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A Very Publick Reserve: The Story of a Community's Parks by Gareth Winter
$30.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Non Fiction
DoP 2009, NZ Masterton's Queen Elizabeth Park sits on a 'publick reserve' set aside when the town was first surveyed in 1854. It has hosted the town's stockade, the district's first Pastoral Show and, for a period in the 1920s, the world's fastest time for a mile run on a grass track. Gareth Winter, arc ...Show more
Street Stories: How Masterton's Streets Got Their Names by Gareth Winter
$22.00 NZD
Category: History
Masterton and Greytown, further down the Wairarapa valley, were the first planned inland towns in New Zealand. Masterton?s history now stretches back over 150 years. Gareth Winter writes: "Masterton?s progress was slow at first. Queen Street was an unlined pathway, formed by digging ditches in the boggy ...Show more
Street Wise: How The Streets Of Carterton, Greytown, Featherston And Martinborough Got Their Names by Gareth Winter
$20.00 NZD
Category: History
Following the outstanding success of Street Stories, which recounted the origins of Masterton's streets, the Wairarapa Archive was repeatedly asked when it was going to turn its attentions to the streets of South Wairarapa towns. Street Wise was first published in 1999. The second edition, with new str ...Show more
The Look of Carterton: the First 150 Years, 1857-2007 by Gareth Winter
$20.00 NZD
Category: History
The Three Mile Bush straddled the road between Greytown and Masterton, settled in 1854. In 1856 the Wellington Provincial Council decided to establish a new settlement on the road through the area, soon to be renamed Caterton. The Look Of Caterton tells of the town's and district's beginnings and progr ...Show more
The Look of Masterton: A Celebration of 150 Years 1854-2004 by Gareth Winter
$20.00 NZD
Category: History
The Masterton the first settlers knew was not the leveled and well-ordered town of today. Although there were significant areas of grassland and fern, there were also some large pockets of lowland forest. As Gareth Winter writes: "Masterton's progress was slow at first. Queen Street was an unlined pathw ...Show more
Two Men Of Mana and Other Stories by Gareth Winter
$25.00 NZD
Category: History
Two Men of Mana is a colourful collection of stories about Wairarapa's early days. The 25 chapters bring 19th century New Zealand to life with true tales about people, places and memorable moments. There are the challenges of pioneering life - from arduous journeys to the ever-present fear of fire - and ...Show more
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