Whiria Te Mahara New Zealand History Grants 2023Applications received: 77Awards made: 10Amount awarded: $108,200Recipient NameDescriptionAmountWhina Te WhiuTe Toi Ora o Waimirirangi Reviving Moko Mataora kanohi$12,000Karen WrigglesworthBlooming Impossible: A life of ‘iris lady’ Jean Stevens$12,000Jennifer AshtonAmbassadors of the East: The Wreck of the Endeavour in Dusky Sound and Aotearoa New Zealand’s Early Connection to Asia$8,700Jane MalthusThe Visionary World of Eden Hore$10,000Chris CochranWoolsheds of the Wairarapa - An Architect’s Appreciation of a New Zealand Vernacular$11,500Annabel CooperThe Haywards: A Portrait of an Entertaining Family$12,000Samuel DayTaking Action Against Institutional Racism: The History of the Auckland Committee On Racism and Discrimination$12,000Mark DerbySon of Satan or Prophet of Peace? – Hakaraia Mahika and the Tauranga Wars$12,000Pamela WoodSymptoms of Settlement: Health and Sickness in New Zealand Settlers’ Lives$8,000Antonella Sarti EvansThe Cultural Benefits of New Zealand and Italian connections through Italian immigration to Aotearoa from the 1950s to date$10,000Whiria Te Mahara New Zealand History Grants 2022Applications received: 63Awards made: 9Amount awarded: $104,800Recipient NameDescriptionAmountJeff EvansNgā Tokimatawhaorua - the biography of a waka taua$9,200Alida Shanks“We just wanted to play”: Exploring the history of women in football in Aotearoa New Zealand$12,000Paul WhiteTe Iringa-a-Tūpoto; a hapū history$12,000Joanna Boileau and André TaberHistory of Chinese Restaurants in Aotearoa$12,000Elle Loui AugustMargery Blackman Legacy Project$11,600Rebecca LenihanColonists in Uniform$12,000Gareth ShuteSongs From The Shaky Isles$12,000Susan MartinA dangerous time to be disabled: Intellectual disability in New Zealand from the 1950s to the 2000s - a story of two brothers$12,000Mark FormanTony Fomison: A Biography$12,000Whiria Te Mahara New Zealand History Grants 2021Applications received: 91Awards made: 9Amount awarded : $106,000Recipient nameDescriptionAmounthBolin HuCaught In-Between: Chinese in New Zealand, New Zealanders in China and the War in Asia, 1931–1949$12,000Jade KakeRewi Thompson$12,000Hamish McDougallStaying Alive: New Zealand, Britain and European integration, 1960-85$12,000Diana MorrowRuth Dallas: A Life$10,000Ōtorohanga Historical SocietyInformation text panels for Ōtorohanga Museum$12,000Roger ShepherdGreat Sounds Great: Journeys Through the Music of Flying Nun Records$12,000John WalshNobody’s Soldier: Gerald Melling, architect and writer$12,000Ross Webb'In Defence of Living Standards': The Federation of Labour, Politics, and Economic Crisis, 1975-1987$12,000Mere WhaangaA cultural map of Pāparatu Station$12,000Awards in History for 2020/21Applications received: 66Awards made: 9Amount awarded: $100,500Recipient nameDescriptionAmountSarah JohnstonNew Zealand radio 1939-1945: war, listening and national identity$12,000Louise Kewene-DoigIt’s a Māori Melody: A selection of Māori music experiences of the 1960s explored through the Māori Showband movement$12,000Felicity Goodyear-SmithAuckland Medical Aid: establishment and ongoing provision of abortion services for New Zealand women$6,500Jared DavidsonBlood and Dirt: Prison Labour and the Making of New Zealand$12,000Anne ElseAdoption and related issues since 1991$10,000Jacqueline LeckieThere is no depression in New Zealand$12,000Lissa MitchellIn the Dark: women and New Zealand photography to 1960$12,000Fiona McKergowColonial Textile Culture in Mid-Nineteenth Century Aotearoa New Zealand$12,000Marinus La Rooij“The Jews are to Blame!” Arthur Nelson Field, antisemitism and the myth of the Jewish World Conspiracy in inter-war New Zealand$12,000Awards in History for 2020Applications received: 66Awards made: 8Amount awarded : $96,000Recipient nameDescriptionAmountEllen AndersonMatangireia - Centenary History of the First Māori Affairs Committee Room in Parliament$12,000Rachel BuchananTe Motunui Epa: on the trail of a globetrotting taonga$12,000Matthew CunninghamVanguard: A history of the far right in New Zealand$12,000Mark DerbyBattlefield Surgeon: NZ Medical Pioneer Doug Jolly$12,000Pania Te WhaitiKōrero: The diaries of Iraia te Ama o te Rangi Te Whaiti 1890-1918$12,000Elizabeth WardFor Light and Liberty: A History of the Reform Party$12,000Monica WebbNo Half Measure: The Political World of Lady Anna Stout$12,000Jonathan WestMirrors on the Land: Histories of New Zealand$12,000Awards in History for 2019Applications received: 66Awards made: 10Amount awarded: $106,025Recipient nameDescriptionAmountNick BollingerRevolutions per minute: the counterculture in New Zealand$12,000Helen BonesThe evolution of the Tasman writing world in the twentieth century$12,000Ross CalmanHe 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$12,000John CooksonLittle republics: county and municipal government in New Zealand to 1940$9345Rosi CraneSkeletons in the attic: a history of the Otago Museum$4230Victoria FroudeLargely unseen; a history of New Zealand's marine environments from pre-human times to today$11,950Nadia GushAbout? A social history of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and queer women in Aotearoa New Zealand during the 1980s$12,000Catherine KnightThe long shadow of reform: The impacts of the 1980s public sector reforms on environmental stewardship in New Zealand$12,000Rebecca MacfieThe life and times of Helen Kelly$8500Vincent O'MalleyThe New Zealand wars$12,000Awards in History for 2018Applications received: 44Awards made: 10Amount awarded: $100,250Recipient nameDescriptionAmountRyan BodmanRugby league: a New Zealand history$12,000Morgan GodferyDissent: a New Zealand anthology$10,000David GrantThe seditionists and their heritage: a tale of two world wars$10,000Jennifer S. KainInsanity and immigration control in New Zealand and Australia$7200Angela LassigA visual history of New Zealand dress$12,000Margaret Lovell-Smith and Daniel BartlettVoices against war: pacifists, conscientious objectors, and their supporters in World War One Canterbury$10,000Keith NewmanHidden heritage of the Cape Coast$12,000Hazel PetrieImmigrant city: how seven generations have shaped Auckland$12,000Aleisha WardJazzy nerves, aching feet, and foxtrots: the Jazz Age in New Zealand$12,000Peter WilkinsRipapa: an island in time; Godley Head: they also served who only stood and waited$3050Awards in History for 2017Applications received: 67Awards made: 11Amount awarded: $121,750Recipient nameDescriptionAmountPeter ClayworthThe unsuppressible one: a biography of Patrick Hodgens Hickey$12,000Aaron FoxBrigadier James Hargest: a biography$12,000Michael Kelly and Ben SchraderWon and lost: saving New Zealand's built heritage 1885-2016$12,000John E. MartinA colonial's gaze: Charles Rooking Carter$12,000Jane McCabeKalimpong kids: the New Zealand story$5,000Hilary and John MitchellIsaac Coates, portrait artist, and his Māori subjects$12,000Diana MorrowPerfecting paradise: the Edgers and the world's social laboratory$12,000Geoff NormanBirdstories$12,000Marianne SchultzThe history of Limbs Dance Company$12,000David WelchThe Port Hills of Canterbury and the story of the Lyttelton Railway Tunnel$8,750Matthew WrightWaitangi: a living treaty$12,000Awards in History for 2016Applications received: 43Awards made: 11Amount awarded: $122,300Recipient nameDescriptionAmountJennifer AshtonThe Histories of Charlotte Badger$9,500Rosemary BairdStories from the Manapouri Hydro Project$11,500Catherine BishopCommerce was a Woman$12,000Mark DerbyMautini, the Hidden History of Mt Eden Prison$12,000Basil KeaneThe Māori Parliament, Kotahitanga from 1892-1902$12,000Carol MarkwellBlanche Baughan, a biography$12,000Peter MesenhoellerHistoric landscapes and differing perceptions: Ernst Dieffenbach's album;Sketches and Views from New Zealand 1841$8,500Philip NormanHistory of composition in New Zealand$12,000Ken RossNew Zealand prime ministerial diplomacy since 1945$12,000Lucy TreepBiography of Maurice Shadbolt$10,762Georgina WhiteThe delusions of Dr Felkin$10,110Awards in History for 2015Applications received: 67Awards made: 6Amount awarded: $118,000The successful applicants for 2015 are:Major award: Redmer Yska, Katherine Mansfield’s formative