Defence of New Zealand Study Group

The Defence of New Zealand Study Group (DONZ) is a non-profit membership-based organisation that publishes research on NZ military history, produces a periodical and lobbies for military heritage protection. Formed in 1996, it is co-ordinated by Peter Cooke BA(Hons) in Wellington. DONZ publishes the biannual journal Forts & Works, full colour, A4, usually 24pp.

Subscriptions are $25 for 1 year and $45 for 2 years – NZ currency for NZ addresses, AUD currency for Australian addresses and US$20/US$36 or £12/£20 or 16e/28e for all others. Each subscription includes two issues of Forts & Works per year. An index and back issues (free to members) are available.

Books Available for Order (all soft cover unless not)

Charlton’s Automatic Arms – the Rise & Fall of a New Zealand WWII Innovation, DONZ 2026, ISBN 978-0-473-77411-0. $50 including freight in NZ

Citizen Army – the New Zealand Wars Lost Official History, by Roderick MacIvor, DONZ 2025, ISBN 978-0-473-73318-6. $40 including freight in NZ

Wrights Hill – New Zealand’s 9.2-inch Coastal Defence Batteries, DONZ 2020, ISBN 978-0-473-50506-6. $40 including freight in NZ

Duigan’s Circus – New Zealand Engineer Tunnelling Company 1915-19, DONZ 2021, ISBN 978-0-473-60209-3. $40 including freight in NZ

Ships of War in New Zealand Waters – 380 Years of Naval Activity, DONZ 2023, 2 vols, deluxe edtion, ISBN 978-0-473-67073-3. $120 including freight in NZ.

Roll of New Zealand's Second World War Dead, DONZ 2018, ISBN 978-0-473-45735-8. $25 including freight in NZ. Listing of 13,177 names with analysis of who, how, where and when they died.

U-Boat in New Zealand Waters – U 862’s War Patrol off Gisborne and Napier in 1945, by Gerald Shone, DONZ 2016, ISBN 978-0-473-35128-1. $30 including freight in NZ

Great Guns – The Artillery Heritage of New Zealand, Peter Cooke & Ian Maxwell, DONZ 2013, ISBN 978-0-473-25555-8. $40 including freight in NZ

Fighting Vehicles & Weapons of Rhodesia 1965-80, Peter Locke & Peter Cooke, P&P Publishing, 1995/ updated 2013, ISBN 0-473-02413-6. $50 including freight in NZ.

The Territorials – the History of the Territorial & Volunteer Forces of New Zealand, Peter Cooke & John Crawford, Random House 2011, ISBN 978-1-869-79446-0, HARD COVER. $30 including freight in NZ

Out of print

Defending New Zealand – Ramparts on the Sea 1840-1950s, Peter Cooke, DONZ 2000, 2 Parts in one Volume (with Pictorial), ISBN 0-473-06833-8

Warrior Craftsmen – Royal New Zealand Electrical & Mechanical Engineers 1942-96. DONZ 2016, ISBN 978-0-473-36407-6

petercooke_donz@icloud.com, or phone +644 934 6817

Defence of NZ Study Group • PO Box 9724 • Wellington • New Zealand 6141