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Man of Secrets: The Private Life of Donald Mclean by Matthew Wright
$40.00 NZD
Category: Biography/Autobiography
Donald McLean. The hard-tempered Scot whose policies shaped New Zealand's colonial-age race relations, and gave rise to grievances that echo into the twenty-first century. The government official who used his position to get land for his personal ventures – and provoked war between Maori along the way. ...Show more
New Zealand Experience at Gallipoli and the Western Front by Wright Matthew
$49.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Miltary
In The New Zealand Experience at Gallipoli and the Western Front, historian Matthew Wright goes to the heart of how the First World War affected the lives of ordinary New Zealanders. The book analyses what it was like for New Zealand soldiers at the two main battle fronts where they fought, and frames i ...Show more
New Zealand on the Move - 100 Kiwi Transport Icons by Matthew Wright
$29.99 NZD
$49.99 (40% off)
Category: New Zealand Non Fiction | Reading Level: very good
As this country developed from 1840 on, transport was the key to opening up areas for farming, forestry and manufacturing. The trains, ships, cars, planes, motorbikes and trucks that we used on to get places and make us more efficient were so relied upon that they have become part of our DNA. In this li ...Show more
Pukaki by Wright Matthew
$39.99 NZD
Category: Maori
First published in English in 2000, Paul Tapsells awardwinning work brilliantly captured the life and transformations of Pūkaki the Ngāti Whakaue ancestor depicted on the New Zealand 20-cent coin. Now a superb translation by Scotty Morrison (also of Ngāti Whakaue descent) makes this illustrated work ava ...Show more
The Battlecruiser New Zealand - A Gift to Empire by Matthew J. Wright
$59.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Miltary
This book tells the story of HMS New Zealand, a battlecruiser paid for by the people of New Zealand in 1909, and when Japan was perceived as a threat in Australasia and the Pacific. Born of the collision between New Zealand's patriotic dreams and European politics, the tale of HMS New Zealand is further ...Show more
The New Zealand Wars (The New Zealand Series) by Matthew Wright
$29.99 NZD
Category: History | Series: The NZ Series
Why did the New Zealand Wars occur? Who fought them and how did they proceed? And where were these battles fought? In The New Zealand Wars, Matthew Wright answers these questions in probing text supported by fact boxes and illustrations that make navigating these protracted wars easy. Building on his 20 ...Show more
The New Zealand Wars: A Brief History (The New Zealand Series) by Matthew Wright
$29.99 NZD
Category: History | Series: The New Zealand Series
From 1845 to 1875, New Zealand experienced a succession of conflicts that stretched from the Bay of Islands to Wellington. What they meant has been debated ever since. To some they were land wars, to others, the Maori wars; lately we are calling them the New Zealand wars. Why were they fought? Who reall ...Show more
Those Who Have the Courage - The History of the Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps by Matthew Wright
$95.00 NZD
Category: Military
'Those Who Have the Courage will be a valuable resource for anyone who is interested in the military and social history of New Zealand. It is a comprehensive history of the Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps, the Mounted Rifles and predecessor units ¿' - Governor-General Dame Cindy Kiro, from the Foreword ...Show more
Waitangi: A Living Treaty by Matthew Wright
$29.99 NZD
$39.99 (25% off)
Category: Maori
Acclaimed historian Matthew Wright explores the evolution of New Zealand's most historically significant document, the Treaty of Waitangi, from its origins to its place in the present day. From the early cultural collisions between Maori and Pakeha that led to this landmark agreement, to the many reinte ...Show more