The New Zealand History Research Trust Fund has granted Awards in History since 1990. Since that time the Awards in History have supported over 300 projects, totalling almost $2.8 million.
Whiria Te Mahara New Zealand History Grants 2022
Applications received: 63
Awards made: 9
Amount awarded: $104,800
| Recipient Name | Description | Amount |
| Jeff Evans | Ngā Tokimatawhaorua - the biography of a waka taua | $9,200 |
| Alida Shanks | “We just wanted to play”: Exploring the history of women in football in Aotearoa New Zealand | $12,000 |
| Paul White | Te Iringa-a-Tūpoto; a hapū history | $12,000 |
| Joanna Boileau and André Taber | History of Chinese Restaurants in Aotearoa | $12,000 |
| Elle Loui August | Margery Blackman Legacy Project | $11,600 |
| Rebecca Lenihan | Colonists in Uniform | $12,000 |
| Gareth Shute | Songs From The Shaky Isles | $12,000 |
| Susan Martin | A dangerous time to be disabled: Intellectual disability in New Zealand from the 1950s to the 2000s - a story of two brothers | $12,000 |
| Mark Forman | Tony Fomison: A Biography | $12,000 |
Whiria Te Mahara New Zealand History Grants 2021
Applications received: 91
Awards made: 9
Amount awarded : $106,000
| Recipient name | Description | Amount |
| Bolin Hu | Caught In-Between: Chinese in New Zealand, New Zealanders in China and the War in Asia, 1931–1949 | $12,000 |
| Jade Kake | Rewi Thompson | $12,000 |
| Hamish McDougall | Staying Alive: New Zealand, Britain and European integration, 1960-85 | $12,000 |
| Diana Morrow | Ruth Dallas: A Life | $10,000 |
| Ōtorohanga Historical Society | Information text panels for Ōtorohanga Museum | $12,000 |
| Roger Shepherd | Great Sounds Great: Journeys Through the Music of Flying Nun Records | $12,000 |
| John Walsh | Nobody’s Soldier: Gerald Melling, architect and writer | $12,000 |
| Ross Webb | 'In Defence of Living Standards': The Federation of Labour, Politics, and Economic Crisis, 1975-1987 | $12,000 |
| Mere Whaanga | A cultural map of Pāparatu Station | $12,000 |
Awards in History for 2020/21
Applications received: 66
Awards made: 9
Amount awarded: $100,500
| Recipient name | Description | Amount |
| Sarah Johnston | New Zealand radio 1939-1945: war, listening and national identity | $12,000 |
| Louise Kewene-Doig | It’s a Māori Melody: A selection of Māori music experiences of the 1960s explored through the Māori Showband movement | $12,000 |
| Felicity Goodyear-Smith | Auckland Medical Aid: establishment and ongoing provision of abortion services for New Zealand women | $6,500 |
| Jared Davidson | Blood and Dirt: Prison Labour and the Making of New Zealand | $12,000 |
| Anne Else | Adoption and related issues since 1991 | $10,000 |
| Jacqueline Leckie | There is no depression in New Zealand | $12,000 |
| Lissa Mitchell | In the Dark: women and New Zealand photography to 1960 | $12,000 |
| Fiona McKergow | Colonial Textile Culture in Mid-Nineteenth Century Aotearoa New Zealand | $12,000 |
| Marinus La Rooij | “The Jews are to Blame!” Arthur Nelson Field, antisemitism and the myth of the Jewish World Conspiracy in inter-war New Zealand | $12,000 |
Awards in History for 2020
Applications received: 66
Awards made: 8
Amount awarded : $96,000
| Recipient name | Description | Amount |
| Ellen Anderson | Matangireia - Centenary History of the First Māori Affairs Committee Room in Parliament | $12,000 |
| Rachel Buchanan | Te Motunui Epa: on the trail of a globetrotting taonga | $12,000 |
| Matthew Cunningham | Vanguard: A history of the far right in New Zealand | $12,000 |
| Mark Derby | Battlefield Surgeon: NZ Medical Pioneer Doug Jolly | $12,000 |
| Pania Te Whaiti | Kōrero: The diaries of Iraia te Ama o te Rangi Te Whaiti 1890-1918 | $12,000 |
| Elizabeth Ward | For Light and Liberty: A History of the Reform Party | $12,000 |
| Monica Webb | No Half Measure: The Political World of Lady Anna Stout | $12,000 |
| Jonathan West | Mirrors on the Land: Histories of New Zealand | $12,000 |
Awards in History for 2019
Applications received: 66
Awards made: 10
Amount awarded: $106,025
| Recipient name | Description | Amount |
| Nick Bollinger | Revolutions per minute: the counterculture in New Zealand | $12,000 |
| Helen Bones | The evolution of the Tasman writing world in the twentieth century | $12,000 |
| Ross Calman | He pukapuka tātaku i ngā mahi a Te Rauparaha nui/A record of the life of the great Te Rauparaha: A bilingual edition of Tāmihana Te Rauparaha's Life of Te Rauparaha | $12,000 |
| John Cookson | Little republics: county and municipal government in New Zealand to 1940 | $9345 |
| Rosi Crane | Skeletons in the attic: a history of the Otago Museum | $4230 |
