The New Zealand History Research Trust Fund has granted Awards in History since 1990. Since that time a total of 1,827 applications have been received and 264 projects have been assisted, amounting to approximately $2.232 million.

Awards in History for 2012

Applications received: 64
Awards made: 9
Amount awarded: $147,500
The successful applicants for 2012 are:

Major award: Chris Maclean and Shaun Barnett, ‘Wanderlust: a history of tramping in New Zealand’ – $60,000

Other awards:

• Jarrod Gilbert, ‘The history of gangs in New Zealand’ – $7500
• A biography of Norman Kirk’ – $12,000
• Catherine Knight, ‘Forested hinterland to pastoral province: the environmental transformation of the Manawatu’ – $12,000
• Susann Liebich, ‘Reading culture and community in Timaru, 1890-1939’ – $10,000
• Angela Middleton, ‘Mission life in the Bay of Islands, 1814-1840’ – $12,000
• Margaret Pointer, ‘Niue, 1774-1974: 200 years of contact, interaction and change’ – $10,000
• David Veart, ‘Hello girls and boys: the New Zealand toy story’ – $12,000
• John Wilson, ‘Lost Christchurch’ – $12,000

The New Zealand History Trust Fund also made five publishers grants, amounting to $24,000.

• Bernard Cadogan, 'George Grey' (Penguin) -$5000
• Alison Clarke, 'Meeting little strangers : childbirth in nineteenth-century New Zealand' (Bridget Williams Books) - $5000
• Cybele Locke, 'Workers in the margins : union radicals in post-war New Zealand' (Bridget Williams Books) - $5000
• Vincent O'Malley, 'The meeting place : Māori and Pakeha encounters 1642-1840' (Auckland University Press) - $5000
• Rebecca Priestley, 'Nuclear NZ : New Zealand's nuclear and radiation history to 1987' (Auckland University Press) - $4000

Awards in History for 2011

Applications received: 66
Awards made: 10
Amount awarded: $150,000
The successful applicants for 2011 are:

Major award: Brian Easton, ‘Not in Narrow Seas: A History of New Zealand from an Economic Perspective’ - $60,000

Other awards:

The successful applicants for 2011 are:

• Charles Clark, ‘Waves Against the Shore: A Maritime History of the New Zealand Wars’ - $4000
• Paul Diamond, ‘A Biography of Charles Mackay’ - $8000
• Sarah Gallagher, ‘My Flat, Your Flat, Our Place: Preserving an Ephemeral Print Culture’ - $8000
• Penny Griffith, ‘In Her Own Right: A Biography of Millicent Baxter’ - $12,000
• Gerald Hensley, ‘Friendly Fire: A History of the ANZUS Dispute’ - $12,000
• Fiona McKergow and Kerry Taylor, ‘Te Hao Nui - The Great Catch: Object Stories from Te Manawa’ - $12,000
• Bill Morris, ‘Whaling Nation’ - $10,000
• Rebecca Priestley, ‘New Zealand’s Nuclear History to 1987’ - $12,000
• Keith Scott, ‘“Dear Dot …”: Extraordinary Tales, Ordinary Lives: The Story of the Children’s Column of the Otago Witness, 1876-1936’ - $12,000

Awards in History for 2010

Applications received: 81
Awards made: 12
Amount awarded: $100,000

• Helen Beaglehole, Rural fire-fighting in New Zealand - $8000
• Trevor Bentley, Tribal guns, tribal gunners: New Zealand's lost age of Māori artillery - $5000
• David Colquhoun, The Royal Tour of 1920 - $10,000
• Stevan Eldred-Grigg, The Great Wrong War: a social history of New Zealanders during the First World War - $10,000
• Ian Grant, Deadlines: New Zealand newspapers from 1840 to 2010 - $5000
• Andrew Gregg & Stephanie Rowe, A life of Leonard Cockayne - $5000
• Malcolm McKinnon, A history of the depression of the 1930s in New Zealand - $12,00
• Vincent O'Malley, Cultural encounter on the New Zealand frontier: the meeting of Māori and Pakeha, 1769-1840 - $10,000
• Gwen Parsons, Turning soldiers into 'Useful citizens and Wage-Earners': Great War veterans and repatriation, 1918-1928 - $8000
• Russell Stone, Growing up in Grey Lynn: a memoir of interwar Auckland - $5000
• Oliver Sutherland, Paikea: the life and times of Ivan L.G. Sutherland - $10,000
• Jill Trevelyan, A history of the Peter McLeavey Gallery - $12,000

