New Zealand

New Zealand (Aotearoa [ah-oh-tay-ah-ROH-ah]in Māori) is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island) and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some 1,500 kilometres (900 mi) east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly 1,000 kilometres (600 mi) south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga. Due to its remoteness, it was one of the last lands to be settled by humans. During its long isolation New Zealand developed a distinctive fauna dominated by birds, many of which became extinct after the arrival of humans and introduced mammals. With a mild maritime climate, the land was mostly covered in forest. The country's varied topography and its sharp mountain peaks owe much to the uplift of land and volcanic eruptions caused by the Pacific and Indo-Australian Plates clashing underfoot.

—Excerpted from New Zealand on Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia.

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History

General

• History of Australia and New Zealand From 1606 to 1890  Sutherland, Alexander, 1852-1902 Sutherland, George, 1855-1905

Discovery and Exploration

• Captain Cook's Journal During the First Voyage Round the World  Cook, James, 1728-1779

Pre European Settlement

Post European Settlement/Colonial Era

• A History of the English Church in New Zealand  H.T. Purchas
• Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) or Settler and Maori in Northern New Zealand  Hay, William Delisle
• Maori and Settler A Story of The New Zealand War  Henty, G. A. (George Alfred), 1832-1902 Illustrator Pearse, Alfred

Native Peoples

• Austral English - A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia  Morris, Edward Ellis, 1843-1901

People

Biographies, etc.

• Cook, James(Explorer)

The Life of Captain James Cook  Kitson, Arthur

Narrative of the Voyages Round the World, Performed by Captain James Cook : with an Account of His Life During the Previous and Intervening Periods  Kippis, Andrew, 1725-1795

A Narrative of the Death of Captain James Cook  David Samwell

Noteworthy Authors and their Works

• The Garden Party and Other Stories  Katherine Mansfield
• At The Bay  Mansfield, Katherine, 1888-1923 (audio book)
• In a German Pension  Mansfield, Katherine, 1888-1923
• The Garden Party and Other Stories  Mansfield, Katherine, 1888-1923 (audio book)

• Canterbury Pieces  Samuel Butler

Non Fiction

General

• Letters from the Guardian to Australia and New Zealand  Shoghi Effendi, 1897-1957
• Hinemoa  With Notes & Vocabulary (Maori) Fletcher, H. J. (Henry James), 1868-1933
• Arohanui: Letters from Shoghi Effendi to New Zealand  Shoghi, Effendi, 1897-1957

Agriculture

• Station Life in New Zealand  Barker, Lady (Mary Anne), 1831-1911
• Station Amusements in New Zealand  Barker, Lady (Mary Anne), 1831-1911

Government Documents

• Mental Defectives and Sexual Offenders Report of the Committee of Inquiry Appointed by the Hon. Sir Maui Pomare, K.B.E., C.M.G., Minister of Health  New Zealand. Committee of Inquiry into Mental Defectives and Sexual Offenders
• Report of the Special Committee on Moral Delinquency in Children and Adolescents /The Mazengarb Report (1954)  New Zealand. Special Committee on Moral Delinquency in Children and Adolescents, Mazengarb, O. C. (Oswald Chettle), 1890-1963
• Venereal Diseases in New Zealand (1922) Report of the Special Committee of the Board of Health appointed by the Hon. Minister of Health  New Zealand. Committee of the Board of Health
• Report of the Juvenile Delinquency Committee  Algie, R. M. (Ronald Macmillan), 1888-1978
• Report of the Chief Librarian for the Year Ended 31 March 1958: Special Centennial Issue  New Zealand. General Assembly Library, Wilson, J. O., Burns, A. D.
• Report of the National Library Service for the Year Ended 31 March 1958  New Zealand. National Library Service
• Report of the Chief Librarian for the Year 1924-25  New Zealand. General Assembly Library, Wilson, Charles
• Judgments of the Court of Appeal of New Zealand on Proceedings to Review Aspects of the Report of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Mount Erebus Aircraft Disaster C.A. 95/81  New Zealand. Court of Appeal

Fiction

• Piccaninnies  Peacocke, Isabel M. (Isabel Maud), 1881-1973
• The Adventures of Don Lavington Nolens Volens  Fenn, George Manville, 1831-1909
• Wonderwings and other Fairy Stories  Howes, Edith, 1872-1954 Illustrator Polson, Alice
• Wonderwings and other Fairy Stories  Howes, Edith, 1872-1954 Illustrator Polson, Alice (audio book)
• The Kangaroo Marines  Campbell, R. W.
• Erewhon  Butler, Samuel, 1835-1902

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