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A History of New Zealand
"This is a history of New Zealand regarded both as a former British colony and as part of the New World. Furthermore, it is a history of a Pacific country: the New Zealanders, whether the Ppolynesian Moa-hunters of a thousand years ago, or their Maori descendants, or the later Europeans"--Book Jacket.
Coast
A magnificent celebration of New Zealand's long, complex, varied coastline, written by one of the country's finest writers, and with photographs by one of its most distinguished photographers. Several times in 2012 and 2013, acclaimed New Zealand writer Bruce Ansley and eminent photographer Jane Ussher climbed into a car for another stage of an epic road trip around New Zealand's coast. They travelled north and south, east and west, meeting remarkable, sometimes eccentric but always passionate New Zealanders on the way. From surf lifeguards to cray-fishermen, farmers to artists, conservationists to scientists, and everyone in between, in this landmark book Ansley and Ussher document their encounters with affecting words and gripping images. And then there is the coast itself: by turns uplifted, battered, encircling, dangerous, beguiling, sustaining, energising ... it challenged and fascinated and moved them. This magnificent book pays homage to the narrow margin between the ever restless Pacific and Tasman and the fragile hinterland we New Zealanders call home.
The People and the Land
Illustrated with paintings and photographs, it tells the story of two communities, Maori and Pakeha, over the years 1820-1920. While Maori and Pakeha shared many activities and pleasures - from community brass bands to the new trade union movement, from a day at the races to a yarn in the shearing shed - the two stories here show that they saw their mutual history through very different eyes. The People and the Land/Te Tangata me Te Whenua reveals conflicting understandings of the past, but makes possible too the bridging of such differences through knowledge. Together, text and images (many in full colour) create a stunning new presentation of New Zealand history. First published in 1990, The People and the Land/Te Tangata me Te Whenua is now reprinted for both general readers and students of New Zealand history.
The British Colonization of New Zealand
"First section sets out ... his principles of colonisation, New Zealand's peculiar suitability for the experiment, the Association's plans for the Māoris, government and the churches. The second ... probably the result of a literature search by Ward ... information ... on the country, its climate, soil, inhabitants, trade and shipping from numerous publicatons. The Rev. Hawtrey's anonymous and naive plans (Appendix A) for Māori improvement received justifiably rough handling"--Bagnall.
Australia and New Zealand
Where would you go to see a platypus? What is Uluru? Who was Ned Kelly? And where can you find a city built on forty-eight volcanoes? The answers to all these questions, and many more, are here. This book looks at life in modern Australia and New Zealand, at the geography and history of thesetwo fascinating countries, and at their growing importance in the world of the future.
New Zealand's London
Antipodean soldiers and writers, meat carcasses and moa, British films and Kiwi tourists—throughout the last 150 years, people, objects and ideas have gone back and forth between New Zealand and London, defining and redefining the relationship between this country and the colonial center that many New Zealanders once called home. Exploring the relationship between a colony and its metropolis from Wakefield to the Wombles, it answers questions, including How did New Zealanders define themselves in relation to the center of British culture? and How did New Zealanders view London when they walked through King’s Cross or saw the city in movies? By focusing on particular themes—from agricultural marketing to expatriate writers—this discussion develops a larger story about the construction of colonial and national identities.
A Concise History of New Zealand
The story of this rugged and dynamic land is beautifully narrated, from its origins in Gondwana to the twenty-first century.
New Zealand at Home
Excerpt from New Zealand at Home New Zealand is called Britain of the South by its people, who are of the Anglo-Celtic race. One, therefore, expects to find them proud, self-respecting, and deliberate; not easy to move, and when moved difficult to thwart. These qualities meet the stranger everywhere, just as they do in the old land from which the people have come, with a leaning towards the independent side, subtle but distinct. The Duke of York touched a sympathetic chord when, in 1901, he called the New Zealanders 'chips of the old block.' When he said at the London Guildhall a little later that their chief want was an immigration system worked in connexion with the Mother Country, the app...
New Zealand's Vietnam War
This landmark publication provides a comprehensive and authoritative account of New Zealand's involvement in the Vietnam War, and will remain the standard reference work on the subject for decades. Its publication completes the programme of official war histories that began in 1945. Ian McGibbon's primary focus is what New Zealand did in South Vietnam. He traces in detail the operations carried out by New Zealand forces and seeks to illuminate the experience of New Zealand soldiers fighting in a guerrilla war. The command structure, logistic support and operational context of fighting within a primarily Australian framework are all covered. He addresses controversial aspects such as friendly...