Awards in History for 2009

Applications received: 81
Awards made: 10
Amount awarded: $100,000

The successful applicants for 2009 are:

• John Armstrong, ‘Under one roof’: a history of Waikato Hospital – $10,000
• Ian Dougherty, A biography of Rutherford Waddell – $12,000
• David Harrowfield, ‘Call of the mountains’: a history of New Zealand mountaineering – $12,000
• Paul Meredith, ‘Homeward bound’: a journey with King Te Rata to England – $8000
• Hilary & John Mitchell, ‘Nga Tupuna Tuturu’: the founding ancestors – $6000
• Paul Monin, Māori ships 1840–70: a case study of Māori engagement with colonial capitalism – $8000
• Bill O’Brien, ‘Takahe, trophies and tonsils’: the extraordinary life of Dr Geoffrey Orbell – $8000
• Russell Standing, ‘The works’: a history of Patea Freezing Company, 1883–1982 – $12,000
• Nancy Swarbrick, ‘Pets and people’: a history of companion animals and their owners in New Zealand – $12,000
• Redmer Yska, ‘Thunderer’: the rise and fall of NZ Truth, New Zealand’s first press giant – $12,000

Awards in History for 2008

Applications received:79
Awards made: 11
Amount awarded: $100,000

The successful applicants for 2008 are:

• Diana Brown, A Biography of Dr Muriel Bell – $8000
• Alison Clarke, Childbirth Rituals in 19th Century New Zealand – $10,000
• Neil Clayton, Over the Hedge: A History of New Zealanders and their Weeds – $10,000
• William Cottrell, ‘New New Zealand’: Domestic Interiors and Products 1840 to 1910 – $10,000
• Joseph Romanos, Our Olympic Century: New Zealand’s First 100 Years at the Olympic Games – $25,000
• Suzanne Scheele, An Economic and Social History of the New Zealand Flax Fibre Industry – $6500
• Tim Shoebridge, The Good Citizen: A Life of C.E. Daniell – $4000
• Lynette Shum, Representing Chinatown: Wellington’s Haining Street 1920–60 – $5000
• Jude Wilson, Flight of the Kiwi: The History of the ‘OE’ – $10,000
• Bernard Wood, Maori Rugby League 1908–2007 – $5500
• Matthew Wright, Old South: A History of the South Island to 1890 – $6000

Awards in History for 2007

Applications received: 64
Awards made: 10
Amount awarded: $95,000

• Jennifer Carlyon & Diana Morrow, ‘A History of Freeman’s Bay, Ponsonby and St Mary’s Bay’ – $10,000
• Paul Diamond, ‘The Life and Times of Makereti Papakura’ – $10,000
• Stephen Donald, ‘Uawa-nui-a-Ruamatua: Māori and Pakeha at Tolaga Bay, 1769–1940’ – $10,000
• David Grant, ‘A Biography of Ken Douglas’ – $20,000
• Graeme Hunt, ‘Spies and Revolutionaries: A History of Subversion in New Zealand’ – $6,000
• Donald Kerr, ‘A Bio-bibliographical Study on Dr Thomas Morland Hocken’ – $7,000
• Ruth Low, ‘The Story of Droving in New Zealand’ – $5,000
• Veronika Meduna & Rebecca Priestley, ‘Butterflies, Boffins and Black Smokers: Two Centuries of New Zealand Scientists’ – $6,000
• Lydia Monin, ‘From Poverty Bay to Broadway: The Tom Heeney Story’ – $7,000
• Jill Trevelyan, ‘That Fine Thread of Beauty: A Life of Rita Angus’ – $10,000
• Brian Wood, ‘One Too Many: The Strongman Mine Disaster, 1967’ – $4,000

Awards in History for 2006

Applications received: 65
Awards made: 10
Amount awarded: $90,000

• David Harrowfield, 'To Strive, to Seek, to Find and Not to Yield: New Zealand and the Antarctic, 1957–2007' – $9000
• Hilary & John Mitchell, 'Te Ara Hou: A History of Māori of Nelson and Marlborough, Vol II' – $26,000
• Valerie Monk, 'Crown Lynn: A Celebration' – $7500
• Ben Schrader, 'An Urban Country: A History of Urban Society, Culture and Identity in New Zealand' – $12,000
• Damian Skinner, 'Peter McIntyre: Brushes with the Heartland' – $6000
• Hilary Stace, 'Salisbury Garden Court Documentary Film' – $3000
• Hamish Thompson, 'All Aboard!: An Illustrated History of the Railways Advertising Studios' – $8000
• John Wilson, 'A History of Addington' – $7500
• Bernard Wood, 'The Kiwis: 100 Years of Rugby League in New Zealand' – $7500
• Matthew Wright, 'New Zealand Military Heroes' – $3500

