Our guide to our resources, the information you'll find in them and when to try elsewhere
The services: Royal New Zealand Navy
Start with:
Wright, M. Blue water kiwis: New Zealand’s naval story
A useful, well-illustrated introduction. Ch. 4: Second World War; Ch. 5: Pacific crisis, 1941-5.
Other sources:
Crawford, J. Atlantic kiwis: New Zealand and the Battle of the Atlantic
New Zealanders who took part in the Battle of the Atlantic, as servicemen in the Royal New Zealand Navy, the Royal New Zealand Air Force and the New Zealand Merchant Navy. Also discusses those who served in the Royal Air Force and Coastal Command.
Gambrill, T. New Zealand cruisers in combat
Achilles, Leander, Gambia, Neptune. Includes maps and a bibliography.
Harker, J.S. The birth and growth of the Royal New Zealand Navy
Chs. 8-25 cover the Second World War, both in the Atlantic and the Pacific. Includes discussion of all major battles.
Harker, J.S. The rockies: New Zealand minesweepers at war
The work of minesweepers, including those which swept the waters round New Zealand, and the Kiwi, Moa, and Tui in the Pacific. Honours and awards to Moa crew, p. 182.
Waters, S.D. The Royal New Zealand Navy
Official war history. Read an on-line edition of this book at NZETC New Zealand Official War Histories.
For further information, you can check the library’s catalogue:
