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Haurongo: King, Michael

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Michael King on NZ On Screen

Watch television programmes featuring, about and by Michael King at NZ On Screen.

Michael King on Read NZ Te Pou Muramura

Read Mark Houlahan’s essay about Michael King on the Read NZ Te Pou Muramura website, originally published in The Oxford companion to New Zealand literature.

Michael King in the DNZB

Read DNZB entries written by Michael King: Whina Cooper, Eric Ramsden, Riti Karaka, Frank Sargeson, Tommy Solomon and Hirawanu Tapu.

Rārangi pukapuka

Michael King papers. Alexander Turnbull Library. ATL-Group-00620

King, M. At the edge of memory: a family story. Auckland, 2002

King, M. Being Pākehā now. Auckland, 1999

King, M. Hidden places: a memoir in journalism. Auckland, 1992

King, M. The Penguin history of New Zealand. Auckland, 2003

King, M. The silence beyond: selected writings by Michael King. Ed. R. King. Auckland, 2011

King, M. Tread softly for you tread on my life: new & collected writings. Auckland, 2001

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Jock Phillips. 'King, Michael', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 2022. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/biographies/231897/sources (accessed 4 June 2026).