A wide selection of gifts and cards are available

 

General History/Miscellaneous

The following titles are available from the Russell Museum.

A Penguin History of New Zealand by Michael King – The latest offering from a pre-eminent historian.   
$40
A history of New Zealand - revised edition by Keith Sinclair. A New Zealand classic - in print since 1959
$30
The Story of the Treaty – Claudia Orange’s book which takes a fresh look at the treaty’s origin’s, history and meaning.
$25
An Illustrated History of the Treaty of Waitangi - Follows and updates Claudia Orange's award winning and authoritative first book revealing the treaty's origins, history and subsequent developments
$45

The Children from the Lighthouse - Mabel Pollock revised edition 2007. Tells the story of her childhood living at restricted Lighthouse stations in New Zealand from 1927              
$30

Making Peoples - a history of the New Zealanders, from the Polynesian settlement to the end of the 19th century by James Bellich.  It confronts historical myths and challenges to interpret our past.                   

$47.50
Pakeha Maori – The extraordinary story of the Europeans who lived as Maori in early New Zealand. Trevor Bentley. 
$30
Captured by Maori – white female captives, sex and racism on the 19th century New Zealand frontier.  It includes Betsy Boughton captured in Whangaroa. 
$35
An Unsettled History - Treaty claims in New Zealand today by Alan Ward. An analysis of the claim process that seeks to deal with historic breaches of the treaty.     
$35
A Wild Wind from the North - Hongi Hika's 1823 invasion of Rotorua retraced and told by Te Arawa historian Don Stafford
$40
The Quest for Origins (revised 2008 edition) - Prof. K.R.Howe's examination of the discovery, exploration and settlement of NZ and the Pacific
$30
The New Zealand Wars: and the Victorian Interpretation of a Racial Conflict. James Belich revisits a turbulent period in our history
$35
Two Peoples, One Land and the New Zealand Wars .... ultimately, according to Matthew Wright these were wars without end.
$42.50
Guns and Utu - A short history of the Musket Wars by Matthew Wright
$42
The Legacy of Guilt - A life of Thomas Kendall by Judieth Binney
$50
Battlefields of the New Zealand Wars: A Visitors Guide David Green takes the reader on a guided tour, both by car and on foot, through the often ignored history that surrounds us. Heavily illustrated
$42.50
Deep Water Gold by Keith Gordon. The story of HMS Niagara - the quest for New Zealand's greatest shipwreck treasure.
$38
Hobson - Governor of New Zealand – Paul Moon’s biography of New Zealand’s first Governor General.
$35
Charles Darwin Voyage of the Beagle - a reprint of Charles Darwin's journal in shortened form.
$30
Early Auckland Births & Deaths compiled by Shirley Kendall.  A CD with 4000 records arranged alphabetically.
$25

                                                                                          

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