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In 1877, Kate Edger became the first woman to graduate from a New Zealand university. She went on to become a pioneer of women's education and worked tirelessly to mitigate violence against women and children. Diana Morrow tells the story of Edger's life and provides valuable insights into the role of women social reformers in our history.

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

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The story of tiny Niue's involvement in the Great War has captivated people since an account was first published by Margaret Pointer in 2000. In 1915, 160 Niuean men joined the New Zealand Expeditionary Force as part of the Maori Reinforcements and set sail to Auckland and then Egypt and France.

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

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Phoney Wars looks at the lives of New Zealanders during the greatest armed struggle the world has ever seen: the Second World War. It is not a political, economic or military history; rather it explores what life was like during the war years for ordinary people living under the New Zealand flag.

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Engagingly written, brimming with information and enriched with black and white photographs and stunning colour plates, this substantial volume is an important addition to Gordon Ogilvie's popular and acclaimed histories of Banks Peninsula and the Port Hills.

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A concise introduction to the history of South Polynesia during the period typically defined as the 'Middle Ages' by western historians, focusing on Aotearoa, Rekohu, and Rapa Nui. Written in response to a wider global approach to medieval history, it offers a fresh perspective on the history of the region during that period.

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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.

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Poutini is a landmark publication, bringing together a lifetime of knowledge and research by kaumatua and 'Coaster' Paul Madgwick (Kati Mahaki, Kai Tahu). Beginning with mythology associated with Te Tai Poutini (the West Coast), this richly illustrated work follows the story of human settlement from early migration until today.

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In 1863 Henry Whitcombe, a young civil engineer and Canterbury's Provincial Road Surveyor, led an expedition to find a route across the Southern Alps in advance of the West Coast gold rushes. Jakob Lauper, a hardy Swiss goldminer, was hired to accompany him. The journey turned to tragedy. A new translation and commentary by Hilary Low.

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Explores New Zealand's most important and extensive relationship - with Australia - on a variety of levels over the past century. The authors present a combined narrative about a 'Tasman world', a working region defined by a history of traffic in ideas, policies, objects and people.

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*Gorgeous coffee-table book with superb text and photos *Celebrates the harbour front's past, present and future *From Hobsonville to Britomart, Wynyard Quarter to Devonport

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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.

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Tangata Whenua: A History presents a rich narrative of the Maori past from ancient origins in South China to the twenty-first century, in a handy paperback format, drawn directly from the award-winning Tangata Whenua: An Illustrated History.

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Drawn from the landmark publication, Tangata Whenua: An Illustrated History (2014), Te Ao Hou covers the Mori history of the nineteenth century.

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Drawn from the landmark publication, Tangata Whenua: An Illustrated History (2014), Te Ao Hurihuri brings the history up to the present.

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Drawn from the landmark publication, Tangata Whenua: An Illustrated History (2014), Te Ao Tawhito tells the great origin narrative of Mori history from 3000 BCAD 1830.

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Te Arawa is one of the great Maori histories, praised as Don Stafford's "definitive work" and "an authoritative book" by New Zealand History. This enhanced facsimile edition, in a high-quality hardback format, features a new foreword by Professor Paora Tapsell (Te Arawa), University of Otago

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This ground-breaking book explores the emergence of Te Hahi Mihinare - the Maori Anglican Church.