Paul Diamond (writer)
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Paul Diamond (born 1968) is a New Zealand writer, curator, journalist, broadcaster and historian. He grew up in the Hutt Valley and is of Ngāti Hauā, Te Rarawa and Ngāpuhi descent.[1][2][3] After a degree from Massey University he became a journalist. From 2011 he was the inaugural Curator, Maori at the Alexander Turnbull Library.[4] He later became Head of New Zealand and Pacific Histories and Cultures at Te Papa Tongarewa.[5]
In 2022, Diamond wrote a book about the life of Charles Mackay called Downfall: The Destruction of Charles Mackay.[6][7] The book was shortlisted for Ockham New Zealand Book Awards General Non-Fiction Award in 2023.[8]
He was also the author of A Fire in Your Belly: Māori leaders speak (Huia, 2003), Makereti: Taking Māori to the world (Random House, 2007), a biography of Makereti (often know as Guide Maggie or Maggie Papakura) and Savaged to Suit: Māori and cartooning in New Zealand (Fraser Books, 2018). In 2017 he was awarded Creative New Zealand’s prestigious Berlin Writer’s Residency.[2] As a journalist and broadcaster he was awarded Qantas Media Awards, Media Peace Awards and a David Low Chevening Fellowship to Oxford University.[1]
