Meet You at the Church Steps: A Social History of a Nelson Landmark by Karen Stade
42.00 NZD
Category: Nelson
Meet You At The Church Steps captures the unfolding social tapestry that has played out on Church Hill and its historic steps since the arrival in November 1841 of the New Zealand Company to establish the colony of Nelson. Published to mark the 2013 centennial of the Cawthron Steps, the ornate granite s ...Show more
The Story of Nelson Aviation by Richard Waugh & Graeme McConnell
40.00 NZD
Category: Aviation
Aviation's influenece on Nelson has been profound. With challenging road access, no rail link and the barrier of Cook Strait, Nelson had the reputation of being a 'sleepy hollow'. It was isolated and in some way still is, yet has never been the same since the first aircraft visit in 1921. After aero clu ...Show more
Kahurangi Out West – More stories from the backcountry of Northwest Nelson by Gerard Hindmarsh
40.00 NZD
Category: Nelson
Building on the success of Kahurangi Calling and Kahurangi Stories, Gerard Hindmarsh’s latest offering Kahurangi Out West is the final in this trilogy of stories from the backcountry of Northwest Nelson. An area of outstanding ecological and geological complexity, Kahurangi also generated a rich and co ...Show more
Kahurangi Stories - More Tales from Northwest Nelson by Gerard Hindmarsh
40.00 NZD
Category: Nelson | Reading Level: near fine
More fascinating untold stories from the backcountry of Northwest Nelson. Building on the success of Kahurangi Calling, this new volume of stories from the Northwest Nelson backcountry, is a compelling blend of natural and social history. An area of astonishing ecological complexity, the area has genera ...Show more
Hard Country: A Golden Bay Life by Robby (Robin) Robilliard
40.00 NZD
Category: Nelson
Robby Robilliard and her husband Garry arrived in Golden Bay in 1957. Married in their early twenties, and with a child on the way, they longed to own their own sheep station. When they bought Rocklands, a marginal farm on the fringe of the Takaka Valley, bordering Abel Tasman National Park, their dream ...Show more
Rolling Stones - Nelson's Boulder Bank - Its Place in Our History and Hearts by Karen Warren
75.00 NZD
Category: Nelson | Reading Level: very good
A well-researched and lavishly illustrated account of our boulder bank - the largest in the world. Nelson author, Karen Warren, details its formation, natural history, Maori legend and use, the associated history of European settlement and Nelson City, and she makes suggestions on how it can be safeguar ...Show more
Nicotine Flavoured Scones for Smoko by Shirley Heath Bastin
39.00 NZD
Category: Nelson
Tobacco has permeated life in New Zealand since first arriving here, and the stuff continues its insidious hold even after the demise of the local tobacco growing industry in 1995. The 'golden harvest' of tobacco is more than a blip in New Zealand's horticultural history - for seven decades tobacco domi ...Show more
Old Nelson : A postcard history, 1900-1940 by Rob Packer and Barney Brewster
50.00 NZD
Category: Nelson
This thoroughly interesting slice of Nelson region history is drawn from an extensive private collection. The images include many street scenes and town vistas, as well as themes such as public occasions, unfortunate events, sport and recreation, transport, trade and commerce, education and military. T ...Show more
Ferntown to Farewell Spit by Carol Dawber & Cheryl Win
60.00 NZD
Category: Nelson
The fourth in a series of Golden Bay photo histories. 160 full-page black and white photographs from museums and private albums cover the area north of Collingwood, including coalmining, farming, shipping, schools and social history from the 1880's to the 1960's.
Waitapu to Waitui: A Journey Up the Takaka Valley by Carol Dawber
62.00 NZD
Category: Nelson
This Golden Bay photo-history, the fourth to be published by River Press for the Bainham Reunion Committee, is a 192-page book of black and white photographs covering the Takaka Valley from Waitapu and Waikoropupu to Upper Takaka and Waitui. Shipping, sawmilling, farming and marble quarries are featured ...Show more
Nelson Historical Society Journal Vol 9 No. 3 - 2023 by Nelson Historical Society
25.00 NZD
Category: Nelson