| Victoria Froude | Largely unseen; a history of New Zealand's marine environments from pre-human times to today | $11,950 |
| Nadia Gush | About? A social history of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and queer women in Aotearoa New Zealand during the 1980s | $12,000 |
| Catherine Knight | The long shadow of reform: The impacts of the 1980s public sector reforms on environmental stewardship in New Zealand | $12,000 |
| Rebecca Macfie | The life and times of Helen Kelly | $8500 |
| Vincent O'Malley | The New Zealand wars | $12,000 |
Awards in History for 2018
Applications received: 44
Awards made: 10
Amount awarded: $100,250
| Recipient name | Description | Amount |
| Ryan Bodman | Rugby league: a New Zealand history | $12,000 |
| Morgan Godfery | Dissent: a New Zealand anthology | $10,000 |
| David Grant | The seditionists and their heritage: a tale of two world wars | $10,000 |
| Jennifer S. Kain | Insanity and immigration control in New Zealand and Australia | $7200 |
| Angela Lassig | A visual history of New Zealand dress | $12,000 |
| Margaret Lovell-Smith and Daniel Bartlett | Voices against war: pacifists, conscientious objectors, and their supporters in World War One Canterbury | $10,000 |
| Keith Newman | Hidden heritage of the Cape Coast | $12,000 |
| Hazel Petrie | Immigrant city: how seven generations have shaped Auckland | $12,000 |
| Aleisha Ward | Jazzy nerves, aching feet, and foxtrots: the Jazz Age in New Zealand | $12,000 |
| Peter Wilkins | Ripapa: an island in time; Godley Head: they also served who only stood and waited | $3050 |
Awards in History for 2017
Applications received: 67
Awards made: 11
Amount awarded: $121,750
| Recipient name | Description | Amount |
| Peter Clayworth | The unsuppressible one: a biography of Patrick Hodgens Hickey | $12,000 |
| Aaron Fox | Brigadier James Hargest: a biography | $12,000 |
| Michael Kelly and Ben Schrader | Won and lost: saving New Zealand's built heritage 1885-2016 | $12,000 |
| John E. Martin | A colonial's gaze: Charles Rooking Carter | $12,000 |
| Jane McCabe | Kalimpong kids: the New Zealand story | $5,000 |
| Hilary and John Mitchell | Isaac Coates, portrait artist, and his Māori subjects | $12,000 |
| Diana Morrow | Perfecting paradise: the Edgers and the world's social laboratory | $12,000 |
| Geoff Norman | Birdstories | $12,000 |
| Marianne Schultz | The history of Limbs Dance Company | $12,000 |
| David Welch | The Port Hills of Canterbury and the story of the Lyttelton Railway Tunnel | $8,750 |
| Matthew Wright | Waitangi: a living treaty | $12,000 |
Awards in History for 2016
Applications received: 43
Awards made: 11
Amount awarded: $122,300
| Recipient name | Description | Amount |
| Jennifer Ashton | The Histories of Charlotte Badger | $9,500 |
| Rosemary Baird | Stories from the Manapouri Hydro Project | $11,500 |
| Catherine Bishop | Commerce was a Woman | $12,000 |
| Mark Derby | Mautini, the Hidden History of Mt Eden Prison | $12,000 |
| Basil Keane | The Māori Parliament, Kotahitanga from 1892-1902 | $12,000 |
| Carol Markwell | Blanche Baughan, a biography | $12,000 |
| Peter Mesenhoeller | Historic landscapes and differing perceptions: Ernst Dieffenbach's album;Sketches and Views from New Zealand 1841 | $8,500 |
| Philip Norman | History of composition in New Zealand | $12,000 |
| Ken Ross | New Zealand prime ministerial diplomacy since 1945 | $12,000 |
| Lucy Treep | Biography of Maurice Shadbolt | $10,762 |
| Georgina White | The delusions of Dr Felkin | $10,110 |
Awards in History for 2015
Applications received: 67
Awards made: 6
Amount awarded: $118,000
The successful applicants for 2015 are:
Major award: Redmer Yska, Katherine Mansfield’s formative Wellington years - $60,000
Other awards:
- Elizabeth Caffin, A history of book publishing in New Zealand, $12,000
- Peter Franks, Centennial history of the New Zealand Labour Party, $12,000
- Roger Horrocks, The evolution of the arts in New Zealand, $10,000
- Catherine Knight, An environmental history of rivers in New Zealand, $12,000 and
- Jane Tolerton, New Zealand Women in the First World War, also $12,000.
The New Zealand History Research Trust Fund also made four publishers grants totalling $20,000 to:
- Auckland University Press, for Tony Ballantyne, Missionaries, Māori and the Entanglements of Empire, $5,000
- Auckland University Press, for Hazel Petrie, Outcasts of the Gods: Slavery and Freedom in New Zealand, $5,000
- Bridget Williams Books, for Vincent O’Malley, The Waikato War, $5,000 and
- Penguin Books, for Ron Crosby, Kūpapa: The Bitter Legacy of Māori Alliances with the Crown, $5,000.