Wellington years - $60,000Other awards:Elizabeth Caffin, A history of book publishing in New Zealand, $12,000Peter Franks, Centennial history of the New Zealand Labour Party, $12,000Roger Horrocks, The evolution of the arts in New Zealand, $10,000Catherine Knight, An environmental history of rivers in New Zealand, $12,000 andJane 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, $5,000Auckland University Press, for Hazel Petrie, Outcasts of the Gods: Slavery and Freedom in New Zealand, $5,000Bridget Williams Books, for Vincent O’Malley, The Waikato War, $5,000 andPenguin Books, for Ron Crosby, Kūpapa: The Bitter Legacy of Māori Alliances with the Crown, $5,000.Awards in History for 2014Applications received: 68Awards made: 7Amount awarded: $125,946The successful applicants for 2014 are:Major award: Robert Peden, Crinoline skirts and nailed boots: women on the pastoral frontier in nineteenth century New Zealand – $60,000Other awards:Helen Beaglehole, A history of the Marlborough Sounds – $12,000Kirby-Jane Hallum, The New Zealand New Woman : feminism and empire, 1880-1920 - $10,796Roberta McIntyre, 'All this is shrouded in mystery' : a history of William Barnard Rhodes and Mary Ann, his Māori daughter and heiress - $12,000John Reid, A Social and cultural history of Pacific Films - $12,000Natalie 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 - $10,500Jonathan West, The Otago Peninsula : an environmental history, - $8650The 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' - $10,000Penguin Books, for Christopher Pugsley's Fighting for New Zealand : the Second NZ Division at War' - $5.000Victoria University Press, for Stephen Loveridge's 'Call to arms : New Zealand society and commitment to the Grear War' - $5,000.Awards in History for 2013Applications received: 52Awards made: 11Amount awarded: $150,000The successful applicants for 2013 are:Major award: Ron Crosby, Kūpapa : Iwi loyal to the Crown – $60,000Other awards:Te Awhina Arahanga, History of Fish and Chips – $10,000 – AucklandManuhuia Barcham, The First Māori Renaissance – $12,000 – Palmerston NorthAndrew Francis, ‘A Serious Menace to the Community?’: Internment in New Zealand during the Great War – $6,000 – WellingtonSteven Loveridge, ‘Sentimental Equipment’: New Zealand, the Great War and Cultural Mobilisation – $6,000 – WellingtonNew Zealand Red Cross, History of the NZ Red Cross – $12,000 – WellingtonNgati 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 – WellingtonGeorgina White, The Forerunners – $10,000 – WellingtonMatthew 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 – $5,000Bridget Williams Books, for Barbara Brookes’ ‘History of New Zealand Women’ – $5,000Bridget Williams Books, for Melissa Matutina Williams’ ‘Back Home and Home in the City’ – $5,000Otago University Press, for Jude Wilson’s ‘The Flying Kiwis: A History of the OE’ – $5,000Penguin Books, for Tom Brookings’ ‘The People’s Servant: A Biography of Richard John Seddon’ – $5,000.Awards in History for 2012Applications received: 64Awards made: 9Amount awarded: $147,500The successful applicants for 2012 are:Major award: Chris Maclean and Shaun Barnett, ‘Wanderlust: a history of tramping in New Zealand’ – $60,000Other awards:Jarrod Gilbert, ‘The history of gangs in New Zealand’ – $7500A biography of Norman Kirk’ – $12,000Catherine Knight, ‘Forested hinterland to pastoral province: the environmental transformation of the Manawatu’ – $12,000Susann Liebich, ‘Reading culture and community in Timaru, 1890-1939’ – $10,000Angela Middleton, ‘Mission life in the Bay of Islands, 1814-1840’ – $12,000Margaret Pointer, ‘Niue, 1774-1974: 200 years of contact, interaction and change’ – $10,000David Veart, ‘Hello girls and boys: the New Zealand toy story’ – $12,000John Wilson, ‘Lost Christchurch’ – $12,000The New Zealand History Trust Fund also made five publishers grants, amounting to $24,000.Bernard Cadogan, 'George Grey' (Penguin) -$5000Alison Clarke, 'Meeting little strangers : childbirth in nineteenth-century New Zealand' (Bridget Williams Books) - $5000Cybele Locke, 'Workers in the margins : union radicals in