History

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• Break of Day   (www.breakofday.co.nz)

  Breakofday.co.nz proudly presents Victoria, As I Found It, by Henry Brown, published in 1862 and now republished online. A fascinating insight into the gold rush of the 1850's in Australia.

• First Four Ships   (www.firstfourships.co.nz)

  A book published by the Christchurch Pres, outlining the history of the Canterbury region's settlement and the arrival of the founding settlers on the First Four Ships.

• Lady of the Lake: The TSS Earnslaw Story   (www.earnslaw.co.nz)

  Lady of the Lake: The TSS Earnslaw Story is a 52-page full colour souvenir book, detailing the colourful history of one of Queenstown's undisputed icons; the TSS Earnslaw steam ship.

• Militaria.co.nz   (www.militaria.co.nz)

  A Wellington based private auctioneer specialising in militaria, also offering a range of historical books.

• Millwood   (www.millwood-heritage.com)

  'The life and times of James Walter Chapman-Taylor' publication enables us to enter into the life and times of a man, a family, a society, and ways of thinking and acting that are different, yet not so distant from our own. We enter the world of an architect who is also an artist, builder, craftsman, theosophist, astrologer, photographer and furniture maker.

• New Zealand Military Books   (www.militarybooks.co.nz)

  Specialists in New Zealand and Allied military and war books, escpecially world war one and two.

• New Zealand Wars Library   (www.newzealandwars.co.nz/library.html)

  Primary and secondary literature dealing with the New Zealand Wars.

• Otahuhu Police History   (pages.quicksilver.net.nz/mufasa/Book.htm)

  A New Zealand police history book, entitled 'Badge of Honour: the Otahuhu Police history 1840 - 2000.'

• Rabble Rousers and Merry Pranksters   (www.rabblerousers.co.nz)

  A history of anarchism in Aotearoa New Zealand from the 1950's through until the early 1980's. Buy the book and read reviews online.

• Sovereign Pacific Publishing Company   (www.sovereign-pacific.co.nz)

  A boutique publishing house releasing a number of books on the history of the Cook Islands, as written by Howard Henry from the pre-European era and through the colonial years to 1965.