Historical Dictionary of New Zealand, 2nd ed.

Part of the Scarecrow Press series Historical Dictionaries of Asia, Oceania, and the Middle East, this second edition updates the same authors' 1996 publication. Nine years on sees an additional 36 pages of bibliography and another 136 pages of actual dictionary. Twenty percent of the entries are new in this edition and many have been updated.

The stated purpose of the dictionary is to “give outsiders an expanded and updated view of the country […] with some emphasis on how it was shaped and became what it is now”, and also to provide the opportunity for New Zealanders themselves...