This book is an exemplar of modern history writing in Aotearoa New Zealand; it is also elegant and sophisticated and a cracking good read.
Selected works
- The Parihaka Album: Lest We Forget (Huia Publishers, 2009)
- Stop Press: The Last Days of Newspapers (Scribe, 2013)
- Ko Taranaki te Maunga (Bridget Williams Books, 2018)
- Te Motunui Epa (Bridget Williams Books, 2022)
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- ↑ "'Playful, eccentric' paediatrician changed the lives of Kiwi children". Stuff. 4 November 2017. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
- 1 2 3 Wikaire-Lewis, Mana (22 November 2022). "New book tells historic global journey of Te Motunui Epa to return home". Te Ao Māori News. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
- ↑ Murray, Justine (2 November 2018). "Dr Rachel Buchanan: 'The shame of Parihaka is so great it can never end'". Radio New Zealand. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
- 1 2 3 McDonald, Kelvin (10 June 2023). "Māori author's book about stolen Taranaki carvings wins major Australasian prize". Te Ao Māori News. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
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Rachel Buchanan | |
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| Born | Rachel Anne Buchanan 1968 (age 54–55) Whanganui, New Zealand |
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| Children | 3 |
| Relatives | Bill English (uncle) |
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| Alma mater | Monash University (PhD) |
| Thesis | Village of peace, village of war: Parihaka stories 1881-2004 (2005) |
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