James Cowan
14 April 1870–16 September 1943
(author)

Genealogy

Spouses: Eileen Constance Cowan

Works by this Author in Our Collection

• The Royal Tigers: British Bayonet and Maori Tomahawk: The Story of a Desperate Storming Party in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 13, Issue 4 (July 1, 1938.)
• Famous New Zealanders No. 47: Dr. Leonard Cockayne: The Empire’s Greatest Botanist in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 12, Issue 1 (April 1, 1937)
• Pictures of New Zealand Life (vol 4, issue 8) in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 4, Issue 8 (December 1, 1929)
• The Grog Schooner in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 13, Issue 5 (August 1, 1938)
• Kehu’s White Man: A Memory Of The Old Bush Life. (vol 12, issue 12) in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 12, Issue 12 (March 1, 1938.)
• Famous New Zealanders: No. 41: Michael Joseph Savage: The First Labour Prime Minister Of New Zealand (vol 11, issue 5) in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 11, Issue 5 (August 1, 1936)
• Little Waikare: Solitude Lake, Its Islands and Its Stories in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 13, Issue 11 (January 1, 1939)
• An Introduction by Mr James Cowan in The Story Of Gate Pa, April 29th, 1864
• Famous New Zealanders: No. 32: The Heuheu Family: The Hereditary Paramount Chiefs Of Taupo (vol 10, issue 8) in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 10, Issue 8 (November 1, 1935)
• Famous New Zealanders No. 48: Lord Rutherford of Nelson in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 12, Issue 3 (June 1, 1937)
• Famous New Zealanders: No. 34: Elsdon Best: The White Tohunga Of Tuhoe Land (vol 10, issue 10) in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 10, Issue 10 (January 1, 1936)
• Pictures Of New Zealand Life (vol 11, issue 2) in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 11, Issue 2 (May 1, 1936)
• Lost Valley: A Romance Of Pirongia Mountain in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 12, Issue 9 (December 1, 1937.)
• The Old Gun-Brig: A Memory of Samoa and the Days of Bully Hayes in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 11, Issue 1 (April 1, 1936.)
• Enchantment of Rotorua: Lakeland, Geyserland, Storyland in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 2, Issue 6 (October 1, 1927)
• Famous New Zealanders: No. 46: Jessie Mackay: Poet, Idealist And Celtic Patriot (vol 11, issue 10) in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 11, Issue 10 (January 1, 1937)
• Pictures of New Zealand Life (vol 12, issue 6) in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 12, Issue 6 (September 1, 1937.)
• Famous New Zealanders: No. 45.: Sir F. Truby King: Founder of the Plunket System: The Doctor who Saved the Babies (vol 11, issue 9) in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 11, Issue 9 (December 1, 1936)
• Famous New Zealanders: No. 28: Richard John Seddon: New Zealand’s Greatest Premier (vol 10, issue 4) in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 10, Issue 4 (July 1, 1935.)
• The A. C. Field Force: Story of New Zealand’s Soldier-Police in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 13, Issue 7 (October 1, 1938)
• Makutu: The Magic That Kills And Cures: A Tale Of The Hidden Arts in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 14, Issue 10 (January 1, 1940)
• Famous New Zealanders: No. 30: Sir Julius Von Haast: Our Great Pioneer of Geological Exploration: and Scientific Education (vol 10, issue 6) in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 10, Issue 6 (September 2, 1935)
• Peaceless. in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 11, Issue 3 (June 1, 1936)
• Pictures Of New Zealand Life (vol 10, issue 10) in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 10, Issue 10 (January 1, 1936)
• Famous New Zealanders: No. 40: Henry E. Holland, M. P.: The Great Leader Of The Labour Party (vol 11, issue 4) in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 11, Issue 4 (July 1, 1936)
• Famous New Zealanders: No. 26: Sir Harry Atkinson: Pioneer, Soldier, and Premier (vