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The Marlborough Museum Online Gift Shop connects visitors across New Zealand with regional history and heritage gifts. Browse our curated range of local books below. Additional regional publications will be added soon.

Elizabeth Lissaman: New Zealand’s Pioneer Studio Potter book cover showing painted ceramic bird plate
Book · Hard Cover

Elizabeth Lissaman - New Zealand’s Pioneer Studio Potter

Discover the work of potter Elizabeth Lissaman OBE. This biography surveys seven decades of regional pottery, original glazes, and historical photographs.

The Growth of New Zealand Towns book cover featuring Auckland Sky Tower and historical townscapes of Wellington and Thames
Book · Soft Cover

The Growth of New Zealand Towns

Examine urban development across New Zealand communities. This volume analyses economic shifts and settlement patterns behind regional growth.

Teak and Tide: The Ebbs and Eddies of the Edwin Fox book cover by Nigel Costley featuring an oil painting of the merchant sailing ship
Book · Hard Cover

Teak and Tide - The Ebbs and Eddies of the Edwin Fox

Trace the voyages of the world's last surviving nineteenth-century merchant sailing ship. The text documents maritime journeys between India, England, and Picton Harbour.

Wairau Bar Moa Hunter: The Jim Eyles Story book cover showing Jim Eyles excavating at Wairau Bar
Book · Soft Cover

Wairau Bar Moa Hunter - The Jim Eyles Story

Read the first-hand account of the 1939 archaeological find at Wairau Bar. Jim Eyles details the discovery of ancient burial goods and moa remains.

The Wairau and its Forgotten Capital book cover by Barry Holdaway showing historical sketch of the Boulder Bank settlement and the Wairau River mouth
Book · Soft Cover

The Wairau and its Forgotten Capital

Explore the forgotten colonial port established at the Wairau River mouth. This study investigates the short-lived commercial settlement that preceded Blenheim.

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