Events In History
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9 May 1907First School Journal publishedNew Zealand pupils were for the first time able to read a schoolbook published in their own country. Read more...
Articles
New Zealand Book Month
Kiwis love books. To celebrate New Zealand Book Month, we have come up with 31 reasons to love New Zealand books and writing.
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Page 2 – 31 reasons to love NZ books and writing
A selection of stories about the history of Kiwi writing, writers and books – one for each day of NZ Book Month.
The 1940 Centennial
The centennial celebrations of 1940 marked a century of European effort and progress. Māori history and the centenary of the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi took a back seat.
- Page 4 - The Centennial and progress The 1940 Centennial, planned for five years and publicly funded, was a deliberate act of national self-definition by the first Labour
First World War bibliography
Sources for further reading about New Zealand's First World War experience.
- Page 1 - First World War bibliographySources for further reading about New Zealand's First World War
Biographies
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Buick, Thomas Lindsay
Politician, journalist and historian Thomas Buick produced a biography of Te Rauparaha before publishing his best known and most important book, The Treaty of Waitangi, in 1914
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Rusden, George William
George W. Rusden, an Australian author, wrote histories of Australia and New Zealand that were highly critical of the Crown's policies towards indigineous peoples.
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Cowan, James
Biography of prolific historian and journalist best known for the two-volume The New Zealand Wars: A History of the Māori Campaigns and the Pioneering Period
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Main image: State-funded history
The New Zealand government has a long history of promoting and publishing historical works of all kinds, from the 50-plus volumes of Second World War history to cutting-edge digital projects in the early 21st century.
