A review by boyblue
The Penguin History of New Zealand by Michael King

4.0

There may be a few historical inaccuracies but for scope, depth and ease of read this is the best NZ historical text available. You will be embarrassed how little you knew about your country, it's early beginnings and how it's culture and sensibilities developed over the years. You'll probably also wonder why no one is teaching this in school. In Australia they call it the 'cultural cringe', in NZ it's probably more of a general ignorance. You have to read it if you're a kiwi.