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$3200Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrowBanjara
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$3099Elsewhere:$3799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
New ReleaseThe 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$3199Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Saving 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$3299Elsewhere:$3799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Matariki: 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$3399Elsewhere:$3500Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Keep 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$4000Elsewhere:$4500Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
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$4100Elsewhere:$4500Unit 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
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$4400Elsewhere:$4999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
New ReleaseGreat 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$3199Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Ockham WinnerMr 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$7999Elsewhere:$9000Unit 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
The Unsettled
The Unsettled explores what it means to own your past. After Richard Shaw published his acclaimed memoir The Forgotten Coast in 2021, he connected with Pākehā individuals possessing long settler histories. These individuals were beginning to confront the truth behind their families' 'pioneer stories', questioning the foundations of aggressive acts of colonisation and land confiscation upon which these narratives were...Paperback$3999Unit 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$1700Elsewhere:$2000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow-
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$2999Elsewhere:$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
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
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$3400Elsewhere:$4000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow-
Tikanga
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$3199Elsewhere:$3999Unit 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$1700Elsewhere:$2000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Ockham WinnerTe 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$4800Elsewhere:$5999Unit 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
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$3200Elsewhere:$3999Unit 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 /UnavailableAvailableShips in 1 week
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$8500Elsewhere:$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$3100Elsewhere:$3800Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
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
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$3500Elsewhere:$3999Unit 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
Toitū Te Whenua
An accessible guide to significant places and people of the New Zealand Wars from a Māori perspective. This comprehensive guidebook journeys through the pivotal sites of the New Zealand Wars, from the Far North to the top of the South Island, offering a unique perspective on events that shaped Aotearoa New Zealand. With engaging and insightful commentary, Lauren Keenan (Te...Paperback$3600Elsewhere:$4500Unit 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 /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
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 /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
I 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$3999Unit 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$3299Elsewhere:$4000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Letters from the Bay of Islands
The life and letters of one of the first European women to settle in New Zealand. In 1822, Marianne Williams, with her missionary husband Henry and their three small children, left England forever. Their new home, in New Zealand's Bay of Islands, was a remote one-house settlement—the Church Missionary Society mission station headquarters. This was nearly twenty years before the...Paperback$3800Unit 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 
Nga Iwi O Tainui
Nga Iwi o Tainui is a classic work of New Zealand and Maori history, first published in 1995. This bilingual collection, composed of 67 chapters, details the histories, genealogies, songs, and chants of the Tainui people. It marks the culmination of a life's work by the scholar and historian Dr Pei Te Hurinui Jones. The beautiful Maori text is complemented...Paperback$6999Unit 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
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$2999Elsewhere:$3499Unit 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$2400Elsewhere:$2999Unit 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-
The Middle of Nowhere
For most New Zealanders, Manapouri is associated with the country's largest and most successful environmental protest, but there is another, less well-known narrative of this time. The struggle to drill a tailrace tunnel under a rocky mountain at Manapouri, blast out a cavernous machine hall at West Arm, and carve a road over the treacherous Wilmot Pass is a powerful...Paperback$5500Unit 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
Te Tiriti o Waitangi Relationships
Regardless of upheavals at the highest political level, the narratives and analyses in this book demonstrate that the Treaty relationships built on the ground may continue to develop and persist. This is the third volume by leading scholars and researchers in a series discussing the complexities of te Tiriti o Waitangi issues. Together, this group of essays takes a dynamic...Paperback$4500Elsewhere:$4999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Grid
