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A Savage Country: The untold Story of New Zealand in the 1820s by Paul Moon
$39.99 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
Secondhand. New Zealand in the 1820s had no government or bureaucratic presence; no newspapers were published; the literate population was probably no more than a couple of dozen people at any one time. Early explorers' assessments of New Zealand were haphazard at best - few knew what to make of this f ...Show more
A Tohunga's Natural World : Plants, Gardening and Food by Paul Moon
$29.99 NZD
Category: Gardening
In this remarkable sequel to his ground-breaking Tohunga: Hohepa Kereopa (2003), historian Dr Paul Moon again travels deep into Tuhoe territory - and deep into its past - to uncover a wealth of material. This time he reveals his discussions with Hohepa Kereopa on traditional plants, cultivation, gardeni ...Show more
Auckland - The Twentieth-Century Story by Paul Moon
$45.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Non Fiction | Reading Level: good-very good
Auckland: The Twentieth-Century Story journeys through the mosaic of cultures and lifestyles, anxieties and hopes, disasters and triumphs, virtues and vices that led to the transformation of New Zealand's largest city between 1900 and 2000.
Encounters: The Creation of New Zealand by Paul Moon
$55.00 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
'Throughout its human history, New Zealand has been interpreted and experienced in often radically different ways. Each wave of arrivals to its shores has left its own set of views of New Zealand on the country – applying a new coat of mythology and understanding to the landscape, usually without fully ...Show more
Face to Face - Conversations with Remarkable New Zealanders by Paul Moon; Jane Ussher
$50.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Non Fiction | Reading Level: Very Good
Stimulating, humorous, sometimes controversial and always revealing, Face to Face offers intimate portraits of the lives of twelve remarkable New Zealanders. Through conversations with Paul Moon, one of the country's most acclaimed historians and cultural commentators, and through the lens of award-winn ...Show more
Hone Heke - Nga Puhi Warrior by Paul Moon
$29.99 NZD
Category: Maori | Reading Level: very good
A captivating account of the life of Hone Heke, first to sign the Treaty of Waitangi, then feller of the flagpole who at one stage seemed to hold the future of the young colony in his hand.
The Voyagers - Remarkable European Explorations of New Zealand by Paul Moon
$19.00 NZD
$40.00 (52% off)
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
Caught in the crossfire of inter-tribal wars, witnesses to cannibalism and to scenes of both ethereal beauty and chilling terror - the early European explorers of New Zealand were a diverse group of individuals who undertook voyages of sometimes epic proportions through the country. In The Voyagers, Pau ...Show more
The Waikato - A History of New Zealand's Greatest River by Paul Moon
$70.00 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: near fine
From snow to surf, the Waikato is New Zealand's longest river. This fascinating account takes a historical journey along its 425 kilometre length, uncovering extraordinary reports of the people, places and events along its route. Starting from a desolate, icy volcanic plateau, historian Paul Moon traces ...Show more
Touring Edwardian New Zealand by Paul Moon
$39.99 NZD
Category: Non Fiction
The Edwardian era (1901-14) was fleeting but significant, perhaps nowhere more so than in Aotearoa New Zealand. At the turn of the twentieth century, many British regarded New Zealand as ‘the Britain of the South Seas’. Tourist promotions created an idealised impression of a country that was partly a c ...Show more
Turning Points: Events That Changed the Course of New Zealand History by Paul Moon
$39.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Non Fiction
What constitutes a turning point? In his new book, leading historian Paul Moon has chosen 20 pivotal events that have shaped the course of New Zealand history over the years. Each event is described as a discrete story and illustrated with photographs drawn from the archives, and Moon outlines how New Z ...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
When Darkness Stays: Hohepa Kereopa and a Tuhoe Oral History by Paul Moon
$29.99 NZD
Category: Maori
This extraordinary book – unsettling, harrowing, and ultimately redemptive – is based on the time the author spent with the Tūhoe tohunga, Hōhepa Kereopa. It plunges deep into a cultural landscape that has almost vanished, bringing to light insights that are enriching and sometimes shocking. The work ...Show more
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