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On 12 July 1863, British and colonial troops crossed Waikato Moris northern border, instigating the Waikato War. This book tells the story of the Queens Redoubt, and the buildup of military power along the Waikato border, which led directly to the most significant campaign of the New Zealand Wars, the invasion of the Waikato.

(Paperback, New edition)

(Hardback)

In this captivating collection of essays, acclaimed Pacific scholar Damon Salesa takes us on a journey through the rich cultural and historical tapestry of the Pacific.

(Paperback)

Auckland: The Twentieth-Century Story journeys through the mosaic of cultures and lifestyles, anxieties and hopes, disasters and triumphs, virtues and vices that led to the transformation of New Zealand's largest city between 1900 and 2000.

(Hardback)

Forced labour haunts the streets we walk today and the spaces we take for granted.

(Paperback, 3rd New edition)

Days of Darkness tells the story of events surrounding the invasion of Parihaka, chronicling the governments quest to assert British law and supremacy in Taranaki during the late nineteenth century.

(Paperback, 6th ed.)

(Paperback)

On 10 July 1985, French secret agents bombed the Greenpeace campaign flagship Rainbow Warrior in Auckland Harbour, New Zealand. Portuguese-born photographer Fernando Pereira died in the sabotage outrage that shook the world. The bombed ship was scuttled off a New Zealand bay in 1987 to form a living reef and Rainbow Warrior II was commissioned.

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History has rarely felt more topical or relevant as, all across the globe, nations have begun to debate who, how and what they choose to remember and forget. In this BWB Text, a team of five researchers, several from iwi invaded or attacked during the nineteenth-century New Zealand Wars, reflect on these questions of memory and loss locally.

(Paperback, 6th Revised edition)

The authoritative history of the 1915 Gallipoli campaign from New Zealand perspective, Gallipoli: The New Zealand Story is now in its fifth edition - fully revised and updated with new photos and information by distinguished author Christopher Pugsley.

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(Paperback)

This book tells the history of Maori travel and exploration, providing fresh light on a little known yet absorbing aspect of early New Zealand.

(Hardback, New edition)

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.

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This comprehensive history of Aotearoa New Zealand written entirely from Mori viewpoints using Mori customary structures takes a fresh look at what Mori history is and how it is different from that formerly portrayed.

(Paperback, 2nd New edition)

Straddling the Maori and European worlds of the 1860s, Titokowaru was one of New Zealand's greatest leaders. A brilliant strategist, he used every device to save the Taranaki people from European invasion.

Provides an account of the seige of Kaiapoi Paa by Ngaati Toa, under the leadership of Te Rauparaha.

(Paperback)

(Paperback)

In this BWB Text, Rachel Buchanan tells her own, deeply personal story of Parihaka.

(Paperback, Revised edition)

(Paperback)

From the well-known taiaha and mere to the more obscure wahaika and maripi, this is a comprehensive introduction to traditional weapons in use before Europeans reached New Zealand. Maori Weapons is a reliable reference work that is easily accessible to general readers while having particular appeal to students of mo rakau and kapa haka.

(Hardback)

(Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)

(Paperback)

Explores a neglected epoch of world history, one that saw Polynesians expand their territory across the world's largest ocean.

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By examining myth, star charts and contemporary Polynesian seafaring, Jeff Evans traces the methods by which Polynesian explorers made their epic voyages, and retraces the historic sailing of the traditional canoe Hawaiki-nui with no modern aids from Tahiti down to New Zealand.