Michael King
2003: Michael King
Kim Hill interviews historian and writer Dr Michael King at the time of the release of his acclaimed book ‘The Penguin History of New Zealand’, in 2003, the year before King's death. The author talks… Audio
Michael King's Coromandel home to be sold by Waikato University
The daughter of the late Michael King, Rachael King, is on a mission to try and stop her father's Opoutere home being sold on the open market. She speaks to Jesse about the importance of the home and… Audio
'Maori were hugely admiring of Cook as a leader'
Author Graeme Lay says it's misleading for people to accuse Captain James Cook as being an imperialist and a destroyer of cultures, when he was largely revered by Maori in New Zealand. Audio
NZ Biography: Michael King
Today's biography is on a man who himself was a biographer of some this country's most celebrated people, as well as a hugely respected historian, Michael King. Audio
Tony Haas on 'Being Palangi'
Tony Haas has written a memoir called Being Palagi: My Pacific Journey. The late Michael King wrote in the foreward: "Anthony Haas is a Jewish New Zealander. He too is aware of contexts in which his… Audio
Sculptured Words
Dotted along Wellington's waterfront are plaques and inlaid benches quoting from some of New Zealand's finest writers. Accompanied by Spectrum's Jack Perkins, Rosemary Wildblood, Barbara Murison and… Audio