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West Papua and Indonesia Since Suharto: Independence, Autonomy or Chaos?
   

West Papua and Indonesia Since Suharto: Independence, Autonomy or Chaos? (Paperback, illustrated edition)

By King, Peter

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The book places the Papuan struggle in a context of failing reform within Indonesia and a politically reviving military: the feared and loathed TNI. King argues that international intervention to resolve Papua's plight is essential: Australia, the US and other countries must act ...

ISBN 9780868406763
Published 1 July 2004
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Weavings: Women Doing Theology In Oceania
   

Weavings: Women Doing Theology In Oceania (Paperback)

By Lydia Johnson & Joan Alleluia Filemoni-Tofaeono (Editors)

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A step-by-step guide to making flowers from the leaves of the New Zealand flax. Included are directions for over 15 projects including Chrysanthemum, Hibiscus, Hyacinth, Orchid, Sunflower and Kowhai.

ISBN 9789820203471
Published 30 November 2007 by Institute of Pacific Studies
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Gallipoli: A Guide to New Zealand Battlefields and Memorials
   

Gallipoli: A Guide to New Zealand Battlefields and Memorials (Trade Paperback/Paperback, illustrated edition)

By Mcgibbon, Ian

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A guide to New Zealand battle sites, memorials, cemeteries and burial grounds on the Gallipoli Peninsula, aimed at travellers and tourists with an interest in Gallipoli and in military history. Organised in chronological order by invasion and battles. Each chapter gives the histo ...

ISBN 9780790009995
Published 11 February 2005 by Raupo Publishing (NZ) Ltd
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Albaneta: Lost Opportunity at Cassino
  

Albaneta: Lost Opportunity at Cassino (Trade Paperback/Paperback, illustrated edition)

By Crosby, Ron

In mid-winter 1944, massive infantry losses were incurred at Cassino. What is not widely known is that Kiwi & Indian engineers created an opportunity to outflank Cassino through the construction of a road carved into the hills above the German encampment. The failings of army hei ...

ISBN 9780790011295
Published 23 March 2007 by Raupo Publishing (NZ) Ltd
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Breakout Minqar Qaim North Africa 1942
 

Breakout Minqar Qaim North Africa 1942 (Paperback, New title)

Illustrated by Brehaut, Tristan; By Cameron, Colin

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In 1942, soldiers of the the New Zealand Division fighting in the North African desert, executed one of the most extraordinary feats in military history. In Breakout, Colin Cameron provides the first comprehensive analysis of this remarkable event. The boook offers definitive an ...

ISBN 9780958263139
Published 19 June 2006 by Willson Scott Publishing
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El Tigre: Frank Holland, M.B.E., Commando, Coastwatcher: Frank Holland M.B.E. Commando Coastwatcher
  

El Tigre: Frank Holland, M.B.E., Commando, Coastwatcher: Frank Holland M.B.E. Commando Coastwatcher (Hardback)

Edited by Stone, Peter

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Based on Frank Hollands files, this book provides a factual account of the courage and sacrifice in the line of duty. Based in New Britain, Timor and Borneo, Frank Holland spent much of his wartime years behind enemy lines in circumstaces of great risk.

ISBN 9780958665742
Published 2 May 2008 by Asian Development Bank
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Quinn's Post: Anzac, Gallipoli
  

Quinn's Post: Anzac, Gallipoli (Paperback, annotated edition)

By Stanley, Peter

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Delving into the history of Quinn's as a key part of the Anzac line, this book illuminates what it was like to live, fight and die there for a succession of Australian, New Zealand and British units. It tells the story of Quinn's, drawing substantially on the words of those who s ...

ISBN 9781741143324
Published 1 April 2005 by Allen & Unwin
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A Fair Sort of Battering
  

A Fair Sort of Battering (Trade Paperback/Paperback, illustrated edition)

By Hutching, Megan

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This book tells the story of those who participated in the campaign - infantry, engineers, artillery and nurse and a Tui and Air Force and Navy intervewees so that the sample is as wide as possible.

ISBN 9781869505059
Published 8 April 2004 by HarperCollins
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Gallipoli Then and Now
  

Gallipoli Then and Now (Hardback, New title)

By Newman, Steve; Volume editor Ramsey, Winston G.

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In this work, the author presents the precise spots where the battle at Gallipoli took place with a range of contemporary photographs. It provides a link between past and present; from one century to the next; that the deeds of those whose bones lie buried in a foreign field shal ...

ISBN 9781870067294
Published 15 December 2010 by Woodslane Pty Ltd
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The Art of War: New Zealand Artists in the Field 1939-1945
  

The Art of War: New Zealand Artists in the Field 1939-1945 (Paperback, illustrated edition)

By Haworth, Jennifer

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Author Jenny Haworth shows World War II through the eyes of 5 of New Zealand's official war artists. Peter McIntyre, Austen Deans, Allan Barns-Graham, John McIndoe and Russell Clark were all stationed to the areas where New Zealand soldiers were fighting - the Mediterranean, Nort ...

ISBN 9781877393242
Published 1 June 2007 by Hazard Press Limited
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