Wright, Matthew, 1962- (Personal Name)

Hawke's Bay, 1994: t.p. (Matthew Wright) p. 215 (b. in Napier in 1962; MA in history at Massey Univ.)

NZ database, Dec. 18, 2002 (usage: Matthew Wright, Matthew John Wright)

Phone call to M. Wright, Dec. 1992 (historical writer Matthew Wright is also the author of several tourist guidebooks)

Illustrated history of New Zealand, 2013: title page (Matthew Wright) page 488 (one of New Zealand's most published historians and writers; qualifications in music, history and anthropology; post-graduate degrees in history; Fellow of the Royal Historical Society at University College, London; since early 1980s has worked as a writer, professional historian, reviewer and journalist; more than 500 articles, academic papers, reviews and 50 books on topics ranging from travel guides to biography, engineering, military and social history)