This web feature was written by Gavin McLean and produced by the NZHistory team in 2012. It was revised and updated by Sarah Burgess and Matariki Williams in 2022.
Links
- Official Platinum Jubilee website
- Official website of the British monarchy
- History of the governor-general (NZHistory)
- The royal visit, 1953–54 (NZHistory)
- Royal family (Te Ara)
- Governors and governors-general (Te Ara)
Books
- Michael Bassett, Working with David: inside the Lange cabinet, Hodder Moa, Auckland, 2008
- Jim Bolger, Bolger, a view from the top: my seven years as prime minister, Viking, Auckland, 1998
- Wayne Brittenden, The celluloid circus: the heyday of the New Zealand picture theatre, Godwit, Auckland, 2008
- Valerie Davies, Royal tourists: 120 years of royal visitors to New Zealand, Random House, Auckland, 1989
- David Lange, My life, Viking, Auckland, 2005
- Gavin McLean, The governors: New Zealand’s governors and governors-general, Otago University Press, Dunedin, 2006
- John Marshall, Memoirs volume II: 1960 to 1988, Collins, Auckland, 1989
- Jock Phillips, Royal summer: the visit of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip to New Zealand 1953–54, Historical Branch, Department of Internal Affairs/Daphne Brasell Associates Press, Wellington, 1993
- Catherine Tizard, Cat amongst the pigeons: a memoir, Random House, Auckland, 2010
- Ian Wards (ed.), Thirteen facets: the Silver Jubilee essays surveying the New Elizabethan Age, a period of unprecedented change, Government Printer, Wellington, 1978
