Vincent O'Malley

Vincent O’Malley is a New Zealand historian who has written extensively on the history of Maori relations with European settlers (Pakeha) and colonial governments. He holds a BA (Hons), 1st Class, in History from the University of Canterbury and completed his PhD in New Zealand Studies through the Stout Research Centre at Victoria University of Wellington in 2004. His books include Agents of Autonomy: Māori Committees in the Nineteenth Century (Huia, 1998), The Beating Heart: A Political and Socio-Economic History of Te Arawa (Huia, 2008) The Treaty of Waitangi Companion: Māori and Pākehā from Tasman to Today (Auckland University Press, 2010), The Meeting Place: Māori and Pākehā Encounters, 1642-1840 (Auckland University Press, 2012), Beyond the Imperial Frontier: The Contest for Colonial New Zealand (Bridget Williams Books, 2014), Haerenga: Early Māori Journeys Across the Globe (Bridget Williams Books, 2015), The Great War for New Zealand: Waikato 1800-2000 (Bridget Williams Books, 2016) and The New Zealand Wars/Ngā Pakanga o Aotearoa (Bridget Williams Books, 2019). He has also contributed to a number of national and international scholarly journals and other publications. As a professional historian engaged in the Treaty of Waitangi claims process since 1993, he has researched widely on the historical relationship between Māori and the Crown and has presented evidence to the Waitangi Tribunal on these issues on many occasions. He is currently a director of the Wellington-based research consultancy HistoryWorks.