Auckland Writers Festival Schools Programme 2019 Proudly supported by Freemasons Foundation
“You cannot know who you are as a society unless you know your history,” said former New Zealand Prime Minister Jim Bolger, and it has become a guiding principle for historian and author Vincent O’Malley who is committed to taking history to the people, particularly rangatahi. In his new book The New Zealand Wars he provides the most up-to-date and authoritative account of this defining conflict for a general readership, with an emphasis on bringing this history alive for students to give them a platform for understanding their own identity and the forces that have shaped them as they set out on their own creative paths.
