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.   
$30
The Story of New Zealand – A social history of New Zealand, its people and their lives.  Judith Bassett, Keith Sinclair, Marcia Stenson.        
$35
The Story of the Treaty – Claudia Orange’s book which takes a fresh look at the treaty’s origin’s, history and meaning.
$20
A Society of Gentlemen - the untold story of the first New Zealand Company by Richard Wolfe. This fascinating book reveals a largely unheard of event in New Zealand history.
$35
The Treaty of Waitangi by Ross Calman outlines the setting, the signing and the history since.
$17

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.                   

$35
Pakeha Maori – The extraordinary story of the Europeans who lived as Maori in early New Zealand. Trevor Bentley. 
$30
Hone Heke Nga Puhi Warrior by Paul Moon – A portrayal of a complex man whose actions were crucial to events in 1840’s New Zealand.  
$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
Hongi Hika Warrior Chief -Dorothy Urlich Cloher's biography
$50
A Wild Wind from the North - Hongi Hika's 1823 invasion of Rotorua retraced and told by Te Arawa historian Don Stafford
$40
Hobson - Governor of New Zealand – Paul Moon’s biography of New Zealand’s first Governor General.
$35
Fatal Frontiers - a new history of New Zealand in the decade before the Treaty (1840) by Paul Moon. A turbulent period of growing numbers of European settlers and Maori reaction. 
$40
Early Auckland Births & Deaths compiled by Shirley Kendall.  A CD with 4000 records arranged alphabetically.
$25
Births, Deaths & Marriages 1845-1866 extracted from “The New Zealander” by Jackie Walles.  A CD with 3200 records arranged alphabetically. 
$25

                                                                                          

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