Awards in History for 2005

Applications received: 63
Awards made: 13
Amount awarded: $90,000

• Sarah Davy, 'A Biography of Bee Nilson', $6000
• Gabrielle Fortune, 'Mr Jones' Wives: War Brides of New Zealand World War II Servicemen', $8000
• Margaret Hayward, 'Prime Ministerial Leadership in New Zealand, 1960–2000', $10,000
• Rosalina McCarthy, 'Belated Accolades: Rosaline Margaret Frank and the Tyree Photographic Studio', $6000
• Roberta McIntyre, 'A History of the South Island High Country', $8000
• James McNeish, 'The Sixth Man: A Life of Paddy Costello', $10,000
• Jessie Munro, 'The Correspondence and Other Writings of Suzanne Aubert', $10,000
• Philip Norman, 'From a Summer School to the Olympics: The Rise of New Zealand Composition, 1946–2004', $12,000
• Andrew Schmidt, 'Mysterex: Punk Rock and Youth Culture in New Zealand, 1976–83', $3000
• Mary Stewart, 'Connecting the Two Sides of Our Little Globe: The Life and Writings of a Scottish Settler', $5000
• Paul Waite, 'William H. Gummer, Architect', $5000
• Joan Woodward and Glenys Mitchell, 'The Diaries and Biography of Jane Emily Peter, a South Canterbury Nurse', $3000
• Susan Yoffe, 'History of Rangitoto Island Bach Communities Post World War II', $4000

Awards in History for 2004

Applications received: 80

Awards made: 11
Amount awarded: $90,000

• Shaun Barnett, 'New Zealand Forest Parks: A History and Celebration of New Zealand's 17 Forest Parks' – $7,500
• Helen Beaglehole, 'Lighting the Coast: A History of New Zealand's Manned Coastal Lighthouses' – $5,000
• Maureen Birchfield, 'An Authorised Biography of Elsie Locke' – $30,000
• Stephen Deed, 'The Development of the New Zealand Cemetery, 1769–1914' – $6,000
• Joanne Drayton, 'A Biography of Frances Hodgkins' – $5,500
• Helen Frizzell, 'Presbyterian Support Otago Centennial History' – $9,000
• Philip Norman, 'A Biography of the New Zealand Composer Douglas Lilburn' – $5,000
• Hazel Riseborough, 'Ngamatea: The Story of a High Country Station' – $5,000
• Kirstie Ross, 'A Proper Sense of Country: A Visual, Cultural and Social History of Pakeha Outdoor Leisure' – $4,000
• Rory Sweetman, 'A Biography of Dr James Kelly, Editor of the New Zealand Tablet, 1917–1931' – $11,000
• Lois Webster, 'Siu ki Moana: Tongan–New Zealand Pathways, 1880–1950' – $5,000

Awards in History for 2003

Applications received: 87
Awards made: 9
Amount awarded: $85,000

• Henry Chan, The History of the Zengcheng Chinese People in New Zealand,$10,000
• Merata Kawharu, A Tangata Whenua Perspective on the History of Tamaki, $9,000
• Eugen Lepou, Samoa to New Zealand: The Immigrants Story, $5,000
• Chris Maclean, Wellington, $26,000
• Peter McQuarrie, A History of Tokelau, $5,000
• Joanna Orwin, The Story of Kauri, $9,000
• Damian Skinner, Lyonel Grant and the Expanding Horizons of Customary Carving, $3,000
• Trade Union History Project, Lockout: The 1951 Waterfront Dispute in Retrospect, $8,000
• Mere Whaanga, Historical Records of Matauranga Māori, $10,000

