The Labour History Project is delighted to announce the shortlist for the 2024 Bert Roth Award. The Bert Roth Award is presented annually to the work that best depicts the history of work and resistance in Aotearoa/New Zealand. It is named for the late historian Bert Roth. The award will be presented at our AGM Monday 17 July 2024 at the National Library – snacks and book sales from 5.15pm for a 6pm start.
Ryan Bodman, Rugby League in New Zealand A People’s History, Bridget Williams Books, 2023.
Toby Boraman ‘Nullifying Austerity: Stoppages Against the Nil General Wage Order,’ New Zealand Journal of History, vol. 57, no. 2, 2023.
Jared Davidson, Blood and Dirt Prison Labour and the Making of New Zealand, Bridget Williams Books, 2023.
Richard S. Hill and Steven Loveridge, Secret History State Surveillance in New Zealand, 1900–1956, Auckland University Press, 2023.
Olive Jones, Commune: Chasing a utopian dream in Aotearoa, Potton & Burton, 2023
Kō Te Reo O Ngā Tāngata – The People’s Voice, Exhibition: Wellington City Light Boxes, Courtney Place, 2023.
Peter Lineham ‘The Battle of the City Missioners: Religion Poverty and the Depression in the 1930s’, New Zealand Journal of History, vol. 57, no. 1, 2023.
Margaret Lovell-Smith I Don’t Believe in Murder: Standing up for Peace in World War I, University of Canterbury Press, 2023.
Greg Ryan, Continuous Ferment: A History of Beer and Brewing in New Zealand, Auckland University Press, 2023.
Joan Skinner, Labour of Love: A personal history of midwifery in Aotearoa, Massey University Press, 2023.