Awards in History for 2014
Applications received: 68
Awards made: 7
Amount awarded: $125,946
The successful applicants for 2014 are:
Major award: Robert Peden, Crinoline skirts and nailed boots: women on the pastoral frontier in nineteenth century New Zealand – $60,000
Other awards:
- Helen Beaglehole, A history of the Marlborough Sounds – $12,000
- Kirby-Jane Hallum, The New Zealand New Woman : feminism and empire, 1880-1920 - $10,796
- Roberta McIntyre, 'All this is shrouded in mystery' : a history of William Barnard Rhodes and Mary Ann, his Māori daughter and heiress - $12,000
- John Reid, A Social and cultural history of Pacific Films - $12,000
- Natalie Smith, From the margin to the centre, transforming the home sewer into a fashion star : the history of the Benson and Hedges Fashion Design Awards 1964-1998 - $10,500
- Jonathan West, The Otago Peninsula : an environmental history, - $8650
The New Zealand History Research Trust Fund also made three publisher grants, amounting to $20,000:
- Bridget Williams Books, for Atholl Anderson et al, 'Tangata Whenua : an illustrated history' - $10,000
- Penguin Books, for Christopher Pugsley's Fighting for New Zealand : the Second NZ Division at War' - $5.000
- Victoria University Press, for Stephen Loveridge's 'Call to arms : New Zealand society and commitment to the Grear War' - $5,000.
Awards in History for 2013
Applications received: 52
Awards made: 11
Amount awarded: $150,000
The successful applicants for 2013 are:
Major award: Ron Crosby, Kūpapa : Iwi loyal to the Crown – $60,000
Other awards:
- Te Awhina Arahanga, History of Fish and Chips – $10,000 – Auckland
- Manuhuia Barcham, The First Māori Renaissance – $12,000 – Palmerston North
- Andrew Francis, ‘A Serious Menace to the Community?’: Internment in New Zealand during the Great War – $6,000 – Wellington
- Steven Loveridge, ‘Sentimental Equipment’: New Zealand, the Great War and Cultural Mobilisation – $6,000 – Wellington
- New Zealand Red Cross, History of the NZ Red Cross – $12,000 – Wellington
- Ngati Awa Research and Archives Trust, Mataatua Wharenui: Mataatua, the House that came home – $12,000 – Whakatane (/ Otago for subject)
- Vincent O’Sullivan, The Questing Mind, the Public Good: A Life of Robin Williams – $10,000 – Dunedin (/Wellington for subject)
- Rebecca Priestley, The Awa Book of Antarctic Science – $6,000 – Wellington
- Georgina White, The Forerunners – $10,000 – Wellington
- Matthew Wright, Coal – From Hero to Zero: the Kiwi Social History – $6,000 – Wellington.
The New Zealand History Research Trust Fund also made five publisher grants, amounting to $25,000:
- Auckland University Press, for Gerald Hensley’s ‘Friendly Fire: Nuclear Politics and the Collapse of ANZUS, 1984-1987 – $5,000
- Bridget Williams Books, for Barbara Brookes’ ‘History of New Zealand Women’ – $5,000
- Bridget Williams Books, for Melissa Matutina Williams’ ‘Back Home and Home in the City’ – $5,000
- Otago University Press, for Jude Wilson’s ‘The Flying Kiwis: A History of the OE’ – $5,000
- Penguin Books, for Tom Brookings’ ‘The People’s Servant: A Biography of Richard John Seddon’ – $5,000.
Awards in History for 2012
Applications received: 64
Awards made: 9
Amount awarded: $147,500
The successful applicants for 2012 are:
Major award: Chris Maclean and Shaun Barnett, ‘Wanderlust: a history of tramping in New Zealand’ – $60,000
Other awards:
- Jarrod Gilbert, ‘The history of gangs in New Zealand’ – $7500
- A biography of Norman Kirk’ – $12,000
- Catherine Knight, ‘Forested hinterland to pastoral province: the environmental transformation of the Manawatu’ – $12,000
- Susann Liebich, ‘Reading culture and community in Timaru, 1890-1939’ – $10,000
- Angela Middleton, ‘Mission life in the Bay of Islands, 1814-1840’ – $12,000
- Margaret Pointer, ‘Niue, 1774-1974: 200 years of contact, interaction and change’ – $10,000
- David Veart, ‘Hello girls and boys: the New Zealand toy story’ – $12,000
- John Wilson, ‘Lost Christchurch’ – $12,000
The New Zealand History Trust Fund also made five publishers grants, amounting to $24,000.