This gripping biography of Air Commodore Keith 'Grid' Caldwell CBE, MC, DFC & Bar, Croix de Guerre, tells the story of his remarkable exploits during the First World War. Flying single-seat fighters against the best of the German air force, including the Red Baron's Flying Circus and airmen such as Werner Voss, Caldwell accumulated 26 victories in aerial combat. Over...Hardback$6500Unit 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$4000Elsewhere:$4999Unit 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
We 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$3000Unit 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
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
The Dark Dad
Art historian Mary Kisler grew up in the early 1950s with a father who talked little, whose affection she cherished and whose anger she feared. She later came to understand the trauma that lay behind his dark moods: rejection and violence in his childhood and the brutal experience of being a prisoner of war in Italy and then Germany from...Paperback$3700Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Eyes of Fire: the Last Voyage of the Rainbow Warrior
Eyes of Fire: The Last Voyage of the Rainbow Warrior by David Robie is a compelling narrative that delves into a poignant moment in history and its lasting repercussions. Set against the backdrop of Pacific activism, the book meticulously chronicles the ill-fated journey of the Greenpeace vessel, the Rainbow Warrior, in a vividly detailed account that captures the tension and...Paperback$9200Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeks
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$3500Elsewhere:$3999Unit 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$1700Elsewhere:$2000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow 
Te Hahi Mihinare | The Maori Anglican Church
This ground-breaking book explores the emergence of Te Hahi Mihinare - the Maori Anglican Church. Anglicanism, brought to New Zealand by English missionaries in 1814, was made widely known by Maori evangelists, as iwi adapted the religion to make it their own. The ways in which Mihinare (Maori Anglicans) engaged with the settler Anglican Church in New Zealand and created...Paperback$4999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 1 week
A History Of Queen's Redoubt & The Invasion Of The Waikato
On 12 July 1863, British and colonial troops under the command of Lt. Gen. Duncan Cameron crossed the Mangatawhiri stream, Waikato Maori's northern border, instigating the Waikato War. In order to do so, they had amassed a vast infrastructure that included building the Great South Road (the 'Road to War'), establishing a military supply train capable of providing for the...Hardback$4995Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 1 week
An Uncommon Land
An Uncommon Land is a story of enclosure, dispossession, colonisation and – ultimately – hope for a better future. Through the lens of her ancestors’ stories, Catherine Knight throws light on the genesis and evolution of the commons, its erosion through enclosure and the ascendency of private property in parallel with the rise of capitalism – a history that has...Paperback$4999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Tony Fomison
As a boy, Tony had drawn maps and diagrams and medieval battle scenes. He'd read fairy tales and been enchanted by local sites of Māori history. As a young man, he was a vagrant on the streets of Paris, was twice imprisoned, spent time in a mental hospital, battled destructive addictions, and experienced unrequited love and loneliness. All of this...Hardback$5999Unit 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 /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Tangata Whenua a History
Tangata Whenua: A History presents a rich narrative of the Māori past, from ancient origins in South China to the twenty-first century, in a handy paperback format. The authoritative text is drawn directly from the award-winning Tangata Whenua: An Illustrated History. The full text of the big hardback is now available in a reader-friendly edition, ideal for students, for bedtime...Paperback$4999Unit 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 /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Fletchers
Most of New Zealand's great business icons of the twentieth century have withered, disappeared or been swallowed by other firms. But a century after James Fletcher began his work in Dunedin in 1909, Fletcher Building continues to perform as one of New Zealand's largest and most trusted companies, with a significant international presence. Fletchers tells the story of how Fletcher,...Hardback$4999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow-
The History of a Riot
The History of a Riot presents a compelling microhistory of collective revolt. In 1843, the New Zealand Company settlement of Nelson was disrupted by the revolt of its emigrant labourers. Over 70 gang-men and their wives united to resist their poor working conditions through petitions, strikes, and, ultimately, violence. Despite the significance of this struggle, it has often been overshadowed...Paperback$1700Elsewhere:$2000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow -
Introducing The Womens Suffrage Petition 1893
The content of this short book is derived directly from the larger illustrated publication, foregoing all illustrations to suit the BWB Texts format. In 1893, New Zealand became the first country in the world with universal suffrage: all New Zealand women now had the right to vote. This achievement owed much to an extraordinary document: the 1893 Women's Suffrage Petition....Paperback$1700Elsewhere:$2000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow 
Tairāwhiti
