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Friendly Fire: Nuclear Politics and the Collapse of ANZUS, 1984-1987
 

Friendly Fire: Nuclear Politics and the Collapse of ANZUS, 1984-1987 (Trade Paperback/Paperback)

By Hensley, Gerald

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In 1984, the newly elected Labour Government's anti-nuclear policy collided with a United States foreign policy based on nuclear deterrence. After three years of ship visits denied, angry meetings, fraught diplomacy and press conferences, the stand-off led to the unravelling of t ...

ISBN 9781869407414
Published 26 April 2013 by Auckland University Press
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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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Life and Work of Richard John Seddon (Premier of New Zealand, 1893-1906): with a History of the Liberal Party of New Zealand
 

Life and Work of Richard John Seddon (Premier of New Zealand, 1893-1906): with a History of the Liberal Party of New Zealand (Trade Paperback/Paperback)

By Drummond, James

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A 1907 biography of Richard Seddon (1845-1906), New Zealand's longest-serving prime minister (1893-1906), illuminating the Liberal Party's history.

ISBN 9781108062008
Published 30 April 2013 by Cambridge Library Collection
Interest Age Young Adults
Series Cambridge Library Collection - History of Oceania
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Ancestral Voices from Mangaia: A History of the Ancient Gods and Chiefs
  

Ancestral Voices from Mangaia: A History of the Ancient Gods and Chiefs (Paperback)

By Reilly, Michael P. J.

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An effective understanding of the history of Mangaia, the most southerly of the Cook Islands, requires a firm foundation in the language of the people. Based upon this insight, this title transcribes a series of indigenous historical texts, including proverbs, songs and narrative ...

ISBN 9780908940080
Published 31 December 2009
Interest Age Young Adults
Series Polynesian Society Memoir
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The Naval Battles for Guadalcanal, 1942: Clash for Supremacy in the Pacific
 

The Naval Battles for Guadalcanal, 1942: Clash for Supremacy in the Pacific (Trade Paperback/Paperback)

By Stille, Mark; Illustrated by Gerrard, Howard

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The battle for Guadalcanal that lasted from August 1942 to February 1943 was the first major American counter offensive against the Japanese in the Pacific. This title details the fortunes experienced over the intense course of naval battles around the island throughout the secon ...

ISBN 9781780961545
Published 7 May 2013 by Osprey Publishing
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Series Campaign
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Pricks Losers and Well Poisoners
 

Pricks Losers and Well Poisoners (Paperback)

By Saunders, Steven

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Dr Steven Saunders outlines positive strategies for dealing with workplace negativity. Real life stories bring good management practices alive with the best possible outcome and without any costly law suits or payouts.

ISBN 223430
Published 23 July 2011 by STEVEN SAUNDERS & ASSOCIATES
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Challenge for the Pacific: Guadalcanal: The Turning Point of the War
  

Challenge for the Pacific: Guadalcanal: The Turning Point of the War (Trade Paperback/Paperback)

By Leckie, Robert

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From the World War II veteran and New York Times -bestselling author of Helmet for My Pillow, whose experiences were featured in the HBO miniseries The Pacific, comes this vivid narrative of the astonishing six-month campaign for Guadalcanal.

ISBN 9780553386912
Published 1 February 2013 by Random House
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Melanesia: Art and Encounter
   

Melanesia: Art and Encounter (Hardback)

By Burt, Ben; Bolton, Lissant; Thomas, Nicholas; Edited by Bonshek, Elizabeth; Adams, Julie

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Providing illuminating encounters with the historical and contemporary cultures of the western Pacific, this book is a visual and key reference work that provides illuminating encounters with the historical and contemporary cultures of the western Pacific, documenting the most cu ...

ISBN 9780714125961
Release Date 28 May 2013 by Macmillan Publishers New Zeala
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The Architect of Kokoda: Bert Kienzle - The Man Who Made the Kokoda Track
 

The Architect of Kokoda: Bert Kienzle - The Man Who Made the Kokoda Track (Trade Paperback/Paperback)

By Kienzle, Robyn

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If one person made the Kokoda Track that man was Bert Kienzle. Part Samoan and German/English, born in Fiji and raised in Germany and Australia, he was managing a rubber plantation and gold mine in Papua New Guinea at the outbreak of WWII.

ISBN 9780733627637
Published 26 July 2011 by Hachette
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Once Were Pacific: Maori Connections to Oceania

Once Were Pacific: Maori Connections to Oceania (Trade Paperback/Paperback)

By Te Punga Somerville, Alice

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Explores the relationship between indigeneity and migration among Maorii and Pacific peoples

ISBN 9780816677573
Published 11 April 2012
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