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Urban Village : The Story of Ponsonby, Freeman's Bay and St Mary's Bay (SPECIAL REDUCED PRICE)
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Author:
Jenny Carlyon & Diana Morrow
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Ponsonby is one of New Zealand's most famous suburbs, the place where social and political change has fermented and fomented since its origins over 160 years ago. From Michael Joseph Savage to Che Fu, from the Hero Parade to the Polynesian Panthers, the fashion industry to cafe society, Ponsonby has led the way. This lively, authoritative history brings the colourful pageant of Ponsonby's past to light, and includes a wide range of images of the neighbourhood, then and now.
First published September 2008.
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Coolangatta: A Homage
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Peter Macky
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Throughout its 93-year existence, Coolangatta – which stood at 464 Remuera Road from 1913 to 2006 – was unquestionably Auckland’s most admired residence. To many, it was known as ‘The Lotto House’, meaning that if they were lucky enough to win Lotto, they would buy it.
When Coolangatta was destroyed without warning in 2006, lawyer and author Peter Macky became determined to find out exactly how and why such a tragedy could have occurred. Who was responsible? Was it the owners or a purchaser from them? What role did the Auckland City Council play?
Following an exhaustive investigation spanning three years, Macky has not only answered these questions, but he has also unearthed a wealth of information on Auckland’s heritage, its Arts and Crafts architects and early architectural history.
Most importantly, however, the book is an appeal for a greater appreciation of our heritage and its protection; and for improvements to ...
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Legacy of Occupation: Stories of occupational therapy in New Zealand 1940-1972
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Edited by Noeline Creighton, Beth Gordon, Sunny Riordan and Rowena Scaletti
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"This amusing and informative story of development and experiences in the early years of occupational therapy is told largely in the voices of those who were there."
Legacy of Occupation
provides a lively account of the early years of occupational therapy in New Zealand. Personal stories, recollections, photographs and archival material have been gathered into twelve themed chapters.
Accounts of personal experiences reveal much about career choice and how it influenced individual lives. These women held values, beliefs and traditions centred on occupation and its therapeutic application. In the pioneering days they established services in remote mental hospitals, military and general hospitals, TB sanitora and community services.
Their legacy of using occupation with meaning towards health and wellbeing, contributes to current practice.
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Memoir of the Sixties
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Lois McIvor
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Lois McIvor's memoir is fascinating. She lived through a vitally important period of New Zealand art in the city where most of the important things were happening. She knew many of the key players, and as an accomplished artist herself is well qualified to comment on such interesting developments as the changes in the Auckland Art Gallery, the rise of dealer galleries and the art market and much else.
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The Awa Book of New Zealand Sports Writing
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NZ$ 40.00 each
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Harry Ricketts (editor)
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New Zealand is a sports-mad country, a state of affairs that is mirrored by a wealth of writing on sport and sports - not only by sports journalists, but by novelists, poets, columnists, historians, essayists and academics. In this sweeping and often surprising anthology, Harry Ricketts casts the net over both much-loved works, such as Lloyd Jones's The Book of Fame on rugby, and long-lost treasures such as Samuel Butler's poem 'The English Cricketers'. The collection traverses sports as diverse as fly-fishing, athletics, motor-racing and mountaineering, and may even introduce you to some you haven't heard of.
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On This Day in New Zealand
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Ron Palenski
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This books lists chronologically, by month and day, significant events that affected New Zealand and New Zealanders, but this is no mere shopping list of dates. Each entry is like a potted biography of how New Zealand developed as a nation and of the events that made the news at the time. It begins with pre-European times (when definite dates were known) and traverses the exploration years, the colonial period, the changing times of the 1890s and 1900s, both world wars and up to the present. It is a self-contained history of New Zealand based on dates. It covers the great affairs of state but also includes events that touched the lives of all New Zealanders - a political and a social history rolled into one. The book also includes a unique index based on dates rather than pages so the reader can quickly find items of interest.
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People of the Land : Images and Maori proverbs of Aoteroa New Zealand
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NZ$ 35.00 each
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Author:
Hirini Moko &June Te Rina Mead
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He aha te mea nui o te Ao?
He tangata, he tangata, he tangata
What is most precious and important in this world?
It is people, it is people, it is people.
