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  The South Explored

  The story of the early European exploration and settlement of Southland including the European discovery of Foveaux Strait; the early sealers, whalers and whaling stations of the south; James Spencer who landed at Bluff in 1824 to found the oldest town in the South Island; John Howell who founded Riverton in 1837         

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  The Story of Nelson Aviation...

  Illustrated by many rare photographs, this book tells the story of Nelson aviation – its aircraft, personalities, innovations and events – and how it helped develop the whole sunny province. Nelson Airport serves more than 750,000 passengers annually, is the hub for the country’s largest regional airline and is the fourth busiest airport for scheduled...

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  Fiordland Place Names

  A reference guide of all the place names in Fiordland. The object of this intensively-researched work was to endeavour to trace the origins of the various place-names in Fiordland. Good place-names should make us look at the landscape more closely.

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  Ulva Island : A Bird and...

  ULVA ISLAND is located inside Paterson Inlet of Stewart Island. Ulva Island is universally renowned for the endemic, native birds and plants that constantly fascinate visitors to this little southern bird sanctuary. This lovely book, with its stunning colour photographs, will allow easy identification of the unique flora and fauna when strolling along the...

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  Historic Treasures of The South

  With an impressive total of 31 historical books, popular author Dr John Hall-Jones is in an unique position to write this book on Historic Treasures of the South. Hall-Jones writes of the arrivals of the early Maori and later the Europeans, the navigators, sealers and whalers, in the southern part of New Zealand. 

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  A Life of Adventures

  John Hall-Jones reflects on how lucky he has been with parents, his wife and his mates who have enabled him to live his "life of adventures". This is the story of his varsity days where, like his fellow medical students he "worked hard and played hard". His participation in the Canterbury Museum expeditions to unexplored Fiordland, his trips to the...

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  More Golden of Radio

  Expanding on his first book, The Golden Age of Radio in the Home, John Stokes’ books have proved to be very popular publications. The enthusiastic reception of his previous book has enabled material unavoidably left out to be put in this new book, More Golden Age of Radio, and to enable the inclusion of much new material not previously available. 

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  What's In A Name ?

  Illustrated throughout with new and historic photographs, this is a detailed book of the origins of the Street and Suburb names of Invercargill, Bluff and Otatara, along with Makarewa, Wallacetown and Wyndham. Wendy takes us on a trip through time, explaining the meanings of each individual street and suburb. A great gift book for anyone interested in the...

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  Lost ... Without Trace?

  On February 12th 1962 Dragonfly ZK-AFB went missing on a scenic flight from Christchurch to Milford Sound. The search for the aircraft, its pilot Brian Chadwick and four passengers, was headline news in New Zealand and Australia. In spite of the largest aerial search ever undertaken in New Zealand and one of the most extensive in the South Pacific,...

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  Milford Sound

  This illustrated history of Milford Sound, the Milford Track and the Milford Road contains an outstanding collection of over 300 early photographs, paintings and maps, the great majority of which have never been published before .

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