The Motu and Beyond: The Way it Was by Dick Twisleton
45.00 NZD
Category: Gisborne Books
A rich history of the Motu district, the settlers, the farms, the businesses and the lives of generations living here.
The Mudge Murals by Peters, Mark
45.00 NZD
Category: Gisborne Books
Painter, sculptor, set dresser, warplane modeller and, from 1994 to 2011, the late Graeme Mudge produced more than 20 murals for Gisborne. This book aims to chronicle the artist's murals, both public and privately owned, before they disappear into history.
Ngati Dread: No Dreadlocks No Cry : 2 by Angus Gillies
37.00 NZD
Category: Gisborne Books
Dop July 2009, Auckland 271pp softcover vol 2 Between 1985 to 1990, Ruatoria, a town on the East Coast of the North Island, was terrorised by a religious sect calling itself the Rastafarians.Their story is one of the most bizarre chapters in modern New Zealand history. Angus Gillies is a TV pro ...Show more
Murray Ball: A Cartoonist's Life by Mason Ball
45.00 NZD
Category: Gisborne Books
The first biography of iconic cartoonist Murray Ball, creator of Footrot Flats Let me show you how my dad became a leading cartoonist of his generation, how his endearing characters evolved and where the side-splitting ideas sprang from. Let's see the man behind the drawing desk and delve into the wor ...Show more
The Plough, The Chalice and the Sword by Hugh McBain
135.00 NZD
Category: Gisborne Books
The Plough, the Chalice and the Sword tells stories of the Williams family from their arrival in Aotearoa New Zealand in 1823. It tells the story of the family's involvement with agriculture and horticulture - through all the changes that have taken place over 200 years. It tells the story of those who ...Show more
A Man's Tall Dream: The Story of Eatwoodhill by John Berry, Sheridan Gundry
110.00 NZD
Category: Gisborne Books
A Man's Tall Dream, The Story of Eastwoodhill, chronicles the motivations, the setbacks and the triumphs of those who have laboured to create, preserve and enhance the arboretum, a global repository of living collections for the future
Wiremu Pere: The Life and Times of a Maori Leader by Joseph Anaru Te Kani Pere
95.00 NZD
Category: Gisborne Books
Wiremu Pere (Wi Pere) lived from 1837 to 1915, leading his tribes of Rongowhakaata and Te Aitanga a Mahaki through some of the most turbulent chapters of New Zealand history. He stood resolute against colonialism and entered parliament to stand up for his East Coast people, yet was astute in his busines ...Show more
Printer's Progress: A New Zealand Newspaper Story 1840-2014 by Margaret Rees-Jones
50.00 NZD
Category: Gisborne Books
New Zealand's first newspaper, the New Zealand Gazette, began in 1840 on a beach near what today is Wellington. James Muir happened along the beach at a propitious time; a qualified printer from Edinburgh, who had much adventuring along the way, he not only repaired the newly arrived press but pulled th ...Show more
Revelations ; Ngati Dread Volume 3 by Angus Gillies
30.00 NZD
Category: Gisborne Books | Series: Ngati Dread
When you talk about terrorism, most people in New Zealand think about problems overseas. But those in Gisborne and the East Coast merely cast their minds back to the 1980s to the Ruatoria Troubles. From 1985 to 1990 the township was terrorised by a Maori sect calling itself the Rastafarians. Their story ...Show more
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