History Publications 2005-2009

The recent publications of the History Group can be purchased from any good bookstore, or by contacting the publisher. Links to publishers' websites (when available) are shown below. [See also History Group Publications 1981-2004]

2009

La Batalla del Rio de la Plata : la historia Neocelandesa, Ian McGibbon (Ministry for Culture and Heritage)
See a full-text version of this booklet on MFAT's website at http://mfat.govt.nz/downloads/foreign-relations/latinamerica/battle-riverplate-spanish.pdf

The Cabinet makers : New Zealand's Prime Ministers, Gavin McLean (New Zealand Portrait Gallery)

The Penguin Book of New Zealanders at War, Gavin McLean, Ian McGibbon and Kynan Gentry (eds) (Penguin Books)

National War Memorial & Tomb of the Unknown Warrior, Tim Shoebridge (Ministry for Culture and Heritage)

The Watchdog : New Zealand's Audit Office 1840 to 2008, David Green and John Singleton (Otago University Press)

2008

Nga tama toa : the price of citizenship ; C Company 28 (Maori Battalion) 1939-1945, Monty Soutar (David Bateman)

Parliament's library - 150 years, John Martin (Steele Roberts / Dunmore)

Settlers: New Zealand immigrants from England, Ireland and Scotland 1840–1945, Jock Phillips and Terry Hearn (Auckland University Press)

The Gunners: A History of New Zealand Artillery, Alan Henderson, David Green and Peter Cooke (Raupo)

Little Histories: Reflections on the Keeping of New Zealand's Registers of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Megan Hutching (Department of Internal Affairs)

See a full text version of this publication on DIA's website

2007

Trainland: How Railways Made New Zealand, Neill Atkinson (Random House)

See also related railways topics on NZHistory.net.nz

Last Line of Defence: New Zealanders Remember the War at Home, Megan Hutching (ed.) (HarperCollins)

How to Do Local History, Gavin McLean (Otago University Press)

See also Web History Publishing on NZHistory.net.nz

2006

Wellington: Biography of a City, Redmer Yska (Reed Publishing)

The Governors: New Zealand's Governors and Governors-General, Gavin McLean (Otago University Press)

See also A history of the Governor-General on NZHistory.net.nz

Against the Rising Sun: New Zealanders Remember the Pacific War, Megan Hutching (ed.) (HarperCollins)

See also the Pacific War feature on NZHistory.net.nz

Innovation and Independence: The Reserve Bank of New Zealand 1973-2002, John Singleton et al (Auckland University Press)

The Big Show: New Zealanders, D-Day and the War in Europe, Alison Parr (Auckland University Press)

2005

More Than Law and Order: Policing a Changing Society, 1945-92, Susan Butterworth (Otago University Press)

New Zealand and the Vietnam War: Politics and Diplomacy, Roberto Rabel (Auckland University Press). See review of this book

Hell or High Water: New Zealand Merchant Seafarers Remember the War, Neill Atkinson (ed.) (HarperCollins).

See also the Merchant Navy feature on NZHistory.net.nz

Frontier of Dreams: The Story of New Zealand, Bronwyn Dalley & Gavin McLean (eds) (Hodder Moa)

We Call it Home: A History of State Housing in New Zealand, Ben Schrader (Reed Publishing). See review of this book

See also We Call it Home: a web exhibition on NZHistory.net.nz

The Desert Road: New Zealanders Remember the North African Campaign, Megan Hutching (ed.) (HarperCollins)

See also the North African Campaign exhibition on NZHistory.net.nz

Gallipoli: A Guide to New Zealand Battlefields and Memorials, Ian McGibbon (Reed Publishing)

See also an adaptation of this guide on the Anzac.govt.nz website