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Frontier of dreams : the story of New Zealand / edited by Bronwyn Dalley & Gavin McLean. - Auckland, N.Z. : Hodder Moa Beckett, 2005. - 416 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (chiefly col.) ; 30 cm.

"TVNZ, our nation, our voice." Published in association with the television series 'Frontier of dreams'. Deluxe limited ed. issued in a slip case. Paperback ed. published 2006.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 390-404) and index.

The last place on Earth, prehistory-c.1300 / Gavin McLean & David Young -- Treasure Island, c.1300-1642 / David Young -- When worlds collide, 1642-1839 / Gavin McLean -- Flags and nations, 1839-1852 / Claudia Orange -- The explosive frontier, 1852-1884 / David Green -- The rush to be rich, 1848-1882 ; God's own country, 1878-1913 / Gavin McLean -- The price of empire, 1897-1918 / Ian McGibbon -- The rise and fall of happy homes, 1918-1935 / Neill Atkinson -- Hope and heroes, 1935-1949 / Bronwyn Dalley & Ian McGibbon -- The golden weather, 1949-1965 / Bronwyn Dalley -- Generations, 1965-1984 / Jock Phillips -- Breaking free, 1984-2005 / Bronwyn Dalley & Gavin McLean.

Covers the creation of the New Zealand land mass and the arrival of the people that make up most of the population of today's New Zealand, and looks at the effect this gathering of peoples has had on the land and on each other.

ISBN: 1869710061 (corrected : hbk.) 9781869710064 (corrected : hbk.) 1869710789 (pbk.) 9781869710781 (pbk.)

LCCN: 2005440380

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
New Zealand--Discovery and exploration.
New Zealand--History.

LC Class. No.: DU420 / .F76 2005

Dewey Class. No.: 993