Pages tagged with: historical writing

The 1940 Centennial, planned for five years and publicly funded, was a deliberate act of national self-definition by the first Labour government.

Generations of New Zealanders are familiar with our exploits in two world wars and the impact of these conflicts on the nation. But how familiar are new Zealanders with our own internal wars of the 19th century?

Sir Walter Buller’s comment that ‘the flesh of the pukeko [is equal] to that of the best English game’ distasteful. But Buller, the author of A history of the birds of New Zealand

The New Zealand government has a long history of promoting and publishing historical works of all kinds, ranging from the 50-plus volumes of Second World War history to the cutting-edge digital projects of the early 21st century.