Colonial Architecture in New Zealand

A.H. & A.W. Reed, Wellington, 1976. 2.5 x 2.5 cm tear to top rear of dustjacket, mended with brown paper and dustjacket covered with plastic. Otherwise good secondhand condition.

Plots the course of European building in this country, from 1809 when Te Pahi's little frame house was set up at the Bay of Islands until the early 1880s when a slump brought building to a halt. By the time it again got under way it had become increasingly difficult to distinguish between New Zealand buildings and their counterparts in Britain, Australia, or the United States of America.

John Stacpoole pieces together the story of New Zealand's notable early buildings and gives a glimpse of some of the remarkable characters who designed and built them.