Publihed in 1985 or 1987 by Reed Methuen Publishers Ltd. Creased spine, crease across bottom corner of back cover, wear at cover extremities. Mark inside. COVER MAY DIFFER.

This is a completely new kind of history book, written both for and about young people but also one to be read and enjoyed by adults. It tells the story of New Zealand in a new way, saying much more about about ordinary people and their families than other histories have done.

All the characters you would expect to find in a history of New Zealand are there: Hone Heke, Governor Grey, Richard Seddon, Princess Te Puea. There are also many entirely new people, many of them young, who lived in New Zealand and made our HIstory.

The Story of New Zealand is a valuable source of material on New Zealand's Social history, containing much new and up-to-date infomation. But it is not a textbook. This is an entertaining book, one to be read by young people and adults a like for their own enjoyment.

- from the back cover.