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Treaty of Waitangi Settlements
   

Treaty of Waitangi Settlements (Paperback)

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Leading scholars from many fields provide a comprehensive account of the settlement process and examine the history of Treaty Claims and the impact of Treaty settlements.

ISBN 9781927131381
Release Date 24 February 2012 by Bridget Williams Books
Interest Age Young Adults
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Illustrated History of the South Pacific
 

Illustrated History of the South Pacific (Paperback, illustrated edition)

By Stenson, Marcia

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This book is an introduction to the history of the South Pacific. A companion book to Illustrated History of New Zealand, also written by Marcia Stenson, this covers the following topics: geology and geography, the arrival of the first people to the Pacific, European exploration, ...

ISBN 9781869417185
Published 5 May 2006 by Random House
Interest Age 5-7 years
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Awesome Aotearoa: Margaret Mahy's History of New Zealand
 

Awesome Aotearoa: Margaret Mahy's History of New Zealand (Paperback, Expanded edition)

By Mahy, Margaret; Illustrated by Hodgson, Trace

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ISBN 9780958299749
Published 18 December 2011 by AUT Media
Interest Age 6-12 years
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Digging Up the Past: Archaeology for the Young & Curious
 

Digging Up the Past: Archaeology for the Young & Curious (Hardback)

By Veart, David

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After noticing his dad's plough kept pulling up interesting stones and bones on their Wairau Bar farm, a 13-year-old boy named Jim Eyles, armed with a potato fork and a piece of number-8 fencing wire, set off one day and dug up a giant moa egg. He kept digging and found Maori adz ...

ISBN 9781869404659
Published 1 November 2011 by Auckland University Press
Interest Age 6-12 years
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To Live among the Stars: Christian Origins in Oceania
  

To Live among the Stars: Christian Origins in Oceania (Trade Paperback/Paperback)

By Garrett, John

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The first full story of Catholic and Protestant origins in the Pacific Islands. Illust. B&W.

ISBN 9782825406922
Published 3 June 2008 by Institute of Pacific Studies
Interest Age All ages
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New Zealand Hall of Fame: 50 Remarkable Kiwis
 

New Zealand Hall of Fame: 50 Remarkable Kiwis (Hardback, 2011 reprint)

By Gill, Maria; Illustrated by Potter, Bruce

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This collection samples and celebrates 50 famous New Zealanders. As well as the greats: Sir Edmund Hillary, Sir Peter Blake and Jean Batten, there are experts on Giant squid and orca, powerful women, one of the most famous film producers in the world, and some of the best artists ...

ISBN 9781869663124
Published 1 May 2011 by New Holland Publishers
Interest Age 6-12 years
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Gallipoli
 

Gallipoli (Paperback)

By Naumann, Ruth

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The landing of the Anzacs on 25th April is commemorated in Anzac Day which has gone on to be a day for honouring the sacrifices made by New Zealanders in all wars.

ISBN 9780170180542
Published 25 March 2009 by Cengage Learning New Zealand
Interest Age 5-14 years
Series They Fought for Us
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Captain Scott's Race to the Pole
  

Captain Scott's Race to the Pole (Hardback)

By Gouldthorpe, Peter

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A stunning retelling of Captain Scott's quest to become the first man to reach the South Pole.

ISBN 9780734412201
Published 13 September 2011 by Lothian Publishing Company
Interest Age 7-9 years
Series No Return
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Reaching the Summit: Sir Edmund Hillary's Story
 

Reaching the Summit: Sir Edmund Hillary's Story (Paperback, New title)

By Johnston, Alexa; Larsen, David

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Details a young Ed Hillary growing up in the Waikato, his increasing love of climbing and the outdoors, his early climbs and growing reputation, then the Everest expedition and the ascent on Mt Everest itself. It then goes with Hillary to Antarctica and the trek to the South Pole ...

ISBN 9780143006664
Published 3 September 2007 by Penguin
Interest Age 9-14 years
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Passchendaele
 

Passchendaele (Paperback)

By Naumann, Ruth

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Passchendaele 1917 was New Zealand's greatest-ever human catastrophe. On 12 October 1917 in just two hours, more than 2800 New Zealand soldiers were killed or wounded or listed as missing. As the population of the country was only about one million, this had a huge national impac ...

ISBN 9780170180535
Published 25 March 2009 by Cengage Learning New Zealand
Interest Age 5-14 years
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