This is a suggested reading list on the topic of vintage machinery in New Zealand. Click on the title to see if it is in your local public library:
- Stationary engines made in New Zealand, Richard Robinson (1993) ISBN 0959790829
- Heritage of industry: discovering New Zealand’s industrial history, Nigel Smith (2001) ISBN 0790008041
- Tractors across New Zealand: a history of working the land, John Wilson (2004) ISBN 1877327328
- A century of farm tractors, 1904-2004, Richard Robinson (2004) ISBN 095979087X
- Tractor Nation: Working the land in New Zealand, John Wilson (2013) ISBN
9781775534532
The Bibliography of vintage machinery in New Zealand document has a more comprehensive coverage of publications.
Other books that may be of interest include:
- Antique tractor bible, Spencer Yost (1998) ISBN 0760303355 (an American publication but broadly applicable to New Zealand)
- The Tractor in the Haystack: Great Stories of Tractor Archaeology, Scott Garvey (2008) ISBN 9780760332955
- Beautiful tractors: portraits of iconic models, Rick Mannen (2013). London: Frances Lincoln. ISBN 9780711233546
This book models a set of forty tractors in stunningly beautiful studio settings.