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Tangata O Le Moana: New Zealand and the People of the Pacific
  

Tangata O Le Moana: New Zealand and the People of the Pacific (Paperback)

Edited by Mallon, Sean; Mahina-Tuai, Kolokesa; Salesa, Damon Ieremia

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This illustrated history tells the amazing story of Pacific people and their relationships with, and contributions to, New Zealand society. In a great feat of exploration and migration, Pacific Islanders became the first people to step foot on these shores some 800 years ago. ...

ISBN 9781877385728
Published 4 May 2012 by Te Papa Press
Interest Age Young Adults
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The Open World
  

The Open World (Trade Paperback/Paperback)

By Johnson, Stephanie

  • RRP: $37.99
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Elizabeth Smith seems a respectable widow, sailing to New Zealand in 1841, along with a group of early settlers and missionaries. Under the watchful and disapproving eye of Bishop Selwyn and Judge Martin, Elizabeth tries to establish herself in this new country, helping run a hos ...

ISBN 9781869797836
Published 5 April 2012 by Random House
Interest Age Young Adults
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The Meeting Place: Maori and Pakeha Encounters, 1642-1840
  

The Meeting Place: Maori and Pakeha Encounters, 1642-1840 (Trade Paperback/Paperback)

By O'Malley, Vincent

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The Meeting Place is an examination of relationships between Maori and Pakeha focusing predominantly on the period between 1814 and 1840 when, author Vincent O'Malley argues, both peoples lived / inhabited a 'middle ground' - in the historian's Richard White's phrase - in which n ...

ISBN 9781869405946
Published 4 May 2012 by Auckland University Press
Interest Age 13-18 years
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Healing Our History: The Challenge of the Treaty of Waitangi
   

Healing Our History: The Challenge of the Treaty of Waitangi (Paperback, 3rd Revised edition)

By Consedine, Robert; Consedine, Joanna

  • RRP: $29.99
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The Treaty of Waitangi is the most important document in New Zealand's history. Current Treaty issues and Maori/Pakeha relationships can only be understood within the wider story of New Zealand. As we understand and honour our history, we can acknowledge the need for restoration, ...

ISBN 9780143567691
Published 28 March 2012 by Penguin
Interest Age Young Adults
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Telling Lies
 

Telling Lies (Paperback)

By Glensor, Tricia

  • RRP: $19.99
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Set in 1942 in Occupied France, Telling Lies is the story of a 15-year-old girl, Simone, whose family are supporters of the Resistance. Simone finds herself taking an active part in helping a New Zealand airman who has parachuted out of his crippled RAF bomber near their farm. Th ...

ISBN 9781869509347
Published 6 April 2012 by HarperCollins
Interest Age 11-16 years
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The Faceless
 

The Faceless (Paperback)

By Symon, Vanda

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Bradley is a middle-aged man trapped in middle-class New Zealand. He is in a job that he hates, working day after day to support his wife and two children. One day when it has all gets too much, Bradley picks up a teenage hooker in downtown Auckland. Unfortunately he can't keep i ...

ISBN 9780143567202
Published 26 April 2012 by Penguin
Interest Age All ages
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My French Affair: How a Kiwi Woman Found Her Joie De Vivre in the South of France
  

My French Affair: How a Kiwi Woman Found Her Joie De Vivre in the South of France (Trade Paperback/Paperback)

By Taylor-Ace, Amanda; With Rickard, Ann

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Amanda Taylor-Ace lives her life by her philosophy of Joie de Vivre Unlimited - unlimited joy. So when her 14-year-old son was falling in with a bad crowd and her life in Auckland needed a shake-up, she packed her bags and headed to France with her son for a year. Joie de Vivre U ...

ISBN 9781869797805
Published 5 April 2012 by Random House
Interest Age Young Adults
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100 Maori Sports Heroes
   

100 Maori Sports Heroes (Hardback)

By Romanos, Joseph

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ISBN 9780986461538
Release Date 6 June 2012
Interest Age Young Adults
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High Country Woman: My Life on Rees Valley Station
  

High Country Woman: My Life on Rees Valley Station (Trade Paperback/Paperback)

By Scott, Iris; With Beere, Geraldine

  • RRP: $45.00
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New Zealand's high country farmers are a special breed. They farm in tough terrain, at high altitudes, in areas where extreme climate puts both man and animal to the test. When she was widowed, with three children, in 1992 Iris Scott had to call on all her farming skill and inner ...

ISBN 9781869798208
Published 15 May 2012 by Random House
Interest Age Young Adults
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Family Trusts: The Complete New Zealand Guide
 

Family Trusts: The Complete New Zealand Guide (Trade Paperback/Paperback, 2012 ed.)

By Hawes, Martin

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Family trusts are as popular today as ever. A family trust offers you the benefits, use and control of your assets and doesn't penalise you for owning them. Clear and straight-forward, and aimed at the layperson, Family Trusts includes up-to-date advice, with real-life examples ...

ISBN 9781869798079
Published 4 May 2012 by Random House
Interest Age All ages
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