Sunday, September 13, 2009


THE PORT HILLS
NEW BOOK FROM NZ'S SMALLEST BOOK PUBLISHERS -
PHILLIPS & KING PUBLISHERS

The Port Hills of Christchurch [Fully revised and updated].
Author: Gordon Ogilvie
ISBN: 978-0-9583315-6-2
Publication date: 8 October 2009.
Format: Hardback with dustjacket. 344 pages. 287 x 210mm
Numerous b/w illustrations. Endpaper Maps.
RRP: $65.00.
In the 30 years since The Port Hills of Christchurch was first published it has become a collector’s item – a prized resource for all those in Christchurch, and beyond, who cherish the hills that dominate the city’s southern skyline. Gordon Ogilvie, himself a child of Horotane Valley, has proved a deeply knowledgeable, approachable and articulate guide to the history, people and topography of this endlessly interesting area, which stretches from Godley Head to Gebbies Pass.
Now, after a great deal of new and meticulous research, this award-winning historian has updated and greatly extended The Port Hills of Christchurch, and added many fascinating photographs. This area already had a long and vivid Maori history before Europeans arrived. Since then it has attracted some of the province’s most talented and influential citizens, who have played a key role in the development of the Canterbury Settlement. The Port Hills are justly renowned for their social, scenic and scientific importance, and the vision­ary endeavours of pioneer conservationist, Harry Ell, form an important part of the story.

Now also part of a new political electorate, the Port Hills are of greater importance than ever as a residential and recreational locality.
This new edition is certain to prove as popular as its predecessor, a treasured source for all who live, walk and work within sight of these picturesque and historic hills.

For more information Email: Brian Phillips - bpbooks@xtra.co.nz.

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