Based on his investigative Newsroom series, Aaron Smale’s Tāirawhiti: Pine, Profit and the Cyclone goes deep into the region’s struggle with colonial legacies and environmental mismanagement. Through personal stories, interviews and critical analysis, Smale uncovers the multifaceted impacts of pine plantations, land confiscation, and climate events of increasing severity on a landscape and its people. This BWB Text provides a...Paperback$1700Elsewhere:$2000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
The First Migration
Thousands of years ago, migrants from South China began the journey that took their descendants through the Pacific to the southernmost islands of Polynesia. Atholl Anderson's ground-breaking synthesis of research and tradition charts this epic journey of New Zealand's first human inhabitants. Derived from the multi-award-winning Tangata Whenua: An Illustrated History, this text weaves together evidence from numerous sources: oral...Paperback$1700Elsewhere:$2000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Singing the Trail
The very first maps, oral maps made by early Polynesian and Māori settlers, were waypoints, lists of places in songs, chants, karakia, and stories that showed direction. Hundreds of years later, Abel Tasman made the first attempt at a physical map; this was followed more than a century later by James Cook, whose more detailed map was made as he...Hardback$7500Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Out of the Blue
In a collection spanning her career, highly regarded art historian and curator Christina Barton reminds readers of the art writer’s essential quandary: how to put the visual, material, sensory, and temporal into words. The project of art writing is at once argumentative and invested, she writes, self-doubting and ambitious, flawed yet with its own beauty (at its best). Published in...Paperback$4500Elsewhere:$5000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
New Zealand's Great War
This book is a collection of essays arising out of the Zealandia's Great War conference organised by the New Zealand Military History Committee in November 2003. In 32 essays by distinguished military historians from New Zealand and around the world, various aspects of New Zealand's involvement in World War One are discussed. Subjects include the Pioneer Maori Battalion, women who...Hardback$8100Elsewhere:$8999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
The Note Through the Wire
'An unforgettable love story set in perilous circumstances. It is a reminder that even in the most horrific times love will find a way and ultimately conquer. I can't recommend it enough.' Heather Morris, author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz In the heart of Nazi-occupied Europe, two people meet fleetingly in a chance encounter. One is an underground resistance fighter;...Paperback$3600Elsewhere:$3899Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Introducing Maori Culture
Introducing Maori Culture by Don Stafford provides a comprehensive exploration of the rich history and culture of the Maori people. This book delves into key questions such as: When was Aotearoa discovered? How was Maori society organised in pre-European times? What is traditional Maori art? How does the Treaty of Waitangi affect us today? From the great Polynesian migration to...Paperback$2000Elsewhere:$2200Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Sleeps Standing
A little book containing so much — a novella, history, eyewitness reports, Māori translation, verse, and images. Both fiction and fact, this fascinating book is a kaleidoscopic exploration of the Battle of Orakau. During three days in 1864, 300 Māori men, women, and children fought an Imperial army and captured the imagination of the world. The battle marked the end...Paperback$2700Elsewhere:$3000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
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 /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Tamatea Dusky
Tamatea Dusky by Peta Carey is a captivating exploration of one of New Zealand’s most remote and beautiful regions. The book delves into the rich history, stunning landscapes, and unique wildlife of the Dusky Sound area. Carey's insightful narrative takes readers through the area's extensive past, from its first Polynesian explorers to its early European settlers and its subsequent role...Hardback$6999Unit 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$2900Elsewhere:$3500Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
The Captive Wife
A prize-winning historical novel that has become a New Zealand classic. This classic has been released in the Popular Penguin format to mark 50 years of publishing in New Zealand. The format reaches further back to 1935, when Allen Lane founded Penguin Books with a clear vision: "We believed in the existence of a vast reading public for intelligent books...Paperback$1300Elsewhere:$1599Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Ask That Mountain: The Story of Parihaka
Ask That Mountain: The Story of Parihaka by Dick Scott offers a compelling narrative that brings to life the remarkable story of the peaceful resistance movement led by the Maori chiefs Te Whiti o Rongomai and Tohu Kakahi in 19th-century New Zealand. Nestled at the foot of Mt Taranaki, the settlement of Parihaka became a beacon for Maori dignity and...Paperback$4500Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
The Sound of Breaking Glass
In The Sound of Breaking Glass, Christel Maxine is at breaking point. Balancing a demanding career in reality television, raising two small children, and maintaining her commitment as an activist with Women Against Surplus Plastic, Christel's life is a whirlwind of pressure and responsibility. On top of these challenges, she is being stalked, adding an ominous new layer of stress...Paperback$3500Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
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