- Bernard Cadogan, 'George Grey' (Penguin) -$5000
- Alison Clarke, 'Meeting little strangers : childbirth in nineteenth-century New Zealand' (Bridget Williams Books) - $5000
- Cybele Locke, 'Workers in the margins : union radicals in post-war New Zealand' (Bridget Williams Books) - $5000
- Vincent O'Malley, 'The meeting place : Māori and Pakeha encounters 1642-1840' (Auckland University Press) - $5000
- Rebecca Priestley, 'Nuclear NZ : New Zealand's nuclear and radiation history to 1987' (Auckland University Press) - $4000
Awards in History for 2011
Applications received: 66
Awards made: 10
Amount awarded: $150,000
The successful applicants for 2011 are:
Major award: Brian Easton, ‘Not in Narrow Seas: A History of New Zealand from an Economic Perspective’ - $60,000
Other awards:
The successful applicants for 2011 are:
- Charles Clark, ‘Waves Against the Shore: A Maritime History of the New Zealand Wars’ - $4000
- Paul Diamond, ‘A Biography of Charles Mackay’ - $8000
- Sarah Gallagher, ‘My Flat, Your Flat, Our Place: Preserving an Ephemeral Print Culture’ - $8000
- Penny Griffith, ‘In Her Own Right: A Biography of Millicent Baxter’ - $12,000
- Gerald Hensley, ‘Friendly Fire: A History of the ANZUS Dispute’ - $12,000
- Fiona McKergow and Kerry Taylor, ‘Te Hao Nui - The Great Catch: Object Stories from Te Manawa’ - $12,000
- Bill Morris, ‘Whaling Nation’ - $10,000
- Rebecca Priestley, ‘New Zealand’s Nuclear History to 1987’ - $12,000
- Keith Scott, ‘“Dear Dot …”: Extraordinary Tales, Ordinary Lives: The Story of the Children’s Column of the Otago Witness, 1876-1936’ - $12,000
Awards in History for 2010
Applications received: 81
Awards made: 12
Amount awarded: $100,000
- Helen Beaglehole, Rural fire-fighting in New Zealand - $8000
- Trevor Bentley, Tribal guns, tribal gunners: New Zealand's lost age of Māori artillery - $5000
- David Colquhoun, The Royal Tour of 1920 - $10,000
- Stevan Eldred-Grigg, The Great Wrong War: a social history of New Zealanders during the First World War - $10,000
- Ian Grant, Deadlines: New Zealand newspapers from 1840 to 2010 - $5000
- Andrew Gregg & Stephanie Rowe, A life of Leonard Cockayne - $5000
- Malcolm McKinnon, A history of the depression of the 1930s in New Zealand - $12,00
- Vincent O'Malley, Cultural encounter on the New Zealand frontier: the meeting of Māori and Pakeha, 1769-1840 - $10,000
- Gwen Parsons, Turning soldiers into 'Useful citizens and Wage-Earners': Great War veterans and repatriation, 1918-1928 - $8000
- Russell Stone, Growing up in Grey Lynn: a memoir of interwar Auckland - $5000
- Oliver Sutherland, Paikea: the life and times of Ivan L.G. Sutherland - $10,000
- Jill Trevelyan, A history of the Peter McLeavey Gallery - $12,000
Awards in History for 2009
Applications received: 81
Awards made: 10
Amount awarded: $100,000
The successful applicants for 2009 are:
- John Armstrong, ‘Under one roof’: a history of Waikato Hospital – $10,000
- Ian Dougherty, A biography of Rutherford Waddell – $12,000
- David Harrowfield, ‘Call of the mountains’: a history of New Zealand mountaineering – $12,000
- Paul Meredith, ‘Homeward bound’: a journey with King Te Rata to England – $8000
- Hilary & John Mitchell, ‘Nga Tupuna Tuturu’: the founding ancestors – $6000
- Paul Monin, Māori ships 1840–70: a case study of Māori engagement with colonial capitalism – $8000
- Bill O’Brien, ‘Takahe, trophies and tonsils’: the extraordinary life of Dr Geoffrey Orbell – $8000
- Russell Standing, ‘The works’: a history of Patea Freezing Company, 1883–1982 – $12,000
- Nancy Swarbrick, ‘Pets and people’: a history of companion animals and their owners in New Zealand – $12,000
- Redmer Yska, ‘Thunderer’: the rise and fall of NZ Truth, New Zealand’s first press giant – $12,000
Awards in History for 2008
Applications received:79
Awards made: 11
Amount awarded: $100,000
The successful applicants for 2008 are:
- Diana Brown, A Biography of Dr Muriel Bell – $8000
- Alison Clarke, Childbirth Rituals in 19th Century New Zealand – $10,000
- Neil Clayton, Over the Hedge: A History of New Zealanders and their Weeds – $10,000
- William Cottrell, ‘New New Zealand’: Domestic Interiors and Products 1840 to 1910 – $10,000
- Joseph Romanos, Our Olympic Century: New Zealand’s First 100 Years at the Olympic Games – $25,000
- Suzanne Scheele, An Economic and Social History of the New Zealand Flax Fibre Industry – $6500
