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Historian Alan Ward was central to the reappraisal of New Zealand’s colonial history which began in the 1970s. In his landmark book A show of justice (1974), he argued forcefully that the Crown had committed injustices…

Part of: Ward, Alan Dudleyauthored byRoss Webb

Heke Pōkai was born at Pākaraka, near the Bay of Islands, probably after the death of his mother's brother Pōkaia, after whom he was named, at the battle of Moremonui (also known as Te Kai-a-te-karoro and Te Haenga-o-te…

Part of: Heke Pōkai, Hōne Wiremuauthored byFreda Rankin Kawharu, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

New Zealand’s fourth Labour prime minister, Norman Eric Kirk, was the first to be born and grow to maturity in New Zealand. He was born at Waimate in South Canterbury on 6 January 1923, the eldest of three children of…

Part of: Kirk, Norman Ericauthored byMichael Bassett
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Ian Prior was an influential doctor, activist and art patron. His ground-breaking health surveys in Pākehā and Māori communities in Aotearoa New Zealand and in Cook Islands and Tokelau earned him recognition as the…

Part of: Prior, Ian Ambury Millerauthored byBettina Bradbury