The Silent Division & Concerning One Man's War 1914-1919 by Ormond E Burton
$75.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Miltary
The book is in three parts. Part One: a re-issue, unaltered, of the acclaimed The Silent Division - New Zealanders at the Front 1914 - 1919, first published in 1935, but now including maps and illustrations. Part Two: issued for the first time; that part of Ormond Burton's hitherto unpublished autobiogr ...Show more
To the Gateways of Florence - New Zealand Forces in Tuscany 1944 by Stefano Fusi (editor)
$44.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Miltary | Reading Level: Very Good
From 21 July to 4 August 1944, New Zealand soldiers were at the front line as Allied forces pushed forward across the heartland of Tuscany to wrest Florence from German hands. First published in Italy in 2009, To the Gateways of Florence preserves the core of the Italian book, with the addition of new m ...Show more
U-Boat in New Zealand Waters: U 862's War Patrol of Gisborne and Napier by Gerald Shone
$40.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Miltary
U-boat In New Zealand Waters is a book about the farthest U-boat patrol of World War Two, a journey which brought the ultra-long-range submarine U 862 to New Zealand's East Coast in January 1945. U 862 was one of three U-boats based in the Far East chosen in Berlin for operations against merchant shippi ...Show more
Victoria Cross at Takrouna: The Haane Manahi Story by Paul Moon
$45.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Miltary | Reading Level: Near fine
This is the story of Haane Manahi and his exceptional bravery in Tunisia during the Second World War. At the Battle of Takrouna, Tunisia, Sergeant Haane Manahi of Te Arawa led a small group of Maori soldiers who captured a fortress on a 200-metre pinnacle that was being held by at least 200 enemy soldi ...Show more
Victory at Gate Pa by Buddy Makaere
$39.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Miltary
The Battle of Pukehinahina-Gate Pa was a defining moment in New Zealand history. It brought together forces representing the British Empire's military machine, political manoeuvering and settler land hunger, Maori notions of sovereignty and self-determination, Christian ideals, and blood and death on a ...Show more
Voices from a Border War: Borneo 1963-1965 by Robert Gurr
$65.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Miltary | Reading Level: New
The factual accounts of the preparation and commitment to active operations of a Regular New Zealand battalion are at the core of this narrative. To many outsiders, the confrontation activities of Indonesia from 1963 to 1966 were something of a sideshow on the world stage. If they were, the resulting co ...Show more
Voices of Gallipoli by Shadbolt M
$29.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Miltary
In the 1980s, Maurice Shadbolt began to research New Zealand's part in the tragic Gallipoli campaign of 1915 - research which was to lead to his stage play Once on Chunuk Bair, a television documentary, and this book Voices of Gallipoli. Voices of Gallipoli is compelling testimony to a pilgrimage which ...Show more
Warbirds Over Wanaka by Ian Brodie
$26.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Miltary | Reading Level: Very Good
Spectacular aircraft and military equipment showcased in one of the world's largest and most important historical air shows. Enthusiasts and historic aircraft come from all over the world to turn quiet Wanaka from a small tourist destination in the lower South Island to the centre of the Warbird world f ...Show more
Where the Flaming Hell Are We?: The story of young Australians and New Zealanders fighting the Nazis in Greece and Crete by Craig Collie
$37.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Miltary
The gripping story of Australia and New Zealand in the fight for the Aegean - through the eyes of the soldiers. 'We used our knees and our rifle butts and our blades. For a while we stopped being ordinary blokes and became blood-lusted creatures.' March, 1941: 40,000 Australian and New Zealand troops a ...Show more
Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War by Monty Soutar
$89.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Miltary
This major publication about Maori participation in the First World War is written by NZ's leading Maori military historian Dr Monty Soutar, author of the award-winning Nga Tama Toa C Company, Maori Battalion. A fascinating look at the Pioneer Battalion (the Battalion created for Maori to serve) that wi ...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