A collection of poignant pepeha (Maori proverbs) explained in English with images of Maori that embody the messages. This precious gift book opens doors to a Maori world for everyone who is interested in the wisdom, values and advice of past generations.
Hardback 116pp h180mm x w180mm illustrations with dust jacket
First published March 2010
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The Cartwright Papers (Essays on the Cervical Cancer Inquiry of 1987-88)
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ed Jo Manning et al
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The publication of the 'Cartwright Report' twenty years ago was a momentous event in New Zealand history. The Inquiry into Associate Professor Herbert Green's 'unfortunate experiment' at National Women's Hospital established that this research, conducted without the consent of the patients, was unethical. Much followed from the Inquiry and its report. Critical issues were at stake - matters of life and death; the life's work of leaders within the medical profession; professional reputations; and public trust in the profession. Twenty years on, participants in the Inquiry and other commentators write thoughtful essays. Contributors include: Sandra Coney, Charlotte Paul, Clare Matheson, Alistair Campbell, Ron Paterson and Jan Crosthwaite.
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Together Alone : The story of the Finn brothers
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Jeff Apter
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To rattle off the hits of Neil and Tim Finn reads like a checklist of recent pop history. And to think it all began in sleepy rural Te Awamutu - a town whose name had a 'truly sacred ring', as Neil would famously recount - where Brian Timothy Finn fell in love with the Beatles, an obsession that would also work its way straight into his younger brother Neil's DNA.
Success for the brothers was a long time coming it took several turbulent years in Split Enz - an art-pop band Neil would join in 1977, despite Tim's reservations - before they produced a genuine hit and connected with the mainstream. And it was achieved by one of Neil's songs, 'I Got You', which wasn't the sweetest pill brother Tim had ever tasted. After all, Split Enz was his band, his odyssey, his obsession.
When the Enz came undone, their paths split. Neil led world-beaters Crowded House, while Tim immersed himself in a series of bold if not always successful solo ...
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Ben and Mark : Boys of the High Country
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Christine Fernyhough Photography by John Bougen
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The true story of Ben and Mark Smith, aged eight and six, who live with their parents Richard and Sheri on Mount White Station, near Arthur's Pass. One of New Zealand's biggest and most remote high-country stations in the South Island, it is 45 minutes from the nearest village to their turnoff on the main road, and fourteen gates along a gravel road from there to the farmhouse. Their story is lovingly told by Christine Fernyhough, the author of
The Road to Castle Hill
, with stunning photographs by John Bougen. This story of life fashioned by the cycles and seasons of farming, far away from other people, where you have to make you own fun, will be enjoyed by adults as well as children.
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Beyond the Battlefield : New Zealand and Its Allies 1939-1945
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Gerald Hensley
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Finalist in the General Non-Fiction category NZ Post Book Awards 2010..
Beyond the Battlefield
by Gerald Hensley is the dramatic unknown story of New Zealand's involvement in World War II told for the first time here in an accessible, popular and enjoyable read. Savage, Nash, Fraser, Freyberg, Churchill, Roosevelt, Menzies, all great names from New Zealand and world history during the Second World War and all involved in the story of New Zealand's response to the global conflict and therefore the destiny of our nation.
Call to Mission:the story of the mission sisters of Aotearoa/New Zealand
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Susan Smith
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Encircled Lands : Te Urewera, 1820-1921
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Judith Binney
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Finalist in the General Non-Fiction category.
During the nineteenth century the Urewera was a remote but enticing wilderness except for the Maori who lived there, for them it was a sheltering homeland. In 1866-67 large areas were taken by confiscation or forced cession.At the end of the fighting in 1872 the Urewera became an autonomous district, governed by its own leaders. In 1921-22 the Urewera Native Reserve was abolished in law. This book provides the historical context for Tuhoe's quest for the restoration of their 'nationhood'.
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Freed To Care, Proud To Nurse : 100 Years of the New Zealand Nurses Organisation
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NZ$ 60.00 each
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Author:
Mary Ellen O'Connor
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310 pages
This 100- year history of the New Zealand Nurses Organisation reflects its social, economic and political background, and profiles individuals to highlight the many facets of nursing in New Zealand. This book is filled with larger-than-life protagonists who have created a dynamic organisation that continues to evolve today. The story includes cut-and-thrust politics, strategic manoeuvering and gender and pay equity concerns - all very much at the heart of nursing. A century of professional and industrial endeavour comes to life within these covers.
