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By: Peter Tremewan

ISBN: 9781988503028
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2019
Publisher: Canterbury University Press
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This is the first full English translation of the surviving Mangakhia journals and letters of French Marist priest Father Antoine Garin. Frank, open-minded and often humorous, Garins diary is a major contribution to the early history of European settlement in Aotearoa and a compelling insight into Mori customs, values and beliefs of the time.


(Paperback)

By: Wolfgang Fischer

ISBN: 9781911667292
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2022
UK Publication Date: 26th April 2022
Publisher: Grub Street Publishing
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Within weeks of war being declared, Wolfgang Fischer had volunteered to join the Luftwaffe and spent nearly five of the succeeding six years of hostilities in uniform.


(Paperback)

By: Helen Thomas

ISBN: 9780992247683
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2016
Publisher: Fraser Books
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(Paperback)

By: Jenny Sew Hoy Agnew

ISBN: 9781988503097
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2020
Publisher: Canterbury University Press
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Richly illustrated and deeply researched, 'Merchant, Miner, Mandarin' is both the compelling biography of one of the most distinguished figures of New Zealand business and an intriguing account of late 19th-century society, industry and race relations.


(Paperback)

By: Ann Chapman

ISBN: 9781877577918
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2012
Publisher: Steele Roberts Aotearoa Ltd
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(Paperback)

By: Max Lauker

ISBN: 9781804514238
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2024
UK Publication Date: 15th June 2024
Publisher: Helion & Company
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(Hardback)

By: Oliver Sutherland

ISBN: 9781927145432
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2013
Publisher: Canterbury University Press
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(Paperback)

By: Raymond Richards

ISBN: 9781877257926
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2010
Publisher: Canterbury University Press
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Palmer: The parliamentary years is the product of research involving more than 200 linear metres of archives, as well as interviews with Palmer, his family and associates, some now deceased. It is a fascinating warts-and-all account of the political career of one of New Zealand's brightest sons.


(Paperback)

By: Julie Glamuzina

ISBN: 9781927242650
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2014
Publisher: Steele Roberts Aotearoa Ltd
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(Paperback)

By: Rick Peacock-Edwards

ISBN: 9781911714125
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2024
UK Publication Date: 28th June 2024
Publisher: Grub Street Publishing
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As the proud son of one of the Few, Rick Peacock-Edwards was inspired to follow his father into the Royal Air Force and become a fighter pilot. This is an action-packed account of a foremost flyers life with endless good stories, and a colourful cast of characters to match. Amust for all lovers of derring-do in the air.


(Paperback)

By: R.J. Bunce

ISBN: 9781988531359
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2018
Publisher: Otago University Press
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Biography of a colourful and controversial politician, church elder and convicted debtor


(Hardback)

By: Helen Doe

ISBN: 9781911667919
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2023
UK Publication Date: 15th September 2023
Publisher: Grub Street Publishing
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The first full reappraisal of one of Britain's great fighter aces, this book examines the truth behind Tuck's 1956 biography, Fly for Your Life. It looks at the evidence behind the myths, checks out some of the exaggerated stories and reveals the real Stanford Tuck.


(Paperback)

By: Helen Doe

ISBN: 9781911714255
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2025
UK Publication Date: 16th May 2025
Publisher: Grub Street Publishing
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The first full reappraisal of one of Britains great fighter aces, this book examines the truth behind Tucks 1956 biography,Fly for Your Life. It looks at the evidence behind the myths, and reveals the real Stanford Tuck, a more complex man than the one-dimensional hero of the previous biography.


(Paperback)

By: Jeffrey Sissons

ISBN: 9781991033482
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2023
Publisher: Bridget Williams Books
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Tmati Te Ito Ngmoke, a renowned Taranaki prophet, played a significant role in colonial New Zealands political landscape. This book uncovers his story and impact on Aotearoas history.


(Paperback)

By: Marilyn Waring

ISBN: 9781988545936
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2019
Publisher: Bridget Williams Books
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This is an autobiographical account of Marilyn Waring's extraordinary years in parliament. She tells the story of her journey from being elected as a new National Party MP in a conservative rural seat to being publicly decried by the Prime Minister for her `feminist anti-nuclear stance' that threatened to bring down his government.


(Paperback)

By: Merenia Gray

ISBN: 9781775508335
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2024
Publisher: Huia Publishers
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Tiahuia was a teacher, an artist, a Wellington City Councillor, a graduate of Victoria University, a nurse, a lifelongmember of Ngti Pneke, and a skilled practitioner of a range of Mori performing arts, particularly karanga.She was a unique woman whose life drew together te ao Mori and te ao Pkeh.


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By: John Harris

ISBN: 9781911397748
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2023
UK Publication Date: 10th January 2024
Publisher: Unicorn Publishing Group
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The Rudolf Hess Flight Book


(Paperback)

By: Linda Thornton

ISBN: 9780958298896
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2011
Publisher: Fraser Books
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No pioneer New Zealand family has lived and farmed their land longer than the Matthews of 'Waiorongomai'. Their story, shaped by the land itself, is an important part of the history of Aotearoa.


(Hardback)

By: Peter Browne

ISBN: 9781925835717
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2020
Publisher: Monash University Publishing
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(Hardback)

By: Hadingham

ISBN: 9781914414633
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2022
UK Publication Date: 21st November 2022
Publisher: Unicorn Publishing Group
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(Paperback)

By: Helen Riddiford

ISBN: 9780864738967
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2014
Publisher: Te Herenga Waka University Press
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George Samuel Evans was bred to pursue the goals of civil and religious liberty. A hard-working advocate for parliamentary and colonial reform, his path led eventually to New Zealand, a colony of ragged uncertainty, ambition, rivalry, and deprivation. Helen Riddiford's biography acknowledges his immense contribution to New Zealand and Australia and allows his voice to be heard once more.


(Hardback)

By: John Broadhead

ISBN: 9781911604945
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2019
UK Publication Date: 15th April 2019
Publisher: Unicorn Publishing Group
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This is the story of an individual soldiers service in a Pals battalion based on his 1916 diary and researched and presented by his son.


(Paperback)

By: Julian Jackson

ISBN: 9780141049533
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2019
UK Publication Date: 4th July 2019
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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(Paperback)

By: Gareth Hughes

ISBN: 9781988547831
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2022
Publisher: Allen & Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand
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Major biography of Jeanette Fitzsimons, hugely influential leader of the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand.

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