Vincent O'malley

Historian Vincent O'Malley says Labour Day is an opportunity for New Zealanders to visit sites important to the New Zealand Wars - Rā Maumahara.   Audio

Vincent is one of New Zealand's leading historians and co-founder and research director of HistoryWorks. He's written extensively on our colonial history, the relationship between Maori and Pakeha… Audio

Extended interviews with Matakokiri Tata, Maxine Ngaronoa Reweti-Ngata, Joshua Te Kani, Koro Nicholas, and Dr. Vincent O'Malley. Video

Additional footage from the documentary. Video

NZ Wars: Stories of Tauranga Moana recounts the events that unfolded in the Bay of Plenty and their far-reaching consequences for future generations. Video

NZ Wars: Stories of Tauranga Moana recounts the events that unfolded in the Bay of Plenty and their far-reaching consequences for future generations. Video

The new school curriculum of Aotearoa's history is in the process of making its way into practice. And it's likely to ruffle a few feathers along the way. Joanna Kidman and Vincent O'Malley are with… Audio

Thursday is Te Pūtake o Te Riri, He Rā Maumahara, the national day of commemoration for the New Zealand wars. 

The New Zealand wars were a series of battles in the mid-19th century between iwi Māori… Audio

In the second of Black Sheep's two part episode on Sir George Grey, Aotearoa is launched into the worst conflicts of the New Zealand Wars. For more on the Waikato War, watch and listen to Stories of… Audio

'Invasion and Conquest' is how historian Dr Vincent O'Malley describes the British colonial forces who raged war against the Tainui People. Te Ahi Kaa features a lecture from Dr Vincent O'Malley who… Audio

The war on Waikato reaches its climactic conclusion at the Battle of Ooraakau—but that's just the beginning of the struggle for Kiingitanga. Audio

Governor George Grey launches his invasion of Waikato. Kiingitanga forces are heavily outnumbered and outgunned, but the invasion doesn't go smoothly for the British. Audio

Through the 1840s and '50s, Waikato Maaori had been close allies of Paakehaa settlers living in Auckland—so why did the war break out between the two factions in 1863? Audio

Statues of British royalty, politicians, military leaders and explorers have been the most regularly attacked in recent decades.

Conversely, statues of artists and sportspeople have been left largely… Audio

The call to remove statues and place names that honour racist figures from New Zealand's history is gaining momentum.

A local historian says monuments from the early 20th century celebrate… Audio

In 1860, the shots fired sparked decades—arguably generations—of conflict. RNZ's Tim Watkin looks at what sparked the conflict and his ancestors' arrival in the midst of these tensions. Audio

Historian and author Vincent O'Malley is concerned about the impact reduced hours to access Archives New Zealand reading rooms will have on research. He explains that by only being open four hours a… Audio

The New Zealand Wars are discussed by historian Vincent O'Malley and Mihingarangi Forbes in front of an audience at Te Papa. Audio

Vincent O'Malley is a founding partner of HistoryWorks, a group of historians specialising in Treaty of Waitangi research. His latest work is The New Zealand Wars/ Nga Pakanga o Aotearoa, about the… Audio