Please note that, as of January 2024, HistoryWorks no longer has a postal box. Mail should instead be delivered to us at Level 6, 120 Featherston Street, Wellington 6011.
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David Armstrong Retires
Founding partner David Armstrong formally retired as a director of HistoryWorks on 15 December 2023, after a career as a historian working in the Treaty of Waitangi sector lasting more than three decades. David will be completing outstanding work for…
Vincent O’Malley wins Humanities Aronui Medal 2023
Dr Vincent O’Malley has been awarded the Humanities Aronui Medal for his contribution to the research, knowledge, and public understanding of New Zealand history, particularly of the New Zealand Wars and Māori-Pākehā relations throughout the nineteenth century. Dr Vincent O’Malley…
Prime Minister’s Award for Literary Achievement for Vincent O’Malley
HistoryWorks Director Dr Vincent O’Malley has received the prestigious Prime Minister’s Award for Literary Achievement in Non-Fiction for 2022. Dr O’Malley’s landmark book on the Waikato War, The Great War for New Zealand: Waikato 1800–2000, was published to acclaim in…
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Book Awards Win for HistoryWorks Director
Congratulations to HistoryWorks Director Vincent O’Malley, whose book, Voices from the New Zealand Wars/He Reo nō ngā Pakanga o Aotearoa (Bridget Williams Books), last week won the hotly-contested General Non-Fiction category at the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. The judges…
Ockham New Zealand Book Awards
Published late last year, Voices from the New Zealand Wars/He Reo nō ngā Pakanga o Aotearoa (Bridget Williams Books), by HistoryWorks Director Dr Vincent O’Malley is a finalist in the General Non-Fiction Category at the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards.…
Fellow of the Royal Historical Society
Congratulations to HistoryWorks Director Dr Vincent O’Malley, who was recently elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society for his contribution to historical scholarship.
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Change of Address
After fifteen years in Boulcott Street, HistoryWorks has recently moved to new premises in central Wellington, close to the National Library and Archives New Zealand. We are now based at level 6, 120 Featherston Street, Wellington 6011 (on the corner…
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The New Zealand Wars/Ngā Pakanga o Aotearoa
The New Zealand Wars were a series of conflicts that profoundly shaped the course and direction of our nation’s history. Fought between the Crown and various groups of Māori between 1845 and 1872, the wars touched many aspects of life…
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Michael King Memorial Lecture: Auckland Writers Festival
Although the New Zealand Wars (1845-1872) have profoundly shaped our country they have been little acknowledged, taught and understood. Historian Vincent O’Malley presents an introduction to the causes, course and consequences of these defining conflicts fought between groups of Māori…
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