Category: Maori | Reading Level: near fine
A number of Maori language newspapers were published during the nineteenth century, a time when the relationship between Maori and the Crown was still evolving. This book surveys nine such newspapers from 1855 to 1863. Contents: Introduction; The Newspapers; Literacy and Education; Language; Propag ...Show more
Category: Maori | Reading Level: very good
A captivating account of the life of Hone Heke, first to sign the Treaty of Waitangi, then feller of the flagpole who at one stage seemed to hold the future of the young colony in his hand.
Category: Maori | Reading Level: very good
'Musket wars', 'land wars' or tikanga?; Warfare in Maori Society in the Early Nineteenth Century. Taua is the first major study of Maori warfare for decades. It asks the question: what if the nature of Maori society itself was the cause of the wars - not the introduction of new and destructive military ...Show more
Category: Biography | Reading Level: very good
Swamp Fever is the fascinating tale of one man's life as an alternative lifestyler in Golden Bay, northwest of Nelson. As a nineteen-year-old, Gerard Hindmarsh quit his public servant job as a cartographic cadet for the Department of Lands and Survey and bought a block of scrub-covered, swampy land at T ...Show more
Category: Maori | Reading Level: near fine
First published - 1920 Reprinting September 2009, DunedinA classic text, now back in print with new cover Journalist Herries Beattie recorded southern Maori history for over 50 years.This is his most important work. For twelve months in 1920 he interviewed people from Foveaux Strait to North Canterbury, ...Show more
Category: New Zealand | Reading Level: very good
Unlike people who choose to migrate in search of new opportunities, refugees are compelled to leave their homeland. Typically, they are escaping war and persecution because of their ethnicity, their religion or their political beliefs. Since 1840, New Zealand has given refuge to thousands of people from ...Show more
Category: Crime | Reading Level: very good
Twelve extraordinary tales of crime and punishment: a collection of true crime writing by New Zealand's award-winning master of non-fiction. A court is a chamber of questions. Who, when, why, what happened and exactly how - these are issues of psychology and the soul, they're general to the human condit ...Show more
Category: New Zealand | Reading Level: very good
Following the work of John Lewis Gaddis, historians have been reassessing the legacy of the Cold War and producing a "New Cold War History". The authors introduce the "New Cold War" historiography to the context of New Zealand through the presentation of these ten papers.
Category: Law | Reading Level: near fine
Subordinate Legislation in New Zealand provides a specialist, comprehensive, and up-to-date coverage of subordinate legislation in New Zealand. New Zealand has a vast amount of delegated legislation, exceeding in volume the legislation made by parliament in the form of acts, with a far-reaching impact T ...Show more
Category: Law
Derived from the renowned multi-volume International Encyclopaedia of Laws, this book provides ready access to legislation and practice concerning the environment in New Zealand. A general introduction covers geographic considerations, political, social and cultural aspects of environmental study, the s ...Show more
Category: New Zealand | Reading Level: very good
‘New Zealand is known around the world for our nuclear-free stance – banning US ship visits, prohibiting uranium mining, selling ourselves to the world on our clean, green, nuclear-free image. But have we always been nuclear sceptics?’ In this engaging and accessible history, prize-wi ...Show more
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
Has MMP worked? This work goes behind the political theatre of elections and parliament to investigate how the policy process and policy outcomes have changed followiung the election of New Zealand's first MMP parliament.
Jason Books Ltd
16 O'Connell Street, Auckland, New Zealand | Tel: +64 9 379 0266 | Email: books@jasonbooks.co.nz
© CircleSoft 2020.
