Vincent O'Malley
@vomalley.bsky.social
FRHistS FRSNZ PhD Historian and author of 'The New Zealand Wars', 'The Great War for New Zealand' and other works.
https://www.meetingplace.nz/
https://buttondown.com/unsettling
https://www.meetingplace.nz/
https://buttondown.com/unsettling
I'm giving a free public talk in Kirikiriroa Hamilton next week to mark Te Pūtake o te Riri – He Rā Maumahara, the national day of commemoration for the New Zealand Wars, along with some book signings at Poppies Hamilton.
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October 17, 2025 at 4:16 AM
I'm giving a free public talk in Kirikiriroa Hamilton next week to mark Te Pūtake o te Riri – He Rā Maumahara, the national day of commemoration for the New Zealand Wars, along with some book signings at Poppies Hamilton.
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I will be down at Marsden Books, Karori, this Saturday 11 October at 12.30pm to sign books and stuff for Bookshop Day. Come along if you are in the area.
October 9, 2025 at 4:22 AM
I will be down at Marsden Books, Karori, this Saturday 11 October at 12.30pm to sign books and stuff for Bookshop Day. Come along if you are in the area.
Advance copy of the new book.
September 29, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Advance copy of the new book.
If you are in Wellington on 14 October, a new edition of my book 'The Meeting Place' is being launched at the Royal Society Te Apārangi, with Hon. Justice Sir Joe Williams speaking. @bwbnz.bsky.social @royalsocietynz.bsky.social
www.bwb.co.nz/events/bwb-t...
www.bwb.co.nz/events/bwb-t...
September 24, 2025 at 5:26 AM
If you are in Wellington on 14 October, a new edition of my book 'The Meeting Place' is being launched at the Royal Society Te Apārangi, with Hon. Justice Sir Joe Williams speaking. @bwbnz.bsky.social @royalsocietynz.bsky.social
www.bwb.co.nz/events/bwb-t...
www.bwb.co.nz/events/bwb-t...
"There aren’t separate words for famine and starvation in Irish: an gorta covers both. To the English-speakers shaping colonial policy, it was important to have one word implying intent and another evading it."
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/au...
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August 23, 2025 at 6:13 AM
"There aren’t separate words for famine and starvation in Irish: an gorta covers both. To the English-speakers shaping colonial policy, it was important to have one word implying intent and another evading it."
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/au...
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/au...
A retired teacher came by today to show me his ingenious idea to turn 'The Great War for New Zealand' into a boxed set.
July 30, 2025 at 2:50 AM
A retired teacher came by today to show me his ingenious idea to turn 'The Great War for New Zealand' into a boxed set.
Taggers of the old Noah's Hotel in Chch obviously aren't afraid of heights.
July 14, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Taggers of the old Noah's Hotel in Chch obviously aren't afraid of heights.
Robyn Kahukiwa has a message.
July 11, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Robyn Kahukiwa has a message.
Wonderful Fred Graham exhibiton at Christchurch Art Gallery.
July 11, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Wonderful Fred Graham exhibiton at Christchurch Art Gallery.
Still time to sign up for my Aotearoa NZ history workshop on Friday 27 June. Details in the link.
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June 16, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Still time to sign up for my Aotearoa NZ history workshop on Friday 27 June. Details in the link.
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Interesting exhibition at Wellington Museum marking 50 years of the Waitangi Tribunal.
June 1, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Interesting exhibition at Wellington Museum marking 50 years of the Waitangi Tribunal.
Details on how to sign up for an Aotearoa NZ history workshop with me.
buttondown.com/unsettling/a...
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May 30, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Details on how to sign up for an Aotearoa NZ history workshop with me.
buttondown.com/unsettling/a...
buttondown.com/unsettling/a...
May 2, 2025 at 7:33 AM
If you are anywhere near the Kāpiti coast, Bruce Connew's exhibition, A Vocabulary, on at Toi Mahara in Waikanae until July, is well worth visiting.
April 19, 2025 at 4:00 AM
If you are anywhere near the Kāpiti coast, Bruce Connew's exhibition, A Vocabulary, on at Toi Mahara in Waikanae until July, is well worth visiting.
Great to visit Percy Scenic Reserve in Lower Hutt for the first time today with @joannakidman.bsky.social A beautiful spot.
March 1, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Great to visit Percy Scenic Reserve in Lower Hutt for the first time today with @joannakidman.bsky.social A beautiful spot.
Awesome sold out session at HamLit, in the wonderful Hamilton Gardens, with Monty Soutar, brilliantly chaired by Jennifer Ward-Lealand today on engaging with Aotearoa NZ history.
February 23, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Awesome sold out session at HamLit, in the wonderful Hamilton Gardens, with Monty Soutar, brilliantly chaired by Jennifer Ward-Lealand today on engaging with Aotearoa NZ history.
Very strange to see zero seats available to fly Air NZ Wellington to Christchurch on Thursday or Friday next week. What's happening then?
February 12, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Very strange to see zero seats available to fly Air NZ Wellington to Christchurch on Thursday or Friday next week. What's happening then?
Cracking day to visit Matiu Somes Island.
January 20, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Cracking day to visit Matiu Somes Island.
Nice to make an end of year best books list.
November 22, 2024 at 8:39 PM
Nice to make an end of year best books list.
Seemed like an appropriate message to take to Parliament.
November 19, 2024 at 12:56 AM
Seemed like an appropriate message to take to Parliament.
The official assessment of the Treaty Principles Bill.
November 7, 2024 at 4:35 AM
The official assessment of the Treaty Principles Bill.
Signed copies of the new book at Unity Books Wgtn.
November 1, 2024 at 3:56 AM
Signed copies of the new book at Unity Books Wgtn.
Coming up Tuesday, 22 October 2024, 6:30pm
at Book Haven, 160 Riddiford St, Newtown, Wellington
at Book Haven, 160 Riddiford St, Newtown, Wellington
October 18, 2024 at 6:57 AM
Coming up Tuesday, 22 October 2024, 6:30pm
at Book Haven, 160 Riddiford St, Newtown, Wellington
at Book Haven, 160 Riddiford St, Newtown, Wellington
Nice to see the reprinted 'Great War for New Zealand' back on bookstore shelves.
October 15, 2024 at 5:02 AM
Nice to see the reprinted 'Great War for New Zealand' back on bookstore shelves.