post-war New Zealand' (Bridget Williams Books) - $5000Vincent O'Malley, 'The meeting place : Māori and Pakeha encounters 1642-1840' (Auckland University Press) - $5000Rebecca Priestley, 'Nuclear NZ : New Zealand's nuclear and radiation history to 1987' (Auckland University Press) - $4000Awards in History for 2011Applications received: 66Awards made: 10Amount awarded: $150,000The successful applicants for 2011 are:Major award: Brian Easton, ‘Not in Narrow Seas: A History of New Zealand from an Economic Perspective’ - $60,000Other awards: The successful applicants for 2011 are:Charles Clark, ‘Waves Against the Shore: A Maritime History of the New Zealand Wars’ - $4000Paul Diamond, ‘A Biography of Charles Mackay’ - $8000Sarah Gallagher, ‘My Flat, Your Flat, Our Place: Preserving an Ephemeral Print Culture’ - $8000Penny Griffith, ‘In Her Own Right: A Biography of Millicent Baxter’ - $12,000Gerald Hensley, ‘Friendly Fire: A History of the ANZUS Dispute’ - $12,000Fiona McKergow and Kerry Taylor, ‘Te Hao Nui - The Great Catch: Object Stories from Te Manawa’ - $12,000Bill Morris, ‘Whaling Nation’ - $10,000Rebecca Priestley, ‘New Zealand’s Nuclear History to 1987’ - $12,000Keith Scott, ‘“Dear Dot …”: Extraordinary Tales, Ordinary Lives: The Story of the Children’s Column of the Otago Witness, 1876-1936’ - $12,000Awards in History for 2010Applications received: 81Awards made: 12Amount awarded: $100,000Helen Beaglehole, Rural fire-fighting in New Zealand - $8000Trevor Bentley, Tribal guns, tribal gunners: New Zealand's lost age of Māori artillery - $5000David Colquhoun, The Royal Tour of 1920 - $10,000Stevan Eldred-Grigg, The Great Wrong War: a social history of New Zealanders during the First World War - $10,000Ian Grant, Deadlines: New Zealand newspapers from 1840 to 2010 - $5000Andrew Gregg & Stephanie Rowe, A life of Leonard Cockayne - $5000Malcolm McKinnon, A history of the depression of the 1930s in New Zealand - $12,00Vincent O'Malley, Cultural encounter on the New Zealand frontier: the meeting of Māori and Pakeha, 1769-1840 - $10,000Gwen Parsons, Turning soldiers into 'Useful citizens and Wage-Earners': Great War veterans and repatriation, 1918-1928 - $8000Russell Stone, Growing up in Grey Lynn: a memoir of interwar Auckland - $5000Oliver Sutherland, Paikea: the life and times of Ivan L.G. Sutherland - $10,000Jill Trevelyan, A history of the Peter McLeavey Gallery - $12,000 Awards in History for 2009Applications received: 81Awards made: 10Amount awarded: $100,000The successful applicants for 2009 are:John Armstrong, ‘Under one roof’: a history of Waikato Hospital – $10,000Ian Dougherty, A biography of Rutherford Waddell – $12,000David Harrowfield, ‘Call of the mountains’: a history of New Zealand mountaineering – $12,000Paul Meredith, ‘Homeward bound’: a journey with King Te Rata to England – $8000Hilary & John Mitchell, ‘Nga Tupuna Tuturu’: the founding ancestors – $6000Paul Monin, Māori ships 1840–70: a case study of Māori engagement with colonial capitalism – $8000Bill O’Brien, ‘Takahe, trophies and tonsils’: the extraordinary life of Dr Geoffrey Orbell – $8000Russell Standing, ‘The works’: a history of Patea Freezing Company, 1883–1982 – $12,000Nancy Swarbrick, ‘Pets and people’: a history of companion animals and their owners in New Zealand – $12,000Redmer Yska, ‘Thunderer’: the rise and fall of NZ Truth, New Zealand’s first press giant – $12,000Awards in History for 2008Applications received:79Awards made: 11Amount awarded: $100,000The successful applicants for 2008 are:Diana Brown, A Biography of Dr Muriel Bell – $8000Alison Clarke, Childbirth Rituals in 19th Century New Zealand – $10,000Neil Clayton, Over the Hedge: A History of New Zealanders and their Weeds – $10,000William Cottrell, ‘New New Zealand’: Domestic Interiors and Products 1840 to 1910 – $10,000Joseph Romanos, Our Olympic Century: New Zealand’s First 100 Years at the Olympic Games – $25,000Suzanne Scheele, An Economic and Social History of the New Zealand Flax Fibre Industry – $6500Tim Shoebridge, The Good Citizen: A Life of C.E. Daniell – $4000Lynette Shum, Representing Chinatown: Wellington’s Haining Street 1920–60 – $5000Jude Wilson, Flight of the Kiwi: The History of the ‘OE’ – $10,000Bernard Wood, Maori Rugby League 1908–2007 – $5500Matthew Wright, Old South: A History of the South Island to 1890 – $6000Awards in History for 2007Applications received: 64Awards made: 10Amount awarded: $95,000Jennifer Carlyon & Diana Morrow, ‘A History of Freeman’s Bay, Ponsonby and St Mary’s Bay’ – $10,000Paul Diamond, ‘The Life and Times of Makereti Papakura’ – $10,000Stephen Donald, ‘Uawa-nui-a-Ruamatua: Māori and Pakeha at Tolaga Bay, 1769–1940’ – $10,000David Grant, ‘A Biography of Ken Douglas’ – $20,000Graeme Hunt, ‘Spies and Revolutionaries: A History of Subversion in New Zealand’ – $6,000Donald Kerr, ‘A Bio-bibliographical Study on Dr Thomas Morland Hocken’ – $7,000Ruth Low, ‘The Story of Droving in New Zealand’ – $5,000Veronika Meduna & Rebecca Priestley, ‘Butterflies, Boffins and Black Smokers: Two Centuries of New Zealand Scientists’ – $6,000Lydia Monin, ‘From Poverty Bay to Broadway: The Tom Heeney Story’ – $7,000Jill Trevelyan, ‘That Fine Thread of Beauty: A Life of Rita Angus’ – $10,000Brian Wood, ‘One Too Many: The Strongman Mine Disaster, 1967’ – $4,000Awards in History for 2006Applications received: 65Awards made: 10Amount awarded: $90,000David Harrowfield, 'To Strive, to Seek, to Find and Not to Yield: New Zealand and the Antarctic, 1957–2007' – $9000Hilary & John Mitchell, 'Te Ara Hou: A History of Māori of Nelson and Marlborough, Vol II' – $26,000Valerie Monk, 'Crown Lynn: A Celebration' – $7500Ben Schrader, 'An Urban Country: A History of Urban Society, Culture and Identity in New Zealand' – $12,000Damian Skinner, 'Peter McIntyre: Brushes with the Heartland' – $6000Hilary Stace, 'Salisbury Garden Court Documentary Film' – $3000Hamish Thompson, 'All Aboard!: An Illustrated History of the Railways Advertising Studios' – $8000John Wilson, 'A History of Addington' – $7500Bernard Wood, 'The Kiwis: 100 Years of Rugby League in New Zealand' – $7500Matthew Wright, 'New Zealand Military Heroes' – $3500Awards in History for 2005Applications received: 63Awards made: 13Amount awarded: $90,000Sarah Davy, 'A Biography of Bee Nilson', $6000Gabrielle Fortune, 'Mr Jones' Wives: War Brides of New Zealand World War II Servicemen', $8000Margaret Hayward, 'Prime Ministerial Leadership in New Zealand, 1960–2000', $10,000Rosalina McCarthy, 'Belated Accolades: Rosaline Margaret Frank and the Tyree Photographic Studio', $6000Roberta McIntyre, 'A History of the South Island High Country', $8000James McNeish, 'The Sixth Man: A Life of Paddy Costello', $10,000Jessie Munro, 'The Correspondence and Other Writings of Suzanne Aubert', $10,000Philip Norman, 'From a Summer School to the Olympics: The Rise of New Zealand Composition, 1946–2004', $12,000Andrew Schmidt, 'Mysterex: Punk Rock and Youth Culture in New Zealand, 1976–83', $3000Mary Stewart, 'Connecting the Two Sides of Our Little Globe: The Life and Writings of a Scottish Settler', $5000Paul Waite, 'William H. Gummer, Architect', $5000Joan Woodward and Glenys Mitchell, 'The Diaries and Biography of Jane Emily Peter, a South Canterbury Nurse', $3000Susan Yoffe, 'History of Rangitoto Island Bach Communities Post World War II', $4000Awards in History for 2004Applications received: 80Awards made: 11Amount awarded: $90,000Shaun Barnett, 'New Zealand Forest Parks: A History and Celebration of New Zealand's 17 Forest Parks' – $7,500Helen Beaglehole, 'Lighting the Coast: A History of New Zealand's Manned Coastal Lighthouses' – $5,000Maureen Birchfield, 'An Authorised Biography of Elsie Locke' – $30,000Stephen Deed, 'The Development of the New Zealand Cemetery, 1769–1914' – $6,000Joanne Drayton, 'A Biography of Frances Hodgkins' – $5,500Helen Frizzell, 'Presbyterian Support Otago Centennial History' – $9,000Philip Norman, 'A Biography of the New Zealand Composer Douglas Lilburn' – $5,000Hazel Riseborough, 'Ngamatea: The Story of a High Country Station' – $5,000Kirstie Ross, 'A Proper Sense of Country: A Visual, Cultural and Social History of Pakeha Outdoor Leisure' – $4,000Rory Sweetman, 'A Biography of Dr James Kelly, Editor of the New Zealand Tablet, 1917–1931' – $11,000Lois Webster, 'Siu ki Moana: Tongan–New Zealand Pathways, 1880–1950' – $5,000Awards in History for 2003Applications received: 87Awards made: 9Amount awarded: $85,000Henry Chan, The History of the Zengcheng Chinese People in New Zealand,$10,000Merata Kawharu, A Tangata Whenua Perspective on the History of Tamaki, $9,000Eugen Lepou, Samoa to New Zealand: The Immigrants Story, $5,000Chris Maclean, Wellington, $26,000Peter McQuarrie, A History of Tokelau, $5,000Joanna Orwin, The Story of Kauri, $9,000Damian Skinner, Lyonel Grant and the Expanding Horizons of Customary Carving, $3,000Trade Union History Project, Lockout: The 1951 Waterfront Dispute in Retrospect, $8,000Mere Whaanga, Historical Records of Matauranga Māori, $10,000Awards in History for 2002Applications received: 59Awards made: 12Amount awarded: $85,000Simon Boyce, Influence of economic advisers in the 1930s, $1000Graham Bishop, Biography of Alexander McKay, $10,000Margaret Alington, Biography of Frederick Thatcher, $4000Richard & Marianne Davis, Biography of George Shannon, $4000Julia Bradshaw, Women on the goldfields, $10,000Senka Bozic-Vrbancic & Mario Vrbancic, Social history of Croats in NZ, $10,000Rebecca Hayward, The contribution of New Zealand scholars to the study of the written word, $6000Raeburn Lange, Te Aute College conferences, $10,000Mark Derby, Biography of John Cullen, $10,000 (plus GST)Leonore Hoke, The work of Ferdinand von Hochstetter, $5000Nga Taonga a Nga Tama Toa Trust, Māori war effort in Tairawhiti, $10,000 (plus GST)Tim Bollinger, History of comics, $5000Awards in History for 2001Applications received: 71Awards made: 10Amount awarded: $85,000John Barrington, History of Barrington family, $8000Roger Collins, Biography of Owen Merton, $3000Ian Dougherty, Biography of A.H. Reed, $12,000Sarah Gaitanos, Biography of Nola Millar, $10,000Brita McVeigh, History of Air Hostesses, $7000Len Richardson, Biography of Anthony Wilding, $12,000Anna Rogers, Nurses at War, 18991946, $11,000 (plus GST)Adrienne Simpson, History of women's cricket, $12,000Rowland Taylor, History of Antipodes and Bounty Islands, $6000 (plus GST)Bruce Wallace, History of Fletcher Challenge, $4000 (plus GST)Awards in History for 2000Applications received: 112Awards made: 12, 11 acceptedAmount awarded: $92,000Angela Ballara, Te Rongo O Te Pu: Māori society in the Musket War period $10,000Colin Brown, A History of Christchurch Cathedral $2500Lois Cox, Lesbian women growing up in the 1950s and 1960s $9000Vivien Edwards, The Battle of the Bug: A history of the Hepatitis Foundation $10,000Gerald Evans, After the Blue: Stories from people involved in the 1951 waterfront dispute $10,000Lyndon Fraser, The West Coast Irish 1864–1900 $9000Margaret Lovell-Smith, A history of the Hurunui District $5000Chris Maclean, A biography of John Pascoe $8000Roberta Nicholls, A history of Martinborough $7500Geoff Park, Impact of swamp drainage on the indigenous ecosystem $4000Jane Tolerton, A history of the AIDS Foundation $10,000 (declined)Sue Upton, Women Behind the Bar: A history of barmaids, licensees and wives assisting $7000Awards in History for 1999Applications received: 84Awards made: 10Amount awarded: $90,000Peter Aimer, History and politics of the National Airways Corporation, 1947–78 $5000Neill Atkinson, "Crew Culture": A social and cultural history of New Zealand seafarers, 1840–1940 $8000Murray Bathgate, New Zealand adventurers, traders and planters in the Pacific in the 19th century $10,000John Edgar, Biography of Dove-Meyer Robinson $6000Bryan Gilling, A history of Raupatu $12,000Margaret McClure, A history of marriage breakdown in 20th century New Zealand $10,000James McNeish, "The New Zealand Thirties Group": Five New Zealanders who went to Oxford in the 1930s $8000Clive Sowry, Filmography to 1960 $12,000Russell Stone, A history of early Auckland $10,000Noel Waite, Canterbury publishers $9000Awards in History for 1998Applications received: 95Awards made: 12, accepted: 11Amount awarded: $90,000Dianne Bardsley, Women in the Women's Land Service in World War II $10,000Tim Beaglehole, Biography and letters of J.C. Beaglehole $8000Alan Bollard, An economic-business history of New Zealand $8000 (declined)Deborah Challinor, New Zealanders in the Vietnam War $6000Stephen Hamilton, The cultural history of the little magazine, 1930s–1990s $10,000Christine Hemming, The art of French voyages to New Zealand $2500Chris Hilliard, The writing of New Zealand history $5500Fiona McKergow, A history of dress in New Zealand $10,000Paul Star, Articles on T.H. Potts, conservationist $5000Philip Temple, The Wakefields $10,000Alan Ward, The Crown's actions with Māori since 1839 $5000John Wilson, A centennial history of Waikakahi $10,000Awards in History since 1997Applications received: 85Awards made: 10Amount awarded: $90,000Giselle Byrnes, Inventing New Zealand: Surveying and the construction of cultural space, 1840s–1890s $10,000David Colquhoun, Pakeha-Māori: The life and times of Frederick Edward Maning $10,000Norman Crawshaw, The early years of coal mining in Buller-its economic and social implications $5000Lyndon Fraser, Inheritance and family life in colonial New Zealand, 1850–1879 $10,000Anna Gibbons, The voyage to New Zealand: A study of shipboard diaries of British immigrants, 1840–1870 $5000Raeburn Lange, Māori health reform, 1900–1918 $10,000Chris Maclean, A history of Kapiti Island $10,000Deborah Shepard, A history of women and film in Aotearoa/New Zealand, 1923–1998 $10,000Te Wananga-o-Raukawa, Selected writings on aspects of Ngati Toa, Ngati Raukawa and Te Ati Awa history $10,000Robert Wiri, History of the lands and people of the Urewera and Waikaremoana districts $10,000Awards in History for 1996Applications received: 62Awards made: 11Amount awarded: $95,000Graham Butterworth, The retention and utilisation of Māori land, 1891–1995 $10,000Donald Couch, Te Rapaki O Te Rakiwhakaputa: Whenua me Tangata. A case study of the Kai Tahu papatipu marae of Rapaki, 1868–present $12,000John Crockett, Translation and editing of Dom Felice Vaggioli's "Storia della Nuova Zealanda", vol.2 $10,000Ellen Ellis, The Learned Eleventh: New Zealand women teachers to the Boer concentration camps $12,000Margot Fry, A history of the New Zealand National Film Unit, 1941–1990 $5000Carole van Grondelle, Biography of Nola Luxford $5000Margaret Lovell-Smith, Biography of Dame Sister Mary Leo $5000Janet McCallum, Women and journalism in New Zealand, 1850s–1940s $10,000Rob McDonald, Dannevirke and District, 1872–1922 $5000Jeremy Spencer, Editing of the New Zealand Journal of Baron Charles von Hugel, 1834 $5000John Thomson, Editing of symposium on "The Great International Exhibition, Christchurch 1906–07" $6000Awards in History for 1995Applications received: 84Awards made: 12Amount awarded: $80,000Maxine Bradbury, New Caledonia to New Zealand 1880: A study of motivation, expectation and realisation $2000Warwick Brunton, A history of national mental health policy, services, organisation and legislation in New Zealand, 1840–1992 $6000Harry Evison, The life and times of Walter Mantell $10,000Jim Gardner, The origins of state compulsory arbitration in Northern Ireland, South Australia and New Zealand, 1890–94: A comparative study $1000Ken Hall, The Pink and White Terraces. George D. Valentine: A photographer's journey $5000Graham Hucker, The impact and effects of the First World War on a rural district in New Zealand: Stratford, 1914–1920s $1000Ian Hunter, Man for our time: The story of R. A. Laidlaw $8000Kingi Ihaka, The life and times of Sir Kingi Ihaka $10,000William McKay, Buildings of the Morehu: An aspect of New Zealand architecture, 1800–1950 $9000Paul Monin, Hauraki Frontier: A history of the Hauraki Gulf, Coromandel, Thames, 1769–1890 $10,000Jessie Munro, Biography of Mother Aubert $8000Anthony Sole, A history of Ngati Ruanui from migration traditions until 1900 $10,000 Awards in History for 1994Applications received: 91Awards made: 16Amount awarded: $98,000Angela Ballara, Origins of Ngati Kahungunu $9000Margaret Brown, History of Auckland Nursing School $2500Stanley Cowman, Dental technicians in New Zealand $1500Brad Haami, Life of Dr Golan Maaka $4000Christine Leov-Leland, Life and artistic achievement of Theo Schoon $3000Wayne Orchiston, Astronomy in early protohistoric New Zealand $8000Robin Ormerod, History of the Nature Conservation Council $6000Katherine Rhee, Ornamental gardens in New Zealand $10,000Frank Rogers, Archifacts index 1974–93 $500Theresa Sawicka, History of the Pahiatua Children's Camp $7000Bryan Staff, History of the recording industry in New Zealand $2000Don Stafford, Landmarks of Te Arawa $9000Thelma Strongman, Garden history of the provinces of the South Island $10,000Kerry Taylor, A documentary history of New Zealand working people $12,000Leah Taylor, Biography of Leslie Bourneman Neale $1500John Wilson, A biography of Wiremu Kingi $12,000Awards in History for 1993Applications received: 92Awards made: 15Amount awarded: $100,000Ian Barber, Māori-European violence $12,000Ann Beaglehole, Jews in New Zealand $12,000Bruce Bigga, Editing and translating a history of Tainui $5000Jennifer Briars, German immigrants in Upper Moutere $480Fay Hercock, Biography of Alice Bush $12,000Peter Hutchen, Waha and Kiwa: He Tangane, He Tuahine $1400Rovina Maniapoto-Anderson, Te Remu o Te Huia $12,000Chris Maclean, A History of the Tararua Range $12,000Keith Ovenden, Biography of Dan Davin $12,000Grant Phillipson, Missionaries and cultural relativism $5000Donald Rickard, History of irrigation in Canterbury $5000Philip Temple, Jerningham: A Wakefield history $5000Shirley Tunnicliffe, An informal history of Nelson $500Tau Moana Turoa, Parehauraki localities $5000David Young, Race relations on the Whanganui River $5000Awards in History for 1992Applications received: 96Awards made: 16Amount awarded: $100,000Graeme Anderson, Biography of Abel Tasman $4000Ann Calhoun, Women in the fine and applied arts $12,000Bill Dacker, Mogi and Ka Moutere o Rakiura $5000Ashley Gould, Soldier settlement after WW1 $12,000Patricia Grace and Irihapeti Ramsden, Recollections of the Ngati Poneke $7200Hamish Keith, Biography of Colin McCahon $12,000Jeremy Lowe, Thorndon: Evolution of a Community $12,000Duncan McKay, Frontier New Zealand $3142Athol McCredie, Ernst Plischke: Modernism and New Zealand Art $5000A-V Moltschaniwskj, History of Parewa Cemetery $200Joanna Orwin, Memoirs of a South Island Maori elder $5000Richard Spence, Biography of Wiremu Wi Te Tau Huata $5000John Thomson, Influence of exhibitions on New Zealand music $5000Tony Wilson, History of telecommunications $5000Emily Wrigley, William Robinson of Cheviot $1405Redmer Yska, A social history of New Zealand in the 1950s $5000Awards in History for 1991Applications received: 83Awards made: 13Amount awarded: $95,000Sandra Coney and Liz Greenslade, A social history of New Zealand women $12,000Brian Easton, Post-war New Zealand Economy $11,250Harry Evison, Ngai Tahu/European contact $12,000Ross Galbreath, Colonisation, identity and conservation in New Zealand $12,000Brad Patterson, Dynamics of Colonial Capitalism $12,000Mira Szaszy, Māori Women's Welfare League history project $10,000Michael Bassett, Biography of Sir Joseph Ward $6300Michael Bellam, A social history of the Irish in New Zealand $5000Peter Franks, History of New Zealand Clerical Workers' Union $5000Judith Devaliant, Biography of Kate Sheppard $5000Sam Elworthy, Origins of the DPB $2500Christopher Lethbridge, Biography of Octavius Hadfield $1000Lyndden Rain, History of Riverside $500Awards in History for 1990Applications received: 83Awards made: 11Amount awarded: $85,000Edmund Bohan, Biography of Edward Stafford $8000Catriona Cameron, Friends' Ambulance in China $1350Annabel Cooper, Autobiography of Mary Lee $6000Christine Dann, Origins and development of the Green Movement $12,000Alan Haronga, People of the Harouta Canoe $11,000Max Lash, Dictionary of Biography for Nelson $6000Chris Pugsley, New Zealanders on the Western Front in WW1 $12,000Charles Royal, Migrations of Ngati Raukawa and Ngati Toa $12,000Kenneth Simpson, Medical history of New Zealand 1840–70 $4000Jane Tolerton, Biography of Ettie Rout $12,000Shirley Tunnicliffe, Letters of Mary Hobhouse $1000