Awards in History for 2002

Applications received: 59
Awards made: 12
Amount awarded: $85,000

• Simon Boyce, Influence of economic advisers in the 1930s, $1000
• Graham Bishop, Biography of Alexander McKay, $10,000
• Margaret Alington, Biography of Frederick Thatcher, $4000
• Richard & Marianne Davis, Biography of George Shannon, $4000
• Julia Bradshaw, Women on the goldfields, $10,000
• Senka Bozic-Vrbancic & Mario Vrbancic, Social history of Croats in NZ, $10,000
• Rebecca Hayward, The contribution of New Zealand scholars to the study of the written word, $6000
• Raeburn Lange, Te Aute College conferences, $10,000
• Mark Derby, Biography of John Cullen, $10,000 (plus GST)
• Leonore Hoke, The work of Ferdinand von Hochstetter, $5000
• Nga Taonga a Nga Tama Toa Trust, Māori war effort in Tairawhiti, $10,000 (plus GST)
• Tim Bollinger, History of comics, $5000

Awards in History for 2001

Applications received: 71
Awards made: 10
Amount awarded: $85,000

• John Barrington, History of Barrington family, $8000
• Roger Collins, Biography of Owen Merton, $3000
• Ian Dougherty, Biography of A.H. Reed, $12,000
• Sarah Gaitanos, Biography of Nola Millar, $10,000
• Brita McVeigh, History of Air Hostesses, $7000
• Len Richardson, Biography of Anthony Wilding, $12,000
• Anna Rogers, Nurses at War, 18991946, $11,000 (plus GST)
• Adrienne Simpson, History of women's cricket, $12,000
• Rowland Taylor, History of Antipodes and Bounty Islands, $6000 (plus GST)
• Bruce Wallace, History of Fletcher Challenge, $4000 (plus GST)

Awards in History for 2000

Applications received: 112
Awards made: 12, 11 accepted
Amount awarded: $92,000

• Angela Ballara, Te Rongo O Te Pu: Māori society in the Musket War period $10,000
• Colin Brown, A History of Christchurch Cathedral $2500
• Lois Cox, Lesbian women growing up in the 1950s and 1960s $9000
• Vivien Edwards, The Battle of the Bug: A history of the Hepatitis Foundation $10,000
• Gerald Evans, After the Blue: Stories from people involved in the 1951 waterfront dispute $10,000
• Lyndon Fraser, The West Coast Irish 1864–1900 $9000
• Margaret Lovell-Smith, A history of the Hurunui District $5000
• Chris Maclean, A biography of John Pascoe $8000
• Roberta Nicholls, A history of Martinborough $7500
• Geoff Park, Impact of swamp drainage on the indigenous ecosystem $4000
• Jane Tolerton, A history of the AIDS Foundation $10,000 (declined)
• Sue Upton, Women Behind the Bar: A history of barmaids, licensees and wives assisting $7000

Awards in History for 1999

Applications received: 84
Awards made: 10
Amount awarded: $90,000

• Peter Aimer, History and politics of the National Airways Corporation, 1947–78 $5000
• Neill Atkinson, "Crew Culture": A social and cultural history of New Zealand seafarers, 1840–1940 $8000
• Murray Bathgate, New Zealand adventurers, traders and planters in the Pacific in the 19th century $10,000
• John Edgar, Biography of Dove-Meyer Robinson $6000
• Bryan Gilling, A history of Raupatu $12,000
• Margaret McClure, A history of marriage breakdown in 20th century New Zealand $10,000
• James McNeish, "The New Zealand Thirties Group": Five New Zealanders who went to Oxford in the 1930s $8000
• Clive Sowry, Filmography to 1960 $12,000
• Russell Stone, A history of early Auckland $10,000
• Noel Waite, Canterbury publishers $9000

Awards in History for 1998

Applications received: 95
Awards made: 12, accepted: 11
Amount awarded: $90,000

• Dianne Bardsley, Women in the Women's Land Service in World War II $10,000
• Tim Beaglehole, Biography and letters of J.C. Beaglehole $8000
• Alan Bollard, An economic-business history of New Zealand $8000 (declined)
• Deborah Challinor, New Zealanders in the Vietnam War $6000
• Stephen Hamilton, The cultural history of the little magazine, 1930s–1990s $10,000
• Christine Hemming, The art of French voyages to New Zealand $2500
• Chris Hilliard, The writing of New Zealand history $5500
• Fiona McKergow, A history of dress in New Zealand $10,000
• Paul Star, Articles on T.H. Potts, conservationist $5000
• Philip Temple, The Wakefields $10,000
• Alan Ward, The Crown's actions with Māori since 1839 $5000
• John Wilson, A centennial history of Waikakahi $10,000

