavour but also the violence of first encounters and the enduring legacies of colonisation. In this major new history, Tony Ballantyne examines how stories about Cook have changed over...Hardback$5499Elsewhere:$5999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow -
Hidden Stories of Heroism for a Peaceful Planet
These untold stories, that are absent from our history books, include New Zealand families refusing to let their boys be child soldiers, a Kiwi peacemaker guiding prominent adversaries away from the vicious cycle of revenge, and an entire culture practising non-violence. These are captivating tales showing the immense courage, strength, creativity, and discipline that peacebuilding demands. Hidden Stories of Heroism...Paperback$2500Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow 
Searching For Charlie
A paperback edition of the massive bestselling HB. Charles Upham was the most highly decorated soldier in the Commonwealth forces of WWII, and could arguably be called the bravest soldier of the war. An unassuming stock worker/ valuer at the beginning of the war, he stormed through Crete and the Western Desert amazing and confounding his comrades with his exploits....Paperback$3499Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Leather & Chains
It is a dangerous thing to be a teenage girl.I never kept a diary, except for one year of my life. The year I turned fourteen. The year my parents divorced. The year I had sex for the first time. The year I learned to use the microfiche. In this unique follow-up to her memoir You Probably Think This Song...Paperback$3699Elsewhere:$4000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Maori Tribes of New Zealand new edition
Beautifully illustrated, with maps of each tribal area, this book is ideal for those who want to know more about Aotearoa and the people who live here. Now with updated census data and information and designed & priced for the visitors' market, Maori Tribes of New Zealand New Edition combines great photos of scenic New Zealand with maps, Maori art,...Paperback$3200Elsewhere:$3499Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Shifting Grounds
In a city that has forgotten and erased much of its history, there are still places where traces of the past can be found. Deep histories, both natural and human, have been woven together over hundreds of years in places across Tamaki Makaurau/Auckland, forming potent sites of national significance. This stunning book unearths these histories in three iconic landscapes: Pukekawa/Auckland...Hardback$5999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow-
Why Memory Matters
'Behind the foreground narratives of justification, real or symbolic wounds are stored in the archives of cultural memory.' From curriculum to commemoration to constitutional reform, our society is in the grip of memory, a politics and culture marked by waves of loss, grief, absence, and victimhood. Why are certain aspects of the past remembered over others, and why does this...Paperback$1899Elsewhere:$2000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow 
Art Of Colonisation
Professor Paul Moon is one of New Zealand's most prolific authors; his latest biography on photographer Ans Westra garnered glowing reviews. In this book his meticulous research shows, through selected art works, how imperial art became a form of colonisation by colour. He writes, 'artists in New Zealand in the colonial era, not tied to a state vision, tried to...Hardback$4900Elsewhere:$5500Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Trial of Strength
The world’s subantarctic islands circle the lower part of the globe below New Zealand, Australia, Africa, and South America in the ‘Roaring Forties’ and ‘Furious Fifties’ latitudes. They are filled with unique plants and wildlife, constantly buffeted by lashing rain and furious gales, and surrounded by a vast, powerful ocean. New Zealand and Australian subantarctic islands in particular have a...Hardback$3600Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Images of War
In a major research project, Glyn Harper and the National Army Museum combined official war photographs with more informal images to provide a moving visual history. Originally published in 2008, Images of War has now been beautifully redesigned as a stunning large-format hardback. While primarily drawn from the Museum's collection, many photographs from private sources were included. From more than...Hardback$9000Elsewhere:$9999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Shelter from the Storm
A fully revised edition of the landmark book that tells the story of our backcountry huts. One of the singular features of the New Zealand outdoors is the remarkable network of backcountry huts, and those who venture into our wild places often develop a strong attachment to these humble structures. Shelter from the Storm is a landmark publication, the first...Hardback$7200Elsewhere:$7999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Wars Without End
