Rangiora: The Passing Years and People in a Canterbury Country Town by D. N. Hawkins. SCARCE, SIGNED BY AUTHOR.
Rangiora: The Passing Years and People in a Canterbury Country Town by D. N. Hawkins. SCARCE, SIGNED BY AUTHOR.
Publisher: Rangiora Borough Council, 1983, first edition.
Very good hardback, no jacket. Minor rubbing, compression and marks to spine. Gift inscription from author to previous named owner, dated 1983. Pages very good. 479 pages with photos.
From Maori beginnings and Mantell's agreements with Ngai Tahu on settlement, through the development of agriculture and commerce, this gives a full history of the district of Rangiora and its township.
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