Congratulations to BWB authors Charlotte Macdonald, Rachel Buchanan and Lucy Mackintosh whose work was recognised at the NZHA conference in November.
Charlotte Macdonald is the recipient of the Services to New Zealand History award. This distinguished award recognises how Charlotte has, in the words of the NZHA Executive, 'made a wide-ranging and significant contribution to New Zealand history, most recently in leading the discussions on the Future of History'.
Rachel Buchanan was announced as the co-winner of the W.H. Oliver Prize for Te Motunui Epa. The W.H. Oliver Prize is awarded for the best book on any aspect of New Zealand history.
On the book, the judges said, 'she paints on a broad canvas, showing the history of the epa shaping the repatriation of taonga and the changing ethics and laws governing collecting.' Rachel shares the award with Paul Diamond for his book Downfall.
The Erik Olssen Prize is awarded for the best first book by an author on any aspect of New Zealand History. Lucy Mackintosh received the 2023 prize for Shifting Grounds: Deep Histories of Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland.
Shifting Grounds was described by the judges as, 'a model of historical scholarship and a model first book. Multidisciplinary in approach, it is sensitive and nuanced, and – indicative of the richness of method – both analytical and poetic. Far more than a regional history, this is truly a history for our time.'
Ned Fletcher’s The English Text of the Treaty of Waitangi was shortlisted for the Erik Olssen Prize.
