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NZ Maritime Bibliography
The below list doesn't for one second pretend to be the authoritative listing of all books ever published relating
to the NZ maritime industry. Rather, it's a selection of publications which may be of interest to site visitors, and
which have certainly been very helpful sources of information while compiling this site ...
Published
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Title
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Author
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1955
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Auckland - City Of The Seas
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A.W. Reed
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1964
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Ships And Sailormen
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Allan A. Kirk
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1966
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Early New Zealand Steamers, vol. 1 - The Pioneering Years (1840-1861)
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J.D. Wilkinson
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1966
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Old Manukau
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A.E. Tonson
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1968
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Against The Wind - The Story of the NZ Seamen's Union
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Conrad Bollinger
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1969
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Steam On The Manukau
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W.A. Laxon
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1971
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Akarana - The Ports of Auckland
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John Rose
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1972
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Confrontation '51 - The 1951 Waterfront Dispute
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Michael Bassett
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1975
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The Wreck Of HMS Orpheus: New Zealand's Worst Sea Disaster
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R.M. Hetherington
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1975
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Harbour At The Sugar Loaves - A Centennial History of Taranaki's Harbour Board
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A.B. Scanlan
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1977
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Onehunga - A Brief History
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Janice C. Mogford
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1977
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Little Ships Of Patea
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Ian Church
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1977
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Pride In Their Ports
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John O'C. Ross
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1979
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Port Nelson - Gateway To The Sea
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W.H. Parr
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1981
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The Navy In New Zealand - An Illustrated History
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Grant Howard
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1987
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New Zealand's Maritime Heritage
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David Johnson
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1989
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The Onehunga Heritage
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Janice C. Mogford
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1989
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Shaping Up, and ... Shipping Out - the last years of the Nelson Harbour Board
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Bill Moore
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1990
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Early Manukau - Secrets of Yesterday
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George Higham
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1991
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Wing Of The Manukau
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T.B. (Brian) Byrne
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1993
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New Zealand Nautical Yarns
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Gavin McLean
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1997
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Bow Waves On The Waikato
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Graham Vercoe
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1998
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Half A World Away - 17 papers presented to a 1997 maritime heritage conference in Auckland
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David Johnson & Peter Dennerly, editors
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1999
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Sea In My Blood
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Harry Julian
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2001
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Captain's Log - New Zealand's Maritime History
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Gavin McLean
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2004
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Untold Stories of Onehunga, volume two
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Norine Borchard
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2004
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Lyttelton: Port and Town - an illustrated history
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Geoffrey W. Rice
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2009
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New Zealanders and the Sea
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David Bateman Ltd
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2012
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The Saltwater Highway - The Story of Ports and Shipping in New Zealand
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Gordon McLauchlan
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2012
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Untamed Coast - Auckland's Waitakere Ranges and Heritage Area
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Bob Harvey
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2013
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Deep Sea And Foreign-Going - Inside Shipping (good overview of the shipping industry)
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Rose George
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2016
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Rugged Coast, Rough Seas - Wairarapa's Maritime History
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Ken Scadden
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2019
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Sea Edge
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Bob Harvey
|
|
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SHIPPING COMPANY HISTORIES
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1967
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Shoestring Shipping Line - The Story of the Tasman Shipping Line
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Capt. Clough Blair
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1967
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Anchor Ships And Anchor Men - The History of the Anchor Shipping & Foundry Co. Ltd
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Allan A. Kirk
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1975
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Fair Winds And Rough Seas - The Story of the Holm Shipping Company
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Allan A. Kirk
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1977
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Servants Of The North - Adventures on the Coastal Trade with the Northern Steamship Co.