Awards in History since 1997

Applications received: 85
Awards made: 10
Amount awarded: $90,000

• Giselle Byrnes, Inventing New Zealand: Surveying and the construction of cultural space, 1840s–1890s $10,000
• David Colquhoun, Pakeha-Māori: The life and times of Frederick Edward Maning $10,000
• Norman Crawshaw, The early years of coal mining in Buller-its economic and social implications $5000
• Lyndon Fraser, Inheritance and family life in colonial New Zealand, 1850–1879 $10,000
• Anna Gibbons, The voyage to New Zealand: A study of shipboard diaries of British immigrants, 1840–1870 $5000
• Raeburn Lange, Māori health reform, 1900–1918 $10,000
• Chris Maclean, A history of Kapiti Island $10,000
• Deborah Shepard, A history of women and film in Aotearoa/New Zealand, 1923–1998 $10,000
• Te Wananga-o-Raukawa, Selected writings on aspects of Ngati Toa, Ngati Raukawa and Te Ati Awa history $10,000
• Robert Wiri, History of the lands and people of the Urewera and Waikaremoana districts $10,000

Awards in History for 1996

Applications received: 62
Awards made: 11
Amount awarded: $95,000

• Graham Butterworth, The retention and utilisation of Māori land, 1891–1995 $10,000
• Donald Couch, Te Rapaki O Te Rakiwhakaputa: Whenua me Tangata. A case study of the Kai Tahu papatipu marae of Rapaki, 1868–present $12,000
• John Crockett, Translation and editing of Dom Felice Vaggioli's "Storia della Nuova Zealanda", vol.2 $10,000
• Ellen Ellis, The Learned Eleventh: New Zealand women teachers to the Boer concentration camps $12,000
• Margot Fry, A history of the New Zealand National Film Unit, 1941–1990 $5000
• Carole van Grondelle, Biography of Nola Luxford $5000
• Margaret Lovell-Smith, Biography of Dame Sister Mary Leo $5000
• Janet McCallum, Women and journalism in New Zealand, 1850s–1940s $10,000
• Rob McDonald, Dannevirke and District, 1872–1922 $5000
• Jeremy Spencer, Editing of the New Zealand Journal of Baron Charles von Hugel, 1834 $5000
• John Thomson, Editing of symposium on "The Great International Exhibition, Christchurch 1906–07" $6000

Awards in History for 1995

Applications received: 84
Awards made: 12
Amount awarded: $80,000

• Maxine Bradbury, New Caledonia to New Zealand 1880: A study of motivation, expectation and realisation $2000
• Warwick Brunton, A history of national mental health policy, services, organisation and legislation in New Zealand, 1840–1992 $6000
• Harry Evison, The life and times of Walter Mantell $10,000
• Jim Gardner, The origins of state compulsory arbitration in Northern Ireland, South Australia and New Zealand, 1890–94: A comparative study $1000
• Ken Hall, The Pink and White Terraces. George D. Valentine: A photographer's journey $5000
• Graham Hucker, The impact and effects of the First World War on a rural district in New Zealand: Stratford, 1914–1920s $1000
• Ian Hunter, Man for our time: The story of R. A. Laidlaw $8000
• Kingi Ihaka, The life and times of Sir Kingi Ihaka $10,000
• William McKay, Buildings of the Morehu: An aspect of New Zealand architecture, 1800–1950 $9000
• Paul Monin, Hauraki Frontier: A history of the Hauraki Gulf, Coromandel, Thames, 1769–1890 $10,000
• Jessie Munro, Biography of Mother Aubert $8000
• Anthony Sole, A history of Ngati Ruanui from migration traditions until 1900 $10,000

Awards in History for 1994

Applications received: 91
Awards made: 16
Amount awarded: $98,000

• Angela Ballara, Origins of Ngati Kahungunu $9000
• Margaret Brown, History of Auckland Nursing School $2500
• Stanley Cowman, Dental technicians in New Zealand $1500
• Brad Haami, Life of Dr Golan Maaka $4000
• Christine Leov-Leland, Life and artistic achievement of Theo Schoon $3000
• Wayne Orchiston, Astronomy in early protohistoric New Zealand $8000
• Robin Ormerod, History of the Nature Conservation Council $6000
• Katherine Rhee, Ornamental gardens in New Zealand $10,000
• Frank Rogers, Archifacts index 1974–93 $500
• Theresa Sawicka, History of the Pahiatua Children's Camp $7000
• Bryan Staff, History of the recording industry in New Zealand $2000
• Don Stafford, Landmarks of Te Arawa $9000
• Thelma Strongman, Garden history of the provinces of the South Island $10,000
• Kerry Taylor, A documentary history of New Zealand working people $12,000
• Leah Taylor, Biography of Leslie Bourneman Neale $1500
• John Wilson, A biography of Wiremu Kingi $12,000