A captivating and incisive account of New Zealand's Land Wars - from a Māori perspective. From the earliest days of European settlement in New Zealand, Māori have struggled to hold on to their land. Tensions began early, arising from disputed land sales. When open conflict between Māori and Imperial forces broke out in the 1840s and 1860s, the struggles only...Paperback$3600Elsewhere:$4000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Mau Moko: The World of Maori Tattoo
Award-winning and best-selling, Mau Moko is the closest there has ever been to a 'complete' book on moko. 'Very likely to become the definitive work on the subject . . . a big, beautiful, important book.'— Warwick Roger, North and South Taia o moko, hei hoa matenga mou . . .Take your moko, as a friend forever . . ....Paperback$4400Elsewhere:$5000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
The Team That Hit the Rocks
In April 1968, the New Zealand interisland passenger ferry Wahine, a fast and modern ship for its time, hit Barrett Reef at the entrance to Wellington Harbour in a cyclone, the worst storm ever recorded in New Zealand's history. Six and a half hours later, the ship heeled over and sank, with the eventual loss of fifty-three lives. Among the...Paperback$3200Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
The Great War for New Zealand
The Great War for New Zealand by Vincent O'Malley is an authoritative and stirring account of a pivotal chapter in New Zealand history. This monumental work delves into the Waikato War of 1863-64, a conflict that profoundly shaped the course of the nation. O'Malley meticulously chronicles the origins, impact, and aftermath of this significant war, providing readers with a comprehensive...Hardback$7200Elsewhere:$7999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
A Short History of Farming in New Zealand
A Short History of Farming in New Zealand by Gordon McLauchlan delves deep into the rich tapestry of New Zealand's agricultural heritage. This compelling narrative takes readers on a journey through the myriad transformations of the farming industry, from its earliest beginnings to its current standing as a global leader in agricultural exports. The book intricately details the farming methods...Paperback$2400Elsewhere:$2999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Maranga! Maranga! Maranga! The Call to Maori History
Celebrating over three decades of Māori scholarship, essays from Maranga! Maranga! Maranga! The Call to Maori History, edited by Aroha Harris and Melissa Matutina Williams, draws on work published by the collective Te Pouhere Kōrero in the journal of the same name. Writers include Rawinia Higgins, Melissa Matutina Williams, Arini Loader, Nēpia Mahuika, Alice Te Punga Somerville, Rachel Buchanan, Aroha...Paperback$4999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 1 week
This Pakeha Life
This book is about my making sense here, of my becoming and being Pakeha. Every Pakeha becomes a Pakeha in their own way, finding her or his own meaning for that Maori word. This is the story of what it means to me. I have written this book for Pakeha—and other New Zealanders—curious about their sense of identity and about...Paperback$3999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 1 week
New Zealand’s Worst Disasters
A full train plunges into a raging river at Tangiwai; the Wahine is tossed onto rocks at the entrance to Wellington Harbour; an Air New Zealand DC-10 plunges into Mt Erebus; an earthquake destroys Christchurch … disasters like these are known to all New Zealanders: they are part of our history. But New Zealand has experienced many less well-known disasters,...Paperback$1999Unit price /UnavailableBackorderShips early December
Greece Crete Stalag Dachau - A New Zealand Soldier's Encounters With Hitler's Army
In 1940, 28-year-old Jack Elworthy left to fight in Europe. He would return seven years later, changed forever. Like many soldiers, Jack had experienced the best and worst of human nature—from the kindness and bravery of Crete civilians to the unimaginable horrors of Dachau. He escaped from Greece as the Nazis rolled in, fought and was captured in Crete, and...Paperback$4000Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 1 week
Pakeha Maori: The Extraordinary Story of the Europeans Who Lived as
This book describes one of the most extraordinary and fascinating stories in New Zealand history. In the early part of the last century, several thousand runaway seamen and escaped convicts settled in Maori communities. Jacky Mamon, John Rutherford, Charlotte Badger and many others—this is their largely untold story. They were regarded as unsavoury renegades by the European settlers, but amongst...Paperback$2900Elsewhere:$3200Unit price /UnavailableBackorderShips mid November
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