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A History of Gardening in New Zealand by Bee Dawson
$49.99 NZD
Category: Gardening | Reading Level: very good
Softcover, very good copy, almost new condition. Owner inscription on fep. An Englishman's home is his castle, but for the first European settlers who came to New Zealand, their first priority was to create a productive and, later, ornamental garden. Bee Dawson traces the development of gardening in New ...Show more
Laucala Bay: The Story of the RNZAF in Fiji 1939 to 1967 by Bee Dawson
$45.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Miltary
"A social history of the RNZAF flying-boat station at Laucala Bay, near Suva in Fiji. As the prospect of a Pacific war with Japan became likely in the 1930s, a Commonwealth defence conference decided which countries would be responsible for which parts of the Pacific. New Zealand was given responsibilit ...Show more
Otari: Two hundred years of Ōtari-Wilton's Bush by Bee Dawson
$80.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Non Fiction
Ōtari tells the story of Ōtari–Wilton’s Bush, the only botanic garden dedicated solely to the collection and conservation of the plants unique to Aotearoa New Zealand and a native bush reserve with over a hundred hectares of regenerating forest, including some of Wellington’s oldest trees. It begins w ...Show more
Puketiti Station - The Story of an East Cape Sheep Station and the 180-year-old Williams family legacy by Bee Dawson
$49.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Non Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Secondhand. The story of Puketiti Station, the 180-year-old Williams family legacy and how an airline pilot and his wife from Auckland inherited a new life farming on the East Cape. Puketiti Station, the Category 1 historic homestead, cobbled stables, and covenanted gardens at its heart lie hidden abov ...Show more
Snow on the Lindis by Bee Dawson; Madge Snow
$40.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Non Fiction
Second hand. A station matriarch recounts a life lived on the famous Morven Hills Station. Snow on the Lindis is Madge Snow's story of living at Morven Hills Station on the Lindis Pass. Morven Hills is one of New Zealand's most well-known high-country stations - once an enormous 400,000 acres. The grea ...Show more
The Plimmer Legacy by Bee Dawson
$50.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Non Fiction | Reading Level: near fine
The Plimmers of Wellington were an influential family in the early days of the settlement - John Plimmer (of Plimmer Steps) was known as 'the father of Wellington'. From a busy store located in a ship (Plimmer's Ark) through the hard days of farming in the Depression, to today's busy world, the Plimmer ...Show more
Wigram: The Birthplace of Military Aviation In New Zealand by Bee Dawson
$45.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Miltary
The history of Wigram Air Base and military aviation in the Canterbury region of New Zealand is brought to life by story-teller Bee Dawson. Bee interweaves the tales of early aviators, the influential people who developed the base, the ordinary air force personnel who lived there, and the key events of ...Show more
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