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Michael King OBE (15 December 1945 – 30 March 2004) was a New Zealand historian, author, and biographer. He wrote or edited over 30 books on New Zealand topics, including the best-selling Penguin History of New Zealand , which was the most popular New Zealand book of 2004.
Historian Michael King (aged 58) and his wife Maria Jungowska died in a car accident in south Waikato. King’s Penguin history of New Zealand became the most popular book of the year, and was the Readers’ Choice at the 2004 Montana New Zealand Book Awards.
A public debate took place in the Listener in 1978. King defended his right to write about the shared New Zealand past but, along with a generation of young Pakeha historians, bowed to pressure...
Biography: Michael King was a New Zealand historian, author, and biographer. Although not himself Māori, he was known for his knowledge of Māori culture and history, and for his writing in an accessible way that resonated with the public.
Installed for some years in his board and batten bach at Opoutere, overlooking a stretch of Coromandel bush and seductive seascape near Whangamata, he started in 2001 The Penguin History of...
Michael King was New Zealand’s most popular late twentieth-century historian. His best work combined the research-based scholarship of a historian with the fluent accessible style of a journalist. His output was prolific: at his death 37 volumes carried his name, including a dozen substantial monographs.
Oct 13, 2003 · The definitive and bestselling history of Aotearoa New Zealand by one of our leading historians, continuously in print for 20 years. This bestselling book by the late Michael King is the unchallenged contemporary reference on the history of New Zealand.
