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James Belich

New Zealand historian

  • Fame42.8
  • Momentum0.4
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Born 1956 · age 70New Zealand
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  • Age
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    Born 1956
  • Awards
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Updated 2026-07-07

James Christopher Belich is a New Zealand historian, known for his work on the New Zealand Wars and on New Zealand history more generally. One of his major works on the 19th-century clash between Māori and Pākehā, the revisionist study The New Zealand Wars (1986), was also published in an American edition and adapted into a television series and DVD.

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42.8
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Momentum0.4
Historical5.3
Source confidence45.0
Completeness80.0
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