- Tim Shoebridge, The Good Citizen: A Life of C.E. Daniell – $4000
- Lynette Shum, Representing Chinatown: Wellington’s Haining Street 1920–60 – $5000
- Jude Wilson, Flight of the Kiwi: The History of the ‘OE’ – $10,000
- Bernard Wood, Maori Rugby League 1908–2007 – $5500
- Matthew Wright, Old South: A History of the South Island to 1890 – $6000
Awards in History for 2007
Applications received: 64
Awards made: 10
Amount awarded: $95,000
- Jennifer Carlyon & Diana Morrow, ‘A History of Freeman’s Bay, Ponsonby and St Mary’s Bay’ – $10,000
- Paul Diamond, ‘The Life and Times of Makereti Papakura’ – $10,000
- Stephen Donald, ‘Uawa-nui-a-Ruamatua: Māori and Pakeha at Tolaga Bay, 1769–1940’ – $10,000
- David Grant, ‘A Biography of Ken Douglas’ – $20,000
- Graeme Hunt, ‘Spies and Revolutionaries: A History of Subversion in New Zealand’ – $6,000
- Donald Kerr, ‘A Bio-bibliographical Study on Dr Thomas Morland Hocken’ – $7,000
- Ruth Low, ‘The Story of Droving in New Zealand’ – $5,000
- Veronika Meduna & Rebecca Priestley, ‘Butterflies, Boffins and Black Smokers: Two Centuries of New Zealand Scientists’ – $6,000
- Lydia Monin, ‘From Poverty Bay to Broadway: The Tom Heeney Story’ – $7,000
- Jill Trevelyan, ‘That Fine Thread of Beauty: A Life of Rita Angus’ – $10,000
- Brian Wood, ‘One Too Many: The Strongman Mine Disaster, 1967’ – $4,000
Awards in History for 2006
Applications received: 65
Awards made: 10
Amount awarded: $90,000
- David Harrowfield, 'To Strive, to Seek, to Find and Not to Yield: New Zealand and the Antarctic, 1957–2007' – $9000
- Hilary & John Mitchell, 'Te Ara Hou: A History of Māori of Nelson and Marlborough, Vol II' – $26,000
- Valerie Monk, 'Crown Lynn: A Celebration' – $7500
- Ben Schrader, 'An Urban Country: A History of Urban Society, Culture and Identity in New Zealand' – $12,000
- Damian Skinner, 'Peter McIntyre: Brushes with the Heartland' – $6000
- Hilary Stace, 'Salisbury Garden Court Documentary Film' – $3000
- Hamish Thompson, 'All Aboard!: An Illustrated History of the Railways Advertising Studios' – $8000
- John Wilson, 'A History of Addington' – $7500
- Bernard Wood, 'The Kiwis: 100 Years of Rugby League in New Zealand' – $7500
- Matthew Wright, 'New Zealand Military Heroes' – $3500
Awards in History for 2005
Applications received: 63
Awards made: 13
Amount awarded: $90,000
- Sarah Davy, 'A Biography of Bee Nilson', $6000
- Gabrielle Fortune, 'Mr Jones' Wives: War Brides of New Zealand World War II Servicemen', $8000
- Margaret Hayward, 'Prime Ministerial Leadership in New Zealand, 1960–2000', $10,000
- Rosalina McCarthy, 'Belated Accolades: Rosaline Margaret Frank and the Tyree Photographic Studio', $6000
- Roberta McIntyre, 'A History of the South Island High Country', $8000
- James McNeish, 'The Sixth Man: A Life of Paddy Costello', $10,000
- Jessie Munro, 'The Correspondence and Other Writings of Suzanne Aubert', $10,000
- Philip Norman, 'From a Summer School to the Olympics: The Rise of New Zealand Composition, 1946–2004', $12,000
- Andrew Schmidt, 'Mysterex: Punk Rock and Youth Culture in New Zealand, 1976–83', $3000
- Mary Stewart, 'Connecting the Two Sides of Our Little Globe: The Life and Writings of a Scottish Settler', $5000
- Paul Waite, 'William H. Gummer, Architect', $5000
- Joan Woodward and Glenys Mitchell, 'The Diaries and Biography of Jane Emily Peter, a South Canterbury Nurse', $3000
- Susan Yoffe, 'History of Rangitoto Island Bach Communities Post World War II', $4000
Awards in History for 2004
Applications received: 80
Awards made: 11
Amount awarded: $90,000
- Shaun Barnett, 'New Zealand Forest Parks: A History and Celebration of New Zealand's 17 Forest Parks' – $7,500
- Helen Beaglehole, 'Lighting the Coast: A History of New Zealand's Manned Coastal Lighthouses' – $5,000
- Maureen Birchfield, 'An Authorised Biography of Elsie Locke' – $30,000
- Stephen Deed, 'The Development of the New Zealand Cemetery, 1769–1914' – $6,000
- Joanne Drayton, 'A Biography of Frances Hodgkins' – $5,500
- Helen Frizzell, 'Presbyterian Support Otago Centennial History' – $9,000
- Philip Norman, 'A Biography of the New Zealand Composer Douglas Lilburn' – $5,000
- Hazel Riseborough, 'Ngamatea: The Story of a High Country Station' – $5,000
- Kirstie Ross, 'A Proper Sense of Country: A Visual, Cultural and Social History of Pakeha Outdoor Leisure' – $4,000
