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Sketches of Early Colonisation in New Zealand and its Phases of Contact with the Maori Race

Originally published 1907, by Whitcombe and Tombs Limited ..  More

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Soldiering in New Zealand

Originally published 1916, by T. J. S. Guilford & Co., Ltd. ..  More

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Some Interesting Occurrences in Early Auckland: City and Provinces

Originally published 1955, by Whitcombe and Tombs Limited ..  More

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Temperance and Prohibition in New Zealand

Originally published 1930, by The Epworth Press..  More

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The Big Blue: Snapshots of the 1951 Waterfront Lockout

In working-class parlance a ‘blue’ was the colloquial term for an industrial disruption – a strike or a lockout. The 1951 waterfront lockout was, up until that time, the biggest ‘blue’ of them all and still holds attention today as a seminal event in New Zealand’s industrial and political history.The 1951 lockout, which lasted for 151 days, was the..  More

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The Castaways of Disappointment Island

Originally published 1911, by S. W. Partridge & Co., Ltd.Herbert Escott-Inman's The Castaways of Disappointment Island is the true story of the wreck of the Dundonald near the Auckland Islands, a group of sub-antarctic islands lying 180 miles south of New Zealand, in 1907.The Dundonald sank on 7th March 1907 after running ashore on the west sid..  More

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The Commercial Hotel

When John Summers moved to a small town in the Wairarapa and began to look closely at the less-celebrated aspects of local life – our club rooms, freezing works, night trains, hotel pubs, landfills – he saw something deeper. It was a story about his own life, but mostly about a place and its people. The story was about life and death in New Zealand..  More

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The Compleat Cityscapes

Heritage vignettes in prose and illustration of Wellington buildings, with 244 pen and ink drawings of historic Wellington buildings, many of which no longer exist. This is the complete record of 244 Cityscapes articles which ran in The Evening Post newspaper from 1976 to 1982. My editor Mike Robson wanted what was new at the ti..  More

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The Contest for Rugby Supremacy

For most rugby followers, the 1905 All Black tour of Britain has assumed legendary proportions. By its end, this unheralded team had taken the traditional rugby strongholds by storm, dazzled with their athleticism and innovative style, accumulated a string of huge victories, claimed a moral ‘draw’ with Wales, and put their young colony firmly on th..  More

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The Early Canterbury Runs: Containing the First, Second and Third (new) Series

Originally published 1946, by Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd ..  More

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The Jubilee History of Nelson: From 1842 to 1892

Originally published 1892, by Bond, Finney, and Co...  More

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The Long White Cloud

Originally published , by George Allen & Unwin Ltd Ruskin House Museum Street..  More

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The Maori King

Originally published 1959, by Paul's Book Arcade ..  More

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The Maori Situation

Originally published 1935, by Harry H. Tombs Ltd. ..  More

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The Maoris in the Great War

Originally published 1926, by The Maori Regimental Committee ..  More

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The New Zealand Division 1916 - 1919: A Popular History based on Official Records

Originally published 1921, by Whitcombe and Tombs Limited ..  More

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The New Zealand Native Rebellion

Originally published 1864, by Hocken Library..  More

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The New Zealand Wars: A History of the Maori Campaigns and the Pioneering Period: Volume I: 1845-64

Originally published 1845, by R. E. Owen, Government Printer ..  More

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The New Zealanders at Gallipoli

Originally published 1919, by Whitcombe and Tombs Limited..  More

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The New Zealanders in Sinai and Palestine

Originally published 1922, by Whitcombe and Tombs Limited ..  More

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