Bob Edlin: Sure, he was known as Tricky Dicky.............

Sure, he was known as Tricky Dicky – but there are only two statues of him in the world, and one of them is in NZ

What does Edward Gibbon Wakefield, an Englishman, have in common with Richard Milhaus Nixon, an American?

Wakefield, a key figure in the establishment of the colonies of South Australia and New Zealand, is particularly associated with the English settlement of Wellington in the 19th century.

Ele Ludemann: Would Victoria be amused?

In all discussions about the relationship between the Crown and Māori under the Treaty of Waitangi, has anyone thought to ask what Queen Victoria would think?

The idea that she would enter into a partnership with anyone, perhaps with the exception of her husband, let alone people she would have regarded as being of a different – and surely in her eyes lower – class and race, is ridiculous.