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By: Margaret Hixon

ISBN: 9781877133787
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Jan 2000
Publisher: Otago University Press
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Queen Salote ascended the throne of Tonga in 1918, at the age of 18, to lead this Pacific nation through the hazards of the 20th century until her death in 1965. This biography paints a portrait of Salote, from her childhood through her education and her years as queen, drawing on oral histories, personal papers, and newspaper accounts.


(Paperback)

By: Christina Thompson

ISBN: 9780008339050
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2020
UK Publication Date: 5th March 2020
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
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(Paperback)

Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Sep 1992
Publisher: Melbourne University Press
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Across time, a simple tale can acquire a complicated history. This is what happened to the man with the donkey and is the subject of this book, Simpson s afterlife , the legend


(Hardback)

By: Ray Salisbury

ISBN: 9781988550220
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2020
Publisher: Potton & Burton
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'Tableland', is the comprehensive history of the area behind Mt Arthur in Kahurangi National Park. It is full of the characters who lived, worked and played in this much loved backcountry. Beautifully illustrated with the authors photography as well as a wide range of historical material and photos.


(Paperback)

By: Sven Lindqvist

ISBN: 9781847085214
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2012
UK Publication Date: 2nd February 2012
Publisher: Granta Books
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Terra Nullius is a journey across Australia's desert and into its shocking past. This lyrical book describes its landscape, flora and fauna and geology, tells the history of the country and reveals the shocking treatment of its Aboriginal peoples.


(Paperback, illustrated edition)

By: Paul Moon

ISBN: 9781877378263
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2009
Publisher: David Ling Publishing Limited
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The Edges of Empires is a captivating and intimate account of New Zealand in the 1850s. It depicts magnificently the character and temperament of New Zealand in one of the nation's most formative decades.


(Paperback, Revised edition)

By: Conon Fraser

ISBN: 9781877578595
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2014
Publisher: Otago University Press
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(Paperback)

By: Adam Courtenay

ISBN: 9780733340390
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2020
Publisher: ABC Books
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(Paperback)

By: Rob Merrifield

ISBN: 9780908573967
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2018
Publisher: New Zealand Railway & Locomotive Society Inc
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(Paperback)

By: Dianne Bardsley

ISBN: 9781877133947
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Jan 2000
Publisher: Otago University Press
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Drawing on interviews with women who served as "land girls" during World War II, this book relates a chapter in New Zealand's war experience. It shows that like their Rosie the Riveter sisters, these Women's Land Service recruits gained independence, little recognition, and discontent about giving up their farm jobs when the soldiers came home.


(Paperback)

By: Paul Goodwin

ISBN: 9781760877439
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2020
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
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An extraordinary first-person story of a boy from the Queensland bush who survived the dangers of Bomber Command to become Qantas' last navigator.


(Paperback)

By: Robert Murray

ISBN: 9781925078152
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2014
Publisher: Rosenberg Publishing
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(Paperback, 2nd edition)

By: Michael King

ISBN: 9780143567578
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2012
Publisher: Penguin Group (NZ)
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(Paperback)

By: Geoffrey Blainey

ISBN: 9780732911171
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Dec 2001
Publisher: Pan Macmillan Australia
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'One of the most illuminating books ever written on Australian history.


(Paperback)

By: Patricia Bawden

ISBN: 9780473004811
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2006
Publisher: Marsden Cross Trust Board
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(Paperback)

By: Gareth Winter

ISBN: 9780958261760
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2010
Publisher: Fraser Books
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Two Men of Mana is a colourful collection of stories about Wairarapa's early days. The 25 chapters bring 19th century New Zealand to life with true tales about people, places and memorable moments.


(Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)

By: Sally Warhaft

ISBN: 9781922182524
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2014
Publisher: Text Publishing
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(Paperback)

By: Norman Harris

ISBN: 9780473163310
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2010
Publisher: Last Side Publishing
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Two events, continents apart and spread over three days, merged into a moment of profound drama which has echoed through time on New Zealand. They were a cricket Test in South Africa and the railway disaster at Tangiwai, which claimed the life of the fiancee of a New Zealand player.


(Hardback)

By: Terry Kinloch

ISBN: 9780908988945
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2007
Publisher: Exisle Publishing
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The WWI battlefields in the Middle East have long been overshadowed by those of Gallipoli and the Western Front. Yet the story of the mounted riflemen in Sinai and Palestine is a truly fascinating one. Using the soldiers original letters and diaries, Kinloch vividly describes every battle and skirmish in the long campaign against the Turks.


(Paperback, 6th Revised edition)

By: Christopher Pugsley

ISBN: 9780947506070
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Apr 2022
Publisher: Oratia Media
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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.


(Paperback)

By: Margaret Lucas

ISBN: 9780908708659
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2005
Publisher: Heritage Press Ltd
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(Hardback)

By: Phoebe Li

ISBN: 9780473699987
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2024
Publisher: Chinese Poll Tax Heritage Trust
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Cantonese merchants facilitated early Chinese immigration to New Zealand and their social and business networks laid the foundation of the Chinese community in the South Pacific. They played a major role in the making of Chinese New Zealanders, against the background of New Zealand's changing relationships with China, Britain and beyond.


(Leather / fine binding, Edition with numbered copies)

By: Robin Walsh

ISBN: 9781921497995
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2011
Publisher: Exisle Publishing
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A beautifully presented leather-bound edition containing the annotated letters and journal of Elizabeth Macquarie, wife of early colonial Australia's planning visionary, Lachlan Macquarie. This publication is historically significant as until now, very little has been in print about Elizabeth Macquarie and her influence in the shaping of our nation


(Paperback)

By: Jeff Evans

ISBN: 9780947506155
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: May 2016
Publisher: Oratia Media
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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.

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