- Rory Sweetman, 'A Biography of Dr James Kelly, Editor of the New Zealand Tablet, 1917–1931' – $11,000
- Lois Webster, 'Siu ki Moana: Tongan–New Zealand Pathways, 1880–1950' – $5,000
Awards in History for 2003
Applications received: 87
Awards made: 9
Amount awarded: $85,000
- Henry Chan, The History of the Zengcheng Chinese People in New Zealand,$10,000
- Merata Kawharu, A Tangata Whenua Perspective on the History of Tamaki, $9,000
- Eugen Lepou, Samoa to New Zealand: The Immigrants Story, $5,000
- Chris Maclean, Wellington, $26,000
- Peter McQuarrie, A History of Tokelau, $5,000
- Joanna Orwin, The Story of Kauri, $9,000
- Damian Skinner, Lyonel Grant and the Expanding Horizons of Customary Carving, $3,000
- Trade Union History Project, Lockout: The 1951 Waterfront Dispute in Retrospect, $8,000
- Mere Whaanga, Historical Records of Matauranga Māori, $10,000
Awards in History for 2002
Applications received: 59
Awards made: 12
Amount awarded: $85,000
- Simon Boyce, Influence of economic advisers in the 1930s, $1000
- Graham Bishop, Biography of Alexander McKay, $10,000
- Margaret Alington, Biography of Frederick Thatcher, $4000
- Richard & Marianne Davis, Biography of George Shannon, $4000
- Julia Bradshaw, Women on the goldfields, $10,000
- Senka Bozic-Vrbancic & Mario Vrbancic, Social history of Croats in NZ, $10,000
- Rebecca Hayward, The contribution of New Zealand scholars to the study of the written word, $6000
- Raeburn Lange, Te Aute College conferences, $10,000
- Mark Derby, Biography of John Cullen, $10,000 (plus GST)
- Leonore Hoke, The work of Ferdinand von Hochstetter, $5000
- Nga Taonga a Nga Tama Toa Trust, Māori war effort in Tairawhiti, $10,000 (plus GST)
- Tim Bollinger, History of comics, $5000
Awards in History for 2001
Applications received: 71
Awards made: 10
Amount awarded: $85,000
- John Barrington, History of Barrington family, $8000
- Roger Collins, Biography of Owen Merton, $3000
- Ian Dougherty, Biography of A.H. Reed, $12,000
- Sarah Gaitanos, Biography of Nola Millar, $10,000
- Brita McVeigh, History of Air Hostesses, $7000
- Len Richardson, Biography of Anthony Wilding, $12,000
- Anna Rogers, Nurses at War, 18991946, $11,000 (plus GST)
- Adrienne Simpson, History of women's cricket, $12,000
- Rowland Taylor, History of Antipodes and Bounty Islands, $6000 (plus GST)
- Bruce Wallace, History of Fletcher Challenge, $4000 (plus GST)
Awards in History for 2000
Applications received: 112
Awards made: 12, 11 accepted
Amount awarded: $92,000
- Angela Ballara, Te Rongo O Te Pu: Māori society in the Musket War period $10,000
- Colin Brown, A History of Christchurch Cathedral $2500
- Lois Cox, Lesbian women growing up in the 1950s and 1960s $9000
- Vivien Edwards, The Battle of the Bug: A history of the Hepatitis Foundation $10,000
- Gerald Evans, After the Blue: Stories from people involved in the 1951 waterfront dispute $10,000
- Lyndon Fraser, The West Coast Irish 1864–1900 $9000
- Margaret Lovell-Smith, A history of the Hurunui District $5000
- Chris Maclean, A biography of John Pascoe $8000
- Roberta Nicholls, A history of Martinborough $7500
- Geoff Park, Impact of swamp drainage on the indigenous ecosystem $4000
- Jane Tolerton, A history of the AIDS Foundation $10,000 (declined)
- Sue Upton, Women Behind the Bar: A history of barmaids, licensees and wives assisting $7000
Awards in History for 1999
Applications received: 84
Awards made: 10
Amount awarded: $90,000
- Peter Aimer, History and politics of the National Airways Corporation, 1947–78 $5000
- Neill Atkinson, "Crew Culture": A social and cultural history of New Zealand seafarers, 1840–1940 $8000
- Murray Bathgate, New Zealand adventurers, traders and planters in the Pacific in the 19th century $10,000
- John Edgar, Biography of Dove-Meyer Robinson $6000
- Bryan Gilling, A history of Raupatu $12,000
- Margaret McClure, A history of marriage breakdown in 20th century New Zealand $10,000
- James McNeish, "The New Zealand Thirties Group": Five New Zealanders who went to Oxford in the 1930s $8000
- Clive Sowry, Filmography to 1960 $12,000
- Russell Stone, A history of early Auckland $10,000
- Noel Waite, Canterbury publishers $9000
Awards in History for 1998
Applications received: 95
Awards made: 12, accepted: 11
Amount awarded: $90,000
