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Heroes of Gallipoli by Richard Stowers
$75.00 NZD
Category: First World War
With the centenary of the First World War upon us in 2015, Richard Stowers has written this book to increase the awareness of the unpretentious gallantry and service by New Zealanders during the Gallipoli campaign. The book details the bravery and distinguished service of men and women of the 1st echelo ...Show more
A Field Officer's Notebook by Dan Davin
$29.95 NZD
Category: Second World War | Reading Level: New
Dan Davin, best known for his prose fiction, memoirs, and work in academic publishing, also wrote poetry. Not that he wrote poetry throughout his life; rather, it was almost exclusively written in three discrete periods: during the mid-to-late thirties while at university in New Zealand and England; dur ...Show more
Living by the Moon: Te Maramataka a Te Whānau-ā-Apanui by Wiremu Tāwhai
$25.00 NZD
Category: Children's
The dependence of Te Whanau-a-Apanui ancestors on the environment led them to closely study the changes and cycles in nature so they could ensure their survival in their tribal area. Knowledge of aspects such as the sea conditions and best planting and harvesting times at each day of the month were care ...Show more
Matariki: The Star of the Year by Rangi Matamua
$35.00 NZD
Category: Children's
English language edition. In mid-winter, Matariki rises in the pre-dawn sky, and its observation is celebrated with incantations on hilltops at dawn, balls, exhibitions, dinners and a vast number of events. The Matariki tradition has been re-established, and its regeneration coincides with a growing in ...Show more
To the Memory: New Zealand's War Memorials by Jock Phillips
$15.00 NZD
$59.99 (75% off)
Category: Military History
Over 30,000 New Zealanders have died in wars since 1840. They have been remembered in the more than a thousand memorials put up in public places throughout New Zealand. Except on Anzac Day, most people pass by these monuments without really looking at them. Yet a huge amount of social energy and resourc ...Show more
Te Hokowhitu a Tu: The Maori Pioneer Battalion in the First World War by Christopher Pugsley
$40.00 NZD
Category: First World War | Reading Level: Very Good
Maori soldiers signing up for the First World War representing a formidable fighting force - Te Hokowhitu a Tu, or the Seventy twice-told warriors of the war god, Tumatauenga. Some 2,227 Maori and 458 Pacific Islanders enlisted with the Maori Pioneer Battalion, providing an essential element in the New ...Show more
Echoes of Gallipoli: In the Words of New Zealand's Mounted Riflemen by Terry Kinloch
$15.00 NZD
Category: First World War
First published ten years ago to enthusiastic reviews and critical acclaim, this classic celebrated readable scholarship is now available in paperback. Using their letters and diaries, Echoes of Gallipoli tells the story of Gallipoli through the eyes of the men of the New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade ...Show more
Searching for Charlie: In Pursuit of the Real Charles Upham VC and Bar by Tom Scott
$49.99 NZD
Category: Biographies
Captain Charles Hazlitt Upham is the only combat soldier ever to win the Victoria Cross twice. His acts of bravery in World War II meant he probably deserved six more. The mystery of how a reserved, modest, slightly built farm valuer from New Zealand, could be so ferocious and fearless in battle has ...Show more
Le Quesnoy 1918 by Christopher Pugsley
$40.00 NZD
Category: Second World War
The New Zealand Division's capture of the French town of Le Quesnoy was its last and most successful action in the First World War. Breaking through defensive lines and scaling the town walls by ladder, the New Zealanders overwhelmed the defenders, freeing the town after years of German occupation. It w ...Show more
A History of the Wairarapa Aero Club 1929-2019 by John G. Hill; Carol Hill; Wairarapa Aero Club Staff (Contribution by)
$20.00 NZD
Category: First World War
Brothers in Arms: Gordon & Robin Harper in the Great War by Jock Phillips
$20.00 NZD
Category: First World War
A powerful and beautifully-illustrated story of two New Zealand brothers at Gallipoli and the Sinai Desert. Bringing together original letters, stunning photographs and extraordinary objects sent back from the front, Brothers in Arms evokes the experience of the Great War in a uniquely moving and access ...Show more
Devils on Horses : In the Words of Anzacs in the Middle East 1916-19 by Terry Kinloch
$20.00 NZD
Category: First World War | Reading Level: Very Good
'Devils on Horses is a very important book for New Zealanders, and for those who read military history. We now have an account of the New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade in Sinai and Palestine that at last does justice to their story. This was perhaps the finest body of New Zealanders ever to serve overs ...Show more