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Leading the Way : How New Zealand Women Won the Vote
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NZ$ 40.00 each
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Author:
Megan Hutching
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In 1893 New Zealand became the first country in the world to give women the vote, an achievement of which we are justly proud, but it wasn't easily achieved.
Respected historian Megan Hutching records and explains this momentous event, including profiles of the women who brought about the government's change of heart.
Their stories are an important part of our history and their courage, loyalty and fierce belief in democracy was remarkable. The story of how New Zealand women won the vote makes fascinating reading.
First published March 2010.
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Letters on the Go: The Correspondence of Suzanne Aubert
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NZ$ 70.00 each
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Jessie Munro (editor)
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The title for this book presents itself in Suzanne Aubert's own recurring phrases. The small French nun who strode the streets and roads of New Zealand on behalf of the poor and neglected was in her lifetime a legend - and she has remained so ever since.
Highly articulate in both French and English, she wrote copious letters throughout her long life. The correspondence selected here reflects every aspect of her interests - her rich friendships, her challenges to the church hierarchy, her engagement with politicians on behalf of the poor, her relationships with the Sisters of the religious congregation that she founded (the Daughters of Compassion).
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New Zealand Fashion Design
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NZ$ 120.00 each
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Angela Lassig
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New Zealand Fashion Design
celebrates New Zealand's top contemporary fashion designers, showcasing their work and encapsulating the developments in this fast-moving creative field over the past thirty years. New Zealand's designers are as diverse as their creations, and together they have brought New Zealand fashion to the attention of the international fashion world. 25 individual designers are profiled in the book, from veterans like Marilyn Sainty and Zambesi's Elizabeth Findlay to commercial success stories like Trelise Cooper. Based on one-on-one interviews with Te Papa's fashion curator, these profiles are also generously illustrated with literally hundreds of catwalk and editorial photographs and material from each designers' own archives and collections, plus a generous sample of the garments they have designed over the years. This way,
New Zealand Fashion Design
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Pakeha and the Treaty : Why It's Our Treaty Too
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Pat Snedden
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Pakeha and the Treaty
continues the debate surrounding the implications of the Treaty of Waitangi for New Zealand today and into the future. It looks specifically at what the treaty means for Pakeha.
It covers such topics as: Are Pakeha indigenous? Maori and Pakeha, how should we deal with our differences? One law for all and how it in/excludes; Talking of tikanga and taniwha; What are the constant irritations about these issues for Pakeha? Can dual world-views on the seabed and foreshore issue be reconciled?
This is intelligent and thoughtful writing that makes a significant contribution to this current hot topic for the nation.
First published 2005.
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Passageways : The story of a New Zealand family
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Ann Thwaite
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The author’s eight great grandparents all arrived in New Zealand between 1858 and 1868. Their family names were Harrop, Sales, Campbell, Brown, Valentine, Maxwell, Jefcoate and Oliver. She looks at their reasons for migration, how they fared once settled, and at their participation in gold-digging, farming, road-making, school-teaching and surveying. Both of her parents were graduates of Canterbury University and A.J. Harrop was a respected New Zealand historian.
Ann explains how she and her brother David came to be born in England and how early in World War II they were taken to their New Zealand relations for safety, returning to the UK five years later with a deep love for the country where David later became a farmer. This is an engaging portrait of a brilliant and unconventional New Zealand-British family.
First published April 2009.
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Place Names of New Zealand
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NZ$ 50.00 each
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Author:
A.W. Reed (revised by Peter Dowling)
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Popular interest in New Zealand's place names is as strong as ever and
Place Names of New Zealand
remains unchallenged as the one-stop reference. First published in 1975 and updated over three editions since, it: contains alphabetical entries for over 10,000 places in New Zealand; explains the origin and meaning of the place names (including competing versions); locates places by regions and indicates distances from nearest major localities; incorporates place names in both Maori and English, and gives the original Maori names for many places renamed during the colonial period; is updated to incorporate latest official names; includes an appendix of over 2000 superseded place names.
Place Names of New Zealand
, prepared with both locals and visitors in mind, is a user-friendly reference work that no library, home, marae or office in New Zealand should be without.
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