Awards in History for 1993

Applications received: 92
Awards made: 15
Amount awarded: $100,000

• Ian Barber, Māori-European violence $12,000
• Ann Beaglehole, Jews in New Zealand $12,000
• Bruce Bigga, Editing and translating a history of Tainui $5000
• Jennifer Briars, German immigrants in Upper Moutere $480
• Fay Hercock, Biography of Alice Bush $12,000
• Peter Hutchen, Waha and Kiwa: He Tangane, He Tuahine $1400
• Rovina Maniapoto-Anderson, Te Remu o Te Huia $12,000
• Chris Maclean, A History of the Tararua Range $12,000
• Keith Ovenden, Biography of Dan Davin $12,000
• Grant Phillipson, Missionaries and cultural relativism $5000
• Donald Rickard, History of irrigation in Canterbury $5000
• Philip Temple, Jerningham: A Wakefield history $5000
• Shirley Tunnicliffe, An informal history of Nelson $500
• Tau Moana Turoa, Parehauraki localities $5000
• David Young, Race relations on the Whanganui River $5000

Awards in History for 1992

Applications received: 96
Awards made: 16
Amount awarded: $100,000

• Graeme Anderson, Biography of Abel Tasman $4000
• Ann Calhoun, Women in the fine and applied arts $12,000
• Bill Dacker, Mogi and Ka Moutere o Rakiura $5000
• Ashley Gould, Soldier settlement after WW1 $12,000
• Patricia Grace and Irihapeti Ramsden, Recollections of the Ngati Poneke $7200
• Hamish Keith, Biography of Colin McCahon $12,000
• Jeremy Lowe, Thorndon: Evolution of a Community $12,000
• Duncan McKay, Frontier New Zealand $3142
• Athol McCredie, Ernst Plischke: Modernism and New Zealand Art $5000
• A-V Moltschaniwskj, History of Parewa Cemetery $200
• Joanna Orwin, Memoirs of a South Island Maori elder $5000
• Richard Spence, Biography of Wiremu Wi Te Tau Huata $5000
• John Thomson, Influence of exhibitions on New Zealand music $5000
• Tony Wilson, History of telecommunications $5000
• Emily Wrigley, William Robinson of Cheviot $1405
• Redmer Yska, A social history of New Zealand in the 1950s $5000

Awards in History for 1991

Applications received: 83
Awards made: 13
Amount awarded: $95,000

• Sandra Coney and Liz Greenslade, A social history of New Zealand women $12,000
• Brian Easton, Post-war New Zealand Economy $11,250
• Harry Evison, Ngai Tahu/European contact $12,000
• Ross Galbreath, Colonisation, identity and conservation in New Zealand $12,000
• Brad Patterson, Dynamics of Colonial Capitalism $12,000
• Mira Szaszy, Māori Women's Welfare League history project $10,000
• Michael Bassett, Biography of Sir Joseph Ward $6300
• Michael Bellam, A social history of the Irish in New Zealand $5000
• Peter Franks, History of New Zealand Clerical Workers' Union $5000
• Judith Devaliant, Biography of Kate Sheppard $5000
• Sam Elworthy, Origins of the DPB $2500
• Christopher Lethbridge, Biography of Octavius Hadfield $1000
• Lyndden Rain, History of Riverside $500

Awards in History for 1990

Applications received: 83
Awards made: 11
Amount awarded: $85,000

• Edmund Bohan, Biography of Edward Stafford $8000
• Catriona Cameron, Friends' Ambulance in China $1350
• Annabel Cooper, Autobiography of Mary Lee $6000
• Christine Dann, Origins and development of the Green Movement $12,000
• Alan Haronga, People of the Harouta Canoe $11,000
• Max Lash, Dictionary of Biography for Nelson $6000
• Chris Pugsley, New Zealanders on the Western Front in WW1 $12,000
• Charles Royal, Migrations of Ngati Raukawa and Ngati Toa $12,000
• Kenneth Simpson, Medical history of New Zealand 1840–70 $4000
• Jane Tolerton, Biography of Ettie Rout $12,000
• Shirley Tunnicliffe, Letters of Mary Hobhouse $1000