CANTERBURY HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION

THE J. M. SHERRARD AWARDS IN

NEW ZEALAND REGIONAL AND LOCAL HISTORY

Seventeenth Judging (2012) for books listed in the

National Library Catalogue in 2002 and 2003

This biennial award was inaugurated by W. J. Gardner in 1972 to commemorate the life and work of the late John (‘Jock’) Sherrard, author of Kaikoura: A History of the District (1966), and to encourage scholarly standards in the research and writing of New Zealand regional history. The award is administered by the Canterbury Historical Association and currently has a value of $1,000 which may be divided if there is more than one work deserving a major award. No application is required.

The award has been in abeyance for almost a decade, due to other demands on the organiser’s time, but efforts were made to revive the award in 2010, only to be further delayed by the Christchurch earthquakes and the illness of one of the judges. It is our intention to make annual awards over the next few years in order to make up for lost time.

The judges in 2012 were:  Professor Geoffrey Rice, University of Canterbury (Organiser)     

                                          Associate Professor Caroline Daley, University of Auckland

                                          Associate Professor Jim McAloon, Victoria University, Wellington

MAJOR AWARDS FOR 2002-2003  :

Colin Amodeo, with Ron Chapman, Forgotten Forty-Niners: Being an account of the men and women who paved the way in 1849 for the Canterbury Pilgrims in 1850 (Christchurch, Caxton Press, 2003)

Deborah Dunsford, Doing It Themselves: The Story of Kumeu, Huapai and Taupaki (Auckland, Kumeu District History Project, 2002)

Roberta McIntyre, The Canoes of Kupe: A History of Martinborough District (Wellington, Victoria University Press, 2002)

HIGHLY COMMENDED:

Carol Dawber, Inheriting the Dream: Cooperative Dairying in the Tasman Region (Hawera, NZ Milk Products [Fonterra], 2002)

Bruce and Don Hamilton, Never a Footstep Back: A History of Wanganui Collegiate School, 1854-2002 (Wanganui Collegiate School, 2003)

Scotts Gap: A History of the People and the District (Otautau, Scotts Gap Book Committee, 2002)