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* The most concise, grounded guide to the New Zealand wars * Written by well-respected historian and author of over 60 books * Fifth title in The NZ Series, for a general readership, and tailored to new NZ history curriculum
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New Zealand's Pakeha origin as a bolt-hole for convicts escaping Australia, a place where former convicts joined whaling and sealing gangs, and where sea captains thumbed their noses at the law, has been quietly forgotten.
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Hawke's Bay has a remarkable history; like the rest of New Zealand's, short by world standards - for the place was first settled only in the thirteenth century - but filled with colour, life and adventure. This profusely illustrated book tells that story from its beginnings, thro...ugh the rumbustious nineteenth century when British settlers flooded into the region, on into the twentieth century of provincial life, and finally into the twenty-first with its lifestyles and new vision of district place.The history of Hawke's Bay is a story of people - colourful characters whose lives lent such depth to Hawke's Bay's world. And it is a story of hope in adversity, of ambition, of recovery from disaster, and of success despite all the odds.This revised and updated second edition includes new photographs, further details and additional maps and material.
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"In the summer of 1873, Auckland newspaper editor David Leckie insisted that Russian terrorists had taken over a British warship in Auckland harbour and held the town to ransom. It was a hoax, but the moment highlighted New Zealand's growing sense of vulnerability. So began New Z...ealand's naval story, which played out through the highs and lows of the twentieth century: from the First World War, when New Zealand naval forces and personnel fought from the North Sea to the Pacific, to the Second, when New Zealand's forces saw combat in most major theatres; and finally the Cold War. This book tells that story: a dramatic, exciting and ultimately human tale of people, politics, heroism and struggle over more than 130 tumultuous years"--Back cover.
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For three years from 1940 the Second New Zealand Division, led by Lieutenant-General Sir Bernard Freyberg, fought in the North African desert against a combined German-Italian army and its formidable leader, Field-Marshal Erwin Rommel. Rommel regarded the Kiwis as the elite of th...e British army, and their General was officially classified as a
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In this lively, well researched and affectionate survey of 100 'vehicles' of all descriptions, historian Matthew Wright takes us on a trip down memory lane, reacquainting us with the way we used to get around.
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Southern Shepherd is an exciting new book, released in April 2015, tracing the action-packed shepherding career of New Zealander Graeme Fechney.
Having been shepherding for more than half a century, including stints on some of New Zealand's famed alpine sheep stations, Graeme ...has done the rounds and has some entertaining stories to tell.
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* The first biography to focus fully on Freyberg as a man * Reveals the reality behind the myth of this complex individual * Fast-paced, tightly edited story with photo section Freyberg: A Life's Journey is the most accessible biography on 'Tiny' Freyberg yet, with numerous black... and white photos.
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This introduction to computer science/programming in Scheme allows the student to experience the computer as a tool for expressing ideas, not as a set of mathematical obstacles. This goal is supported by the use of Scheme, a modern dialect of Lisp, designed to emphasize symbolic ...programming.
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"The hard-tempered Scot whose policies shaped New Zealand's colonial-age race relations, and gave rise to grievances that echo into the twenty-first century. The government official who used his position to get land for his personal ventures, and provoked war between Maori along ...the way. The man who, rumour insists, used his power as our Minister of Defence to order the shooting of his own illegitimate son, the right-hand man of religious leader Te Kooti"--Publisher information.
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