Sovereign island state in the South Pacific; a Commonwealth realm, became a self-governing Dominion in 1907.
Standard one-volume narrative history of New Zealand from settlement to the modern state.
Broad Pacific Islands history covering Polynesian settlement, European contact, and colonial rule; contextualises New Zealand within wider Pacific developments
Authoritative illustrated survey of Pacific seafaring and settlement, directly relevant to Polynesian origins of Aotearoa/New Zealand
The defining contemporary New Zealand novel of urban Māori life and social crisis; set in and centrally about the modern NZ state.
A foundational classic of New Zealand literature about a drifter through Depression-era and civil-war NZ/Spain; original publication is well-documented as 1939 (Selwyn & Blount) though Open Library's earliest indexed edition is 1949.