HIS WAY: A biography of Robert Muldoon by Barry Gustafson - SOFTCOVER

NEW ZEALAND MEMORIES by Brenda Guthrie

1930, 1st edition. A detailed narrative of early European colonial settlement in New Zealand, focusing heavily on British settlers who arrived around 1840.

CHARLES BLOMFIELD: His Life and Times by Muriel Williams

1979. Charles Blomfield is remembered chiefly for his paintings of the Pink and White Terraces before they were destroyed by the eruption of Mount Tarawera.

COWSHED TO DOG COLLAR by Keith Elliot V.C. and Rona Adshead

1967. Biography of Keith Elliott who grew up on a Wairarapa farm during the depression.

WHAT HAPPENS NEXT by Richard Prebble

1997. SIGNED. Richard Prebble is back with a hard-hitting, insightful and highly amusing account of the first year of the new Parliament.

JOURNAL KEPT IN NEW ZEALAND IN 1820 by Ensign Alexander McCrae

1928. The historical daily journal kept by Ensign McCrae during his travels and experiences in New Zealand in the year 1820, alongside other relevant colonial documents.

ROUND ABOUT NEW ZEALAND: Wanderings in the Antipodes by E.W. Payton

1888, 1st edition. Documents Payton’s extensive travels across New Zealand between 1883 and 1886.

THE DESART SHORE by Roy Wagener

1983, 1st edition. Documents the local history of the Houhora district in the Far North of New Zealand, alongside the lineage of the Wagener family.

AND NOT TO YIELD: Story of a New Zealand Family 1840-1940 by T. Parker

1987, 1st edition. Signed by the author. The history and biography of the Drake family and descendants from 1840-1940.

FOR MINE IS THE KINGDOM by John A. Lee

1975, 1st edition. A controversial semi-fictionalised biography written by the prominent, firebrand New Zealand socialist politician and author John A. Lee.

HENRY LAWSON AMONG MAORIS by W.H. Pearson

1968, 1st edition. The primary scholarly text documenting the famous Australian writer Henry Lawson's turbulent tenure in New Zealand.

NEW ZEALAND OR RECOLLECTIONS OF IT by Edward Markham

1963, 1st edition. A notable historical memoir written by the English Regency buck Edward Markham (1801–1865).

REMINISCENCES OF A WANDERER by R.C. Bruce

1914, 1st edition. Memoir written by Scottish-born New Zealand pioneer, former sailor, and politician Robert Cunningham Bruce under the pen name "Able Seaman".

ADVENTURES IN GEYSERLAND: The Life Story of Alfred Warbrick

1934, 1st edition. A notable biography that details the life and daring exploits of Alfred Patchett Warbrick (also known by his Māori name, Patiti)

ISLAND ON THE SKYLINE: Great Barrier Island by Molly G. Elliott

1971, 1st edition. A social and family history of Great Barrier Island in the Hauraki Gulf.

HERE'S TO LIFE by Henry J. Hayward

1944, 1st edition. Biographical memoir by Henry J. Hayward 1865–1945), an English-born New Zealand theatrical manager and pioneer cinema proprietor.

MOUNTAIN ENGINEMEN by Tom Masterson

1973, 1st edition. An autobiographical memoir detailing Masterson's experiences as a young railway footplate worker and New Zealand steam engine driver from 1925 to roughly 1936.

THE MAIR FAMILY by J.C. Andersen and G.C. Petersen

1956, 1st edition. Chronicles over a century of 19th-century New Zealand history through the eyes of one of the country's most prominent pioneer families.

NEW ZEALAND: The Dear Old Maori Land by Frances Brewer Lysnar

1915, 1st edition. A compilation of "chatty" descriptive notes, travel logs, and historical accounts written to introduce international audiences and local settlers to the distinct landscape and culture of New Zealand.

OPPOSITE POLES by Douglas McKenzie

1963, 1st edition. A notable exploration memoir written by New Zealand journalist and wartime pilot Douglas McKenzie who was part of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (TAE) of 1957–1958.

UP AND DOWN; or Fifty Years' Colonial Experiences by Capt. W.J. Barry

1879. The memoir chronicles Barry's colorful, high-stakes travels across the globe during the mid-to-late 19th century.

THE ADVENTURES OF KIMBLE BENT by James Cowan

1911. Provides a gripping, non-fiction record of colonial New Zealand's most famous Pākehā-Māori.

ADRIFT IN NEW ZEALAND by E. Way Elkington

1906. Travel memoir, a vivid, first-hand account of the author's personal adventures, trials, and tribulations while living, working, and wandering through early 20th-century New Zealand.

WILLIE APIATA: The Reluctant Hero by Paul Little + VC summary

2008, 1st edition. Corporal Willie Apiata became the first New Zealander since the Second World War to be awarded the Commonwealth's highest military award for his actions with the NZ SAS in Afghanistan.