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Cliff Furniss
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1987
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The Line That Dared - A History of the Union Steam Ship Company, 1875-1975
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Gordon McLauchlan
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1988
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Canterbury Coasters - The Story of the Canterbury Steam Ship Company
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Gavin McLean
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1989
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Richardsons Of Napier
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Gavin McLean
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1994
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From Kauri Trees To Sunlit Seas - shoestring shipping in the South Pacific
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Don Silk
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1996
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Jack Of All Trades, Master Of None - The Shipping Corporation of NZ, 1973-1989
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Ian Farquhar
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1998
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The Pacific Forum Line - A Commitment to Regional Shipping
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Tony Nightingale
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2002
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The Cornerstone Century - The story of Milburn NZ Ltd
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Harry Morton
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2002
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Rocking The Boat? - A History of Scales Corporation Ltd
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Gavin McLean
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2004
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Lyttelton Pride - A History of Lyttelton Engineering Ltd and its forerunners
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Colin Amodeo
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2004
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We Were Different - The Tasman Express Line Story
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Gavin McLean
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2009
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The Anchor Foundry - A History
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Pat W. Win
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2010
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Spirit Of The Coast - The Story of Pacifica Shipping
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Nick Tolerton
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2012
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A Ferry Tale - Interislander, Connecting New Zealand for Fifty Years, 1962-2012
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Kevin Ramshaw, editor
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2016
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Courage, Commitment, Comradeship - celebrating 75 years of the Royal NZ Navy
|
Keith Barrett, editor
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2018
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Ocean Of Light - 30 years in Tonga and the Pacific (Warner Pacific Line)
|
Peter R. Warner
|
|
|
|
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VESSEL HISTORIES
|
|
1966
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Early New Zealand Steamers - The Pioneering Years (1840-61)
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J.D. Wilkinson
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1983
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Summer Cruise - Being the Grand Pleasure Trip of the SS "Ngapuhi"
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David Johnson
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1985
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Spirit Of Adventure - The Story of New Zealand's Training Ship
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Tessa Duder, Cliff Hawkins
& Barry Thompson
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2003
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The Wahine Disaster - A Tragedy Remembered
|
Emmanuel Makarios
|
2007
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Lyttelton Icon - 100 Years of the Steam Tug "Lyttelton"
|
Nick Tolerton
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2009
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The Jane Gifford - Back From The Brink
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H.J. Hansen
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2012
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Black Tide - The Story Behind the Rena Disaster
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John Julian
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2013
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The Orpheus Disaster (second edition)
|
Thayer Fairburn
|
|
|
|
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SHIPPING PICTORIALS
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|
1981
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Glamour Ships Of The Union Steam Ship Company NZ Ltd
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Jack Churchouse
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1988
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New Zealand Ships Illustrated 1988-89
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Iain G.B. Lovie
|
1999
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Ships Of Wellington - The Past Fifty Years
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Victor Young
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2000
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A Century of Shipping in New Zealand
|
Gavin McLean
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2001
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Union Fleet (third edition)
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Ian Farquhar
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2003
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The Era Of Coastal Shipping In New Zealand - The Small Motor Ships
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Murray Jennings
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2007
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New Zealand Maritime Images - The Golden Years
|
Emmanuel Makarios
|
2014
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Cruise Ships Wellington - 101 Visitors
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Victor Young
|
|
|
|
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THE FISHING INDUSTRY
|
|
1981
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The Story Of Sanford Ltd - The First 100 Years
|
Paul Titchener
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1996-99
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Nets, Lines And Pots - A History of New Zealand Fishing Vessels, volumes 1-3
|
Emmanuel Makarios
|
2004
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Hooked - The Story of the New Zealand Fishing Industry
|
David Johnson
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2008
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The Tides Of Change - The Story of the NZ Federation of Commercial Fishermen, 1958-2008
|
Jenny Haworth
|
2014
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The Catch
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Michael Field
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2017
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Roughy On The Rise - The story of NZ's most controversial fishery
|
Tim Pankhurst
|
|
|
|
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SHIPPING INDUSTRY ORGANISATIONS
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|
1993
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Wharfie - Unionism on the Auckland Waterfront
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Bert Roth
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2001
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Crew Culture - NZ Seafarers Under Sail And Steam
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Neill Atkinson
|
2009
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A Voice For Shipping - The New Zealand Shipping Federation Story
|
Gavin McLean
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2012
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Jagged Seas - The New Zealand Seamen's Union, 1879-2003
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David Grant
|
|
|
|
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SHIPWRECKS
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1977
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New Zealand Shipwrecks 1795 - 1975 (fifth edition)
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C.W.N. Ingram
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1995
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New Zealand Tragedies - Shipwrecks & Maritime Disasters
|
Gavin McLean
|
2007
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Full Astern! - An Illustrated History of New Zealand Shipwrecks
|
Gavin McLean
|
2019
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Shipwrecked - New Zealand's Maritime Disasters
|
Gavin McLean
|
|
|
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ON-WATER RACING
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|
1982
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Blake's Odyssey - The Round The World Race with Ceramco New Zealand
|
Peter Blake & Alan Sefton
|
1986
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Lion - The Round The World Race with Lion New Zealand
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Peter Blake & Alan Sefton
|
1986
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Digby Taylor's NZI Enterprise Story
|
Digby Taylor
|
1990
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Big Red - The Round The World Race on board Steinlager 2
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Glen Sowry & Mike Quilter
|
1994
|
Endeavour - Winning The Whitbread
|
Grant Dalton & Glen Sowry
|
1995
|
Black Magic - Team New Zealand's Victorious Challenge
|
Richard Becht
|
1996
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Adventurer
|
Peter Blake
|
2000
|
Back To Back - Black Magic
|
Richard Becht
|
2001
|
Sir Peter Blake - A Pictorial Salute
|
Richard Becht
|
2004
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Sir Peter Blake - An Amazing Life
|
Alan Sefton
|
2008
|
Wind Driven - The Barbara Kendall Story
|
Wendy Kinney-Kendall
|
2015
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Peter Montgomery - The Voice of Yachting
|
Bill Francis
|
2017
|
Lone Wolf - How Emirates Team NZ stunned the world
|
Richard Gladwell
|
2019
|
The Sydney - Hobart Yacht Race
|
Rob Mundle
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