A wide selection of gifts and cards are available

 

General History/Miscellaneous

The following titles are available from the Russell Museum.

A Penguin History of New Zealand by Michael King – The latest offering from a pre-eminent historian.   
$40
The Story of the Treaty – Claudia Orange’s book which takes a fresh look at the treaty’s origin’s, history and meaning. (2nd edition)
$30

Making Peoples - a history of the New Zealanders, from the Polynesian settlement to the end of the 19th century by James Bellich.  It confronts historical myths and challenges to interpret our past.                   

$47.50
Pakeha Maori – The extraordinary story of the Europeans who lived as Maori in early New Zealand. Trevor Bentley. 
$32
Captured by Maori – white female captives, sex and racism on the 19th century New Zealand frontier.  It includes Betsy Boughton captured in Whangaroa. 
$36
New Zealanders at War - edited by Gavin McLean, Ian McGibbon and Kynan Gentry
$40
New Zealand in the Twentieth Centuary by Paul Moon - A fascinating and vibrant history of the NZ experience in the twentieth centuary
$50
The Meeting Place - Maori and Pakeha encounters, 1642-1840 by Vincent O'Malley
$50
An Unsettled History - Treaty claims in New Zealand today by Alan Ward. An analysis of the claim process that seeks to deal with historic breaches of the treaty.     
$35
The Quest for Origins (revised 2008 edition) - Prof. K.R.Howe's examination of the discovery, exploration and settlement of NZ and the Pacific
$30
The New Zealand Wars: and the Victorian Interpretation of a Racial Conflict. James Belich revisits a turbulent period in our history. (Out of print / A secondhand copy maybe available)
Guns and Utu - A short history of the Musket Wars by Matthew Wright
$42
The Legacy of Guilt - A life of Thomas Kendall by Judieth Binney
$50
Battlefields of the New Zealand Wars: A Visitors Guide David Green takes the reader on a guided tour, both by car and on foot, through the often ignored history that surrounds us. Heavily illustrated
$42.50
Hobson - Governor of New Zealand – Paul Moon’s biography of New Zealand’s first Governor General.
$35
Charles Darwin Voyage of the Beagle - a reprint of Charles Darwin's journal in shortened form.
$30
Early Auckland Births & Deaths compiled by Shirley Kendall.  A CD with 4000 records arranged alphabetically.
$25

                                                                                          

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