- Dianne Bardsley, Women in the Women's Land Service in World War II $10,000
- Tim Beaglehole, Biography and letters of J.C. Beaglehole $8000
- Alan Bollard, An economic-business history of New Zealand $8000 (declined)
- Deborah Challinor, New Zealanders in the Vietnam War $6000
- Stephen Hamilton, The cultural history of the little magazine, 1930s–1990s $10,000
- Christine Hemming, The art of French voyages to New Zealand $2500
- Chris Hilliard, The writing of New Zealand history $5500
- Fiona McKergow, A history of dress in New Zealand $10,000
- Paul Star, Articles on T.H. Potts, conservationist $5000
- Philip Temple, The Wakefields $10,000
- Alan Ward, The Crown's actions with Māori since 1839 $5000
- John Wilson, A centennial history of Waikakahi $10,000
Awards in History since 1997
Applications received: 85
Awards made: 10
Amount awarded: $90,000
- Giselle Byrnes, Inventing New Zealand: Surveying and the construction of cultural space, 1840s–1890s $10,000
- David Colquhoun, Pakeha-Māori: The life and times of Frederick Edward Maning $10,000
- Norman Crawshaw, The early years of coal mining in Buller-its economic and social implications $5000
- Lyndon Fraser, Inheritance and family life in colonial New Zealand, 1850–1879 $10,000
- Anna Gibbons, The voyage to New Zealand: A study of shipboard diaries of British immigrants, 1840–1870 $5000
- Raeburn Lange, Māori health reform, 1900–1918 $10,000
- Chris Maclean, A history of Kapiti Island $10,000
- Deborah Shepard, A history of women and film in Aotearoa/New Zealand, 1923–1998 $10,000
- Te Wananga-o-Raukawa, Selected writings on aspects of Ngati Toa, Ngati Raukawa and Te Ati Awa history $10,000
- Robert Wiri, History of the lands and people of the Urewera and Waikaremoana districts $10,000
Awards in History for 1996
Applications received: 62
Awards made: 11
Amount awarded: $95,000
- Graham Butterworth, The retention and utilisation of Māori land, 1891–1995 $10,000
- Donald Couch, Te Rapaki O Te Rakiwhakaputa: Whenua me Tangata. A case study of the Kai Tahu papatipu marae of Rapaki, 1868–present $12,000
- John Crockett, Translation and editing of Dom Felice Vaggioli's "Storia della Nuova Zealanda", vol.2 $10,000
- Ellen Ellis, The Learned Eleventh: New Zealand women teachers to the Boer concentration camps $12,000
- Margot Fry, A history of the New Zealand National Film Unit, 1941–1990 $5000
- Carole van Grondelle, Biography of Nola Luxford $5000
- Margaret Lovell-Smith, Biography of Dame Sister Mary Leo $5000
- Janet McCallum, Women and journalism in New Zealand, 1850s–1940s $10,000
- Rob McDonald, Dannevirke and District, 1872–1922 $5000
- Jeremy Spencer, Editing of the New Zealand Journal of Baron Charles von Hugel, 1834 $5000
- John Thomson, Editing of symposium on "The Great International Exhibition, Christchurch 1906–07" $6000
Awards in History for 1995
Applications received: 84
Awards made: 12
Amount awarded: $80,000
- Maxine Bradbury, New Caledonia to New Zealand 1880: A study of motivation, expectation and realisation $2000
- Warwick Brunton, A history of national mental health policy, services, organisation and legislation in New Zealand, 1840–1992 $6000
- Harry Evison, The life and times of Walter Mantell $10,000
- Jim Gardner, The origins of state compulsory arbitration in Northern Ireland, South Australia and New Zealand, 1890–94: A comparative study $1000
- Ken Hall, The Pink and White Terraces. George D. Valentine: A photographer's journey $5000
- Graham Hucker, The impact and effects of the First World War on a rural district in New Zealand: Stratford, 1914–1920s $1000
- Ian Hunter, Man for our time: The story of R. A. Laidlaw $8000
- Kingi Ihaka, The life and times of Sir Kingi Ihaka $10,000
- William McKay, Buildings of the Morehu: An aspect of New Zealand architecture, 1800–1950 $9000
- Paul Monin, Hauraki Frontier: A history of the Hauraki Gulf, Coromandel, Thames, 1769–1890 $10,000
- Jessie Munro, Biography of Mother Aubert $8000
- Anthony Sole, A history of Ngati Ruanui from migration traditions until 1900 $10,000
Awards in History for 1994
Applications received: 91
Awards made: 16
Amount awarded: $98,000
- Angela Ballara, Origins of Ngati Kahungunu $9000
- Margaret Brown, History of Auckland Nursing School $2500
- Stanley Cowman, Dental technicians in New Zealand $1500
- Brad Haami, Life of Dr Golan Maaka $4000
- Christine Leov-Leland, Life and artistic achievement of Theo Schoon $3000
- Wayne Orchiston, Astronomy in early protohistoric New Zealand $8000
- Robin Ormerod, History of the Nature Conservation Council $6000
- Katherine Rhee, Ornamental gardens in New Zealand $10,000
- Frank Rogers, Archifacts index 1974–93 $500
- Theresa Sawicka, History of the Pahiatua Children's Camp $7000
- Bryan Staff, History of the recording industry in New Zealand $2000
- Don Stafford, Landmarks of Te Arawa $9000
- Thelma Strongman, Garden history of the provinces of the South Island $10,000
- Kerry Taylor, A documentary history of New Zealand working people $12,000
- Leah Taylor, Biography of Leslie Bourneman Neale $1500
- John Wilson, A biography of Wiremu Kingi $12,000
Awards in History for 1993
Applications received: 92
Awards made: 15
Amount awarded: $100,000
- Ian Barber, Māori-European violence $12,000
- Ann Beaglehole, Jews in New Zealand $12,000
- Bruce Bigga, Editing and translating a history of Tainui $5000
- Jennifer Briars, German immigrants in Upper Moutere $480
- Fay Hercock, Biography of Alice Bush $12,000
- Peter Hutchen, Waha and Kiwa: He Tangane, He Tuahine $1400
- Rovina Maniapoto-Anderson, Te Remu o Te Huia $12,000
- Chris Maclean, A History of the Tararua Range $12,000
- Keith Ovenden, Biography of Dan Davin $12,000
- Grant Phillipson, Missionaries and cultural relativism $5000
- Donald Rickard, History of irrigation in Canterbury $5000
- Philip Temple, Jerningham: A Wakefield history $5000
- Shirley Tunnicliffe, An informal history of Nelson $500
- Tau Moana Turoa, Parehauraki localities $5000
- David Young, Race relations on the Whanganui River $5000
Awards in History for 1992
Applications received: 96
Awards made: 16
Amount awarded: $100,000
- Graeme Anderson, Biography of Abel Tasman $4000
- Ann Calhoun, Women in the fine and applied arts $12,000
- Bill Dacker, Mogi and Ka Moutere o Rakiura $5000
- Ashley Gould, Soldier settlement after WW1 $12,000
- Patricia Grace and Irihapeti Ramsden, Recollections of the Ngati Poneke $7200
- Hamish Keith, Biography of Colin McCahon $12,000
- Jeremy Lowe, Thorndon: Evolution of a Community $12,000
- Duncan McKay, Frontier New Zealand $3142
- Athol McCredie, Ernst Plischke: Modernism and New Zealand Art $5000
- A-V Moltschaniwskj, History of Parewa Cemetery $200
- Joanna Orwin, Memoirs of a South Island Maori elder $5000
- Richard Spence, Biography of Wiremu Wi Te Tau Huata $5000
- John Thomson, Influence of exhibitions on New Zealand music $5000
- Tony Wilson, History of telecommunications $5000
- Emily Wrigley, William Robinson of Cheviot $1405
- Redmer Yska, A social history of New Zealand in the 1950s $5000
Awards in History for 1991
Applications received: 83
Awards made: 13
Amount awarded: $95,000
- Sandra Coney and Liz Greenslade, A social history of New Zealand women $12,000
- Brian Easton, Post-war New Zealand Economy $11,250
- Harry Evison, Ngai Tahu/European contact $12,000
- Ross Galbreath, Colonisation, identity and conservation in New Zealand $12,000
- Brad Patterson, Dynamics of Colonial Capitalism $12,000
- Mira Szaszy, Māori Women's Welfare League history project $10,000
- Michael Bassett, Biography of Sir Joseph Ward $6300
- Michael Bellam, A social history of the Irish in New Zealand $5000
- Peter Franks, History of New Zealand Clerical Workers' Union $5000
- Judith Devaliant, Biography of Kate Sheppard $5000
- Sam Elworthy, Origins of the DPB $2500
- Christopher Lethbridge, Biography of Octavius Hadfield $1000
- Lyndden Rain, History of Riverside $500
Awards in History for 1990
Applications received: 83
Awards made: 11
Amount awarded: $85,000
- Edmund Bohan, Biography of Edward Stafford $8000
- Catriona Cameron, Friends' Ambulance in China $1350
- Annabel Cooper, Autobiography of Mary Lee $6000
- Christine Dann, Origins and development of the Green Movement $12,000
- Alan Haronga, People of the Harouta Canoe $11,000
- Max Lash, Dictionary of Biography for Nelson $6000
- Chris Pugsley, New Zealanders on the Western Front in WW1 $12,000
- Charles Royal, Migrations of Ngati Raukawa and Ngati Toa $12,000
- Kenneth Simpson, Medical history of New Zealand 1840–70 $4000
- Jane Tolerton, Biography of Ettie Rout $12,000
- Shirley Tunnicliffe, Letters of Mary Hobhouse $1000
Updated on 11th January 2023