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A Wellington writer has been given $20,000 by the New Zealand History Research Trust Fund to write a biography of former trade union leader Ken Douglas.
The award to David Grant was the largest in this year's awards in history made by the fund.
In total, $95,000 was allocated to 11 projects, drawn from a total of 64 applications to the fund.
Since the first awards were introduced in 1990, a total of 1456 applications have been received and 214 projects have been assisted.
The successful applicants for 2007 are:
* Jennifer Carlyon and Diana Morrow of Freemans Bay, Auckland: A History of Freemans Bay, Ponsonby and St Mary's Bay - $10,000.
* Paul Diamond of Lower Hutt: The Life and Times of Makareti Papakura - $10,000.
* Stephen Donald of Tolaga Bay, East Coast: Uawa-nui-a-Ruamatua: Maori and Pakeha at Tolaga Bay, 1769-1940 - $10,000.
* David Grant of Northland, Wellington: A Biography of Ken Douglas - $20,000.
* Graeme Hunt of Titirangi, Auckland: Spies and Revolutionaries: A History of Subversion in New Zealand - $6000.
* Donald Kerr of Mornington, Dunedin: A Bio-bibliographical Study on Dr Thomas Morland Hocken - $7000.
* Ruth Low of Timaru: The Story of Droving in New Zealand - $5000.
* Veronika Meduna and Rebecca Priestley of Wellington: Butterflies, Boffins and Black Smokers: Two Centuries of New Zealand Scientists - $6000.
* Lydia Monin of Waiheke Island: From Poverty Bay to Broadway: The Tom Heeney Story - $7000.
* Brian Wood of Blackball, West Coast: One Too Many: The Strongman Mine Disaster, 1967 - $4000.
* Jill Trevelyan of Hataitai, Wellington: That Fine Thread of Beauty: A Life of Rita Angus - $10,000.
- NZPA
