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The Note Through the Wire is a true World War II love story about a Slovenian partisan, Josefine Lobnik, and a New Zealand prisoner of war, Bruce Murray, who met by chance when she pushed a note through the barbed wire fence of a POW camp. A series of remarkable coincidences saw ...
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Is it wicked to fake your death to escape a loveless and brutal marriage? Julia married a fisherman, knowing theirs would be a hard life together. But when he returns from the Great War shell-shocked and broken she discovers how hard and bitter life can truly be. Beaten down by h ...
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In 2017, Renee Hollis interviewed 120 people over the age of 100, living in every region of New Zealand. From the everyday to the extraordinary, these are the stories of people who have lived through history and whose message of resilience has so much to offer the generations tha ...
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The New Zealand Wars were a series of conflicts that profoundly shaped the course and direction of our nation's history. This book by leading historian Vincent O'Malley provides an accessible introduction to their causes, events and consequences.
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History of B Company Maori Battalion 1939-1945
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A fascinating look at the Pioneer Battalion (the Battalion created for Maori to serve) that will shed light on the reasons why some men signed on to serve, and others staunchly resisted the call to join the imperial conflict.
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Between 1956 and 1971 the New Zealand SAS were deployed on active service four times. Michael 'Wings' Williams career in the New Zealand Army, and the New Zealand SAS, spans a significant portion of this period - and this book takes the reader through two of those key campaigns; ...
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Be inspired by the courage of this hard-working Southland farmer who led the First Commando Fiji Guerrillas in World War II. Charlie Tripp, aka The Boss, bought Nithdale Station near Gore in 1924 and developed it into a stunning family legacy. Nithdale Genetics is now among the b ...
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'We are the Pilgrims, master; we shall go, Always a little further; it may be, Beyond that last blue mountain barred with snow.' If there was ever anyone who went a little further, a little beyond, it was Alastair MacKenzie. In a career spanning 30 years, MacKenzie served uniquel ...
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* Gorgeous coffee-table book with superb text and photos * Celebrates the harbour front's past, present and future * From Hobsonville to Britomart, Wynyard Quarter to Devonport
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