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Languages : en
Pages : 340
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The New Zealand Railway Observer
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Languages : en
Pages : 340
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Languages : en
Pages : 340
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A History of New Zealand in 100 Objects
Author: Jock Phillips
Publisher: Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited
ISBN: 1761047221
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 716
Book Description
Authored by award-winning historian Jock Phillips, The History of New Zealand in 100 Objects is gripping, inclusive, often revelatory and deeply human. A colourful and characterful retelling of our shared past, relevant to today, particular to all of us. The sewing kete of an unknown 18th-century Maori woman; the Endeavour cannons that fired on waka in 1769; the bagpipes of an Irish publican Paddy Galvin; the school uniform of Harold Pond, a Napier Tech pupil in the Hawke’s Bay quake; the Biko shields that tried to protect protestors during the Springbok tour in 1981; Winston Reynolds’ remarkable home-made Hokitika television set, the oldest working TV in the country; the soccer ball that was a tribute to Tariq Omar, a victim of the Christchurch Mosque shootings, and so many more – these are items of quiet significance and great personal meaning, taonga carrying stories that together represent a dramatic, full-of-life history for everyday New Zealanders.
Publisher: Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited
ISBN: 1761047221
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 716
Book Description
Authored by award-winning historian Jock Phillips, The History of New Zealand in 100 Objects is gripping, inclusive, often revelatory and deeply human. A colourful and characterful retelling of our shared past, relevant to today, particular to all of us. The sewing kete of an unknown 18th-century Maori woman; the Endeavour cannons that fired on waka in 1769; the bagpipes of an Irish publican Paddy Galvin; the school uniform of Harold Pond, a Napier Tech pupil in the Hawke’s Bay quake; the Biko shields that tried to protect protestors during the Springbok tour in 1981; Winston Reynolds’ remarkable home-made Hokitika television set, the oldest working TV in the country; the soccer ball that was a tribute to Tariq Omar, a victim of the Christchurch Mosque shootings, and so many more – these are items of quiet significance and great personal meaning, taonga carrying stories that together represent a dramatic, full-of-life history for everyday New Zealanders.
Railway Age
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Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 1078
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Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 1078
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The New Zealand Official Year-book
Author: New Zealand. Department of Statistics
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Category : New Zealand
Languages : en
Pages : 1298
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Category : New Zealand
Languages : en
Pages : 1298
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New Zealand Engineering
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Category : Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 638
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Category : Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 638
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National Union Catalog
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Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
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Includes entries for maps and atlases.
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Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
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Includes entries for maps and atlases.
The National Union Catalogs, 1963-
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 664
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 664
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Locomotion
Author: Oswald Stevens Nock
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Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 296
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Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 296
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Bulletin [English Ed] [New Series]
Author: International Railway Congress Association
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Languages : en
Pages : 1378
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Languages : en
Pages : 1378
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4-8-0 Tender Locomotives
Author: Dennis Rock Carling
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Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 120
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Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 120
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