Michael King

Michael King OBE (* December 15, 1945, † March 30, 2004 Maramarua, New Zealand) was a New Zealand historian and author.

Life

After his schooling at Sacred Heart College in Auckland and at St. Patrick 's College in Silverstream King studied history at Victoria University of Wellington, where in 1967 he achieved a bachelor's degree in history. In 1968 he succeeded the Master in History at the University of Waikato. After that, King worked as a journalist at the newspaper Waikato Times in Hamilton. In 1978, he managed the Ph.D. in history at the University of Waikato.

King occupied himself in his work with the history and culture of Māori in New Zealand. His publications include works on the topic of the Māori Being Pakeha (1985 ), '' Moiori (1989) and The Penguin History of New Zealand ( 2003). In addition, he wrote as an author biographies to Te Puea Herangi, Whina Cooper, Frank Sargeson (1995) and Janet Frame ( 2000).

After the failure of his first marriage married Mary King Jungowska. King died in 2004 and his wife in a car accident near Maramarua (north of Waikato ).

Works (selection)

  • Make it news: how to approach the media (1974 )
  • Face value: a study in portraiture Maori ( 1975)
  • Te Ao hurihuri: Aspects of Maori Tanga ( 1975)
  • Te Puea: a biography (1977 )
  • Tihe mauri ora: Aspects of Maori Tanga ( 1978)
  • New Zealand: Its Land and Its People ( 1979)
  • The Collector: A Biography of Andreas Reischek (1981 )
  • Being Maori - John Rangihau (1981 )
  • A place to stand: a history of Turangawaewae Marae (1981 )
  • G. F. of Tempsky, artist and adventurer ( jointly with Rose Young) (1981 )
  • New Zealand in color (1982 )
  • Maori: A Photographic and Social History ( 1983)
  • Whina: A Biography of Whina Cooper ( 1983)
  • Te Puea Herangi: from darkness to light (1984 )
  • Being Pakeha: An Encounter with New Zealand and the Maori Renaissance ( 1985)
  • Auckland (with Eric Taylor) (1985 )
  • Kawe korero: A guide to reporting Maori activities (1985 )
  • Death of the Rainbow Warrior (1986 )
  • New Zealand ( 1987)
  • After the War: New Zealand since 1945 (1988)
  • One of the boys: changing views of masculinity in New Zealand ( 1988)
  • Apirana Ngata: E tipu e rea (1988 )
  • Moriori: A People Rediscovered (1989 )
  • A Country Apart: The Chatham Islands of New Zealand ( 1990)
  • Pakeha: The quest for identity in New Zealand ( 1991)
  • Hidden Places: A Memoir in Journalism (1992 )
  • Coromandel (1993 )
  • Frank Sargeson: A Life (1995 )
  • God's Farthest Outpost: A History of Catholics in New Zealand ( 1997)
  • Nga iwi o te motu: One thousand years of Maori history (1997)
  • Being Pakeha Now: reflections and recollections of a white native ( 1999)
  • Wrestling with the Angel: A Life of Janet Frame (2000)
  • Tomorrow comes the song: A Life of Peter Fraser ( jointly with Michael Bassett ) (2000 )
  • Tread Softly For You Tread On My Life: New & Collected Writings (2001)
  • An Inward Sun: The World of Janet Frame (2002)
  • Penguin History of New Zealand ( 2003)

Prizes and Awards (selection)

  • 2004: Montana NZ Book Awards, the reader
  • 2003: winner of the Prime Minister 's Award for Literary Achievement
  • 1998/1999: Burns Fellow at the University of Otago
  • 1988: Fulbright Visiting Writer's Fellowship
  • 1988: Order of the British Empire
  • 1987 and 1989: NZ Literary Fund Award
  • 1984 and 1990: Wattie Book of the Year Award
  • 1980 Feltex Television Writers' Award
  • 1980: Winston Churchill Fellowship
  • 1978: NZ Book Award
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