CATALOGUES - New Zealand

A pictorial history of aviation in New Zealand. Over 130 photographs chronicle the development of flight down-under. Aircraft broke down New Zealand's isolation. They liberated us from the shackles of time and distance from our neighbours at home and away. They transformed our economy and the ways we do business. They helped defend national interests in two world wars and beyond.

New Zealand's shipping services have come a long way in a century. In 1900 the last sailing ships were bowing out of overseas trade to new Zealand. Steam was taking over, bringing greater speed, certainly and safety to people and their goods. Through two world wars and cycles of boom and bust, ships have continued to provide a vital economic lifeline between New Zealand and the rest of the world.

This pocket checklist includes all the species of birds, frogs, reptiles, mammals and butterflies that currently have wild populations in New Zealand, plus vagrant species that have been reliably recorded here during the last 25 years. It will enable birdwatchers and naturalists to keep records of the species they see during field excursions in New Zealand. First published April 2007.

Based on the author's previous major book, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Maori Myth and Legend, this is a concise guide to Maori myths, and legends, religious beliefs, folklore and history. More than 300 entries, arranged alphabetically, reveal the subtlety and complexity of the traditional Maori view of the world. First published 1998.

The lavishly illustrated text brings together, for the first time, a wealth of information regarding the history of furniture both here and overseas, placing the pieces brought to New Zealand in their historical context. Also central to the book are the New Zealand furniture makers who have experimented with native timbers and used them to such splendid advantage.

39 sets of brothers have played for New Zealand. All Black Brothers is a celebration of the fine contributions made to New Zealand and All Black rugby by such players.

A pictorial smorgasbord of 176 photographs of Wellington streets as they grew and developed through the 20th Century. A book of discovery for those who did not live in the days when trams ruled the streets of Wellington and, for others, a wonderful look back in time to those days, with many memories of the city and suburbs and the personalities of the different decades.

Three years after the artist's death, W. A. Sutton: A Retrospective was held to celebrate the opening of the new glass-bright Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu, in 2003. Thousands of visitors to the exhibition were bowled over by Bill Sutton's artistic skill and his vision of Canterbury. Bill's Story goes behind the artist to discover the child, the student, the tutor, the citizen, the well-mannered bohemian. The book is derived mainly from Sutton's extensive archives, and from the author's personal knowledge of the artis... read more

  The first four Mission Sisters journeyed from France to Napier, New Zealand, in 1865. One hundred years later, there were more than three hundred sisters living and working in New Zealand and elsewhere. Sadly, national and diocesan church histories in New Zealand tend to overlook the important contribution that women, particularly Catholic Sisters, have made to the life of the Church. This book attempts to redress that situation by directing attention to the significant educational and pastoral ministries in which the Missio... read more

The author spent the first week of February – two weeks before the earth moved – shooting a photographic essay of Christchurch and the suburbs to complement photographs he had taken in the early 1950s. His colour photographs taken in February suddenly became yesterday’s pictures. The photograph on the front cover of the Cathedral was taken on 2 February, 20 days before the earthquake. Christchurch, the suburbs and the surrounding town centres were dealt a severe body blow when the earthquake of Tuesday, 22 F... read more

A guide to New Zealand's common seaweeds, adapted from the major award-winning book <i>Seaweeds of New Zealand</i> - an illustrated guide. Precise yet concise descriptions of 100 of our common seaweeds, each species illustrated in watercolour.

This is the first detailed exploration of the early history of legal education in New Zealand. It draws on extensive research into a range of historical material and periodical literature, as well as a rich variety of accounts and recollections from former staff and students, to explore the first 100 years of teaching and study of law at Canterbury. In doing so it offers a fresh insight into the often uneasy relationship between teachers and practitioners, particularly the long struggle over control of examinations for the law degr... read more

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Of all the deaths imaginable, that by fire is perhaps the most feared. In New Zealand, fatal blazes such as the Ballantyne's fire of 1947 or the 1942 fire at Seacliff haunt our collective memory. The Maori had used fire to clear the land of forest, a practice that was continued by European settlers. But it was the mainly wooden towns of colonial times that the story of fires and firefighting in New ZEaland really began. Well-known historian Gavin McLean traces the history of firefighting through the last century and up to the p... read more

Most of New Zealand's great business icons of the twentieth century have withered, disappeared or been swallowed by other firms. But a century after James Fletcher began his work in Dunedin, in 1909, Fletcher Building continues to perform as one of New Zealand's largest and most trusted companies, with a significant international presence. This book tells the story of how Fletcher, in its many manifestations over the decades, has transformed New Zealand's built environment by constructing such renowned structures as the Au... read more

New Zealand once had a most unusual vertebrate fauna. Once home to the mighty moa, it is the only place in the world where tuatara and Jurassic-style frogs and other bizarre creatures such as kiwi and kakapo still survive. As the last major land mass to be settled by people, New Zealand has suffered one of the most severe but perhaps best documented extinction cascades during the two thousand years since first human contact. This book tells the story of New ZealandÃÃ... read more

The ground-breaking New Zealand fiction of the last fifteen years has not attracted critical commentary beyond initial reviews, despite its success with readers both local and international, and despite its attracting major awards both local and international. Floating Worlds contains stimulating and insightful essays on eight of the best novels of recent years. These are novels in which there is no longer one authoritative way to tell a story. In contrast to Allen Curnow’s stricture that New Zealand writers should conform to ‘the ... read more

While the British were sending settlers to the North Island in 1840, the French were sending them to the South Island. This book looks at the elaborate French government-backed plans to settle and annex 'Southern New Zealand' - and at what the French did when they found the British had got there first. The lives of the French (and German) men, women and children who ended up creating little settlements in Akaroa Harbour is a major focus of this fascinating book, which also explains some of the French heritage that attracts so many ... read more

This book presents a selection of 30 objects from the James Logie Memorial Collection of Classical Antiquities at the University of Canterbury, Christchurch.Founded in 1957 when Marion Steven of the Classics Department gifted items of Greek pottery in memory of her husband, James Logie, University Registrar 195056, the collection has developed into one of the finest repositories of Classical treasures in New Zealand.

Once described as 'the grand old man' of New Zealand public life, Sir Heaton Rhodes was certainly one of the best-known and most-loved public figures in Canterbury province in the first half of the twentieth century. His country mansion, Otahuna, near Christchurch had one of New Zealand's most famous and often-visited gardens. Soldier, politician, Cabinet minister, philanthropist, stamp collector, cattle breeder and horticulturalist, he filled a long life with an extraordinary diversity of interests. Few men have achieved such high... read more