City at the Centre - A History of Palmerston North by Margaret Tennant (Editor); Geoff Watson (Editor)

$35.00 NZD

Category: Regional | Reading Level: near fine

A RICHLY ILLUSTRATED HISTORY CELEBRATING 150 YEARS. City at the Centre tells the story of a small town carved out of the bush that once cloaked the Manawatū plains, whose growth was driven by the railway that runs through it, by farming, by defence and by Massey University. From Māori history and early settlement to business and sport, the arts and the environment, this engaging history, written by leading historians, is supported by over 150 outstanding photographs. The thematic approach draws on multiple views of Palmerston Norths past to provide a fresh look at an ambitious city at the centre of its region. ...Show more

Port Preservation by A Charles Begg & Neil C Begg

$75.00 NZD

Category: Regional | Reading Level: very good

As High As the Hills - The Centennial History of Picton by Henry D. Kelly

$35.00 NZD

Category: Regional | Reading Level: very good

Pioneers of the Plains: the Deans of Canterbury by Gordon Ogilvie

$45.00 NZD

Category: Biography | Reading Level: very good

The Water Joey - A nostalgic look at the old wheat mills of Canterbury and the men and women who served them by Mona Anderson

$25.00 NZD

Category: Regional | Reading Level: very good

Stewart Island Explored by John Hall-Jones

$40.00 NZD

Category: Regional | Reading Level: near fine

An illustrated history of Stewart Island. Sketches and maps by the early sealers, surveyors and explorers; photos of the early settlements. In Stewart Island Explored John Hall-Jones has assembled a superb collectin of over 200 old photographs and sketches that illustrate graphically the early history o f Stewart Island. ...Show more

Crumbs Of Leithfield 1857-2007 150th Anniversary (John Leith's Arrival)

$50.00 NZD

Category: Regional | Reading Level: near fine

This book was first published in 1979 for a school reunion. It has now been updated an d it is intended as a pictorial history of the township and surrounding district.

The Mount Somers Tramway 1887-1943 Mid Canterbury, New Zealand by I D & R D Maffey

$75.00 NZD

Category: railway | Reading Level: near fine

Limited print run. The Mount Somers Tramway was conceived in a period of time when the motorcar was unknown, good roads were scarce and railways as a form of mechanical ttransport had the field largely to themselves. This book tells the story of the tramway's unspectacular rise and fall, a story closely integrated for 56 years with the course of local history. The tramway reflects the initiative, enterprise and determiniation of its promoters to reduce the cost of conveying the mineral wealth from the Ashburton Gorge, an area of great geological interest - to the Mount Somers railway station for trans-shipment to Ashburton and beyond. The great hopes entertained by these men were, unfortunately, never reralised. The ruling economic conditions, the smale scale workings of the early coal companies, the irregular traffic, the falling off in the demand for building stone, ad the indifferent maintenance, all conspired to prevent the line being exploited to its fullest. The advent of the motor lorry and better roads finally spelt the death knell of this venture and many similar roadside tramways and railways both in New Zealand and the British Isles. ...Show more

Names and Places in Southern New Zealand by George Griffiths

$25.00 NZD

Category: Regional | Series: OHB Crown Quad #21 Ser. | Reading Level: very good

Gateway to Maniototo - A History of Kyeburn and Kokonga Districts by N. S. Mackenzie

$20.00 NZD

Category: Regional | Reading Level: very good

From the Banks of the Avon - The Story of a River by Robert Cameron Lamb

$25.00 NZD

Category: Regional | Reading Level: very good

In Sight of the Lake & Sound of the Sea by Murray Patterson

$45.00 NZD

Category: Biography | Reading Level: very good