Michael King Quotes

New Zealand, Author
December 15, 1945 – March, 30, 2004.

Michael King OBE was a New Zealand popular historian, author, and biographer. He wrote or edited over 30 books on New Zealand topics, including the best-selling Penguin History of New Zealand, which was the most popular New Zealand book of 2004.

Also known as Historian, Biographer

When I was a child in the 1940s and early 1950s, my parents and grandparents spoke of Britain as home, and New Zealand had this strong sense of identity and coherence as being part of the commonwealth and a the identity of its people as being British.

Michael King
- Parents
- Strong
- Identity
I see the great continuities in New Zealand history as being decency and common sense and up until now when we've confronted these things we've been able to talk them through, and I'm sure we will with this issue as well.

Michael King
- Things
- Common
- Through

Big media companies have lots of money and content, but they have no way to tap into a good base of users.

Michael King
- Money
- Way
- Media