NEWEST NZ WARS BOOKS NOW AVAILABLE

In recent years, the New Zealand Wars literature has been expanding at an amazing rate, with some very good books being published by noted historians. This section will highlight some of these texts published over the last decade or so. Plse place your cursor on each book cover for the full reference.

A very good coverage pf the New Zealand Wars, highlighting the role played by a number of tribes whose objectives coincided, at various times, with the Crown - Ron Crosby, 'Kupapa. The Bitter Legacy of Māori Alliances with the Crown', Penguin Books, Auckland, 2015.   An awesome collection of artifacts from Te Papa National Museum with full explanations plus essays from select historians - Matiu Baker, Rebecca Rice, Michael Fitzgerald & Katie Cooper, 'Te Ata a Tu The Shadow of Tūmatauenga. The New Zealand Wars Collections of Te Papa', Te Papa Press, Wellington, 2024.       Provides very good Musket Wars context for NZ Wars studies. Ron Crosby, 'The Forgotten Wars. Why The Musket Wars Matter Today', Oratia Books, Auckland, 2020.       Interesting collection of Conference Proceedings, Massey University 2011. John Crawford & Ian McGibbon, 'Tutu Te Puehu. New Perspectives on the New Zealand Wars', Steele Roberts Aotearoa, Wellington, 2018.  Absorbing and heartfelt account of the Tauranga conflicts, especially Pukehinahina. Buddy Mikaere and Cliff Simons, 'Victory at Gate Pa? The Battle of Pukehinahina-Gate Pā: 1864', New Holland Publishers, Auckland, 2018.   Highly detailed account of military aspects of the NZ Wars. Cliff Simons, 'Soldiers, Scouts & Spies: A Military History of the New Zealand Wars 1845-1864', Massey University Press, Auckland, 2019.     An absorbing account of Te Kooti abducting two communities of Whakatōhea. Ron Crosby, 'Te Kooti's Last Foray', Oratia Books, Auckland, 2023.    A very interesting and detailed account of the Kingitanga and, more specifically, what happened to them after the inconclusive end of the Waikato campaign 1863-1864. Michael Belgrave, 'Dancing with the King. The Rise and Fall of the King Country 1864-1885', Auckland University Press, 2017.   A fascinating account of past and recent depictions on screen - fact and fiction - of the New Zealand Wars. Annabel Cooper, 'Filming the Colonial Past. The New Zealand Wars On Screen', Otago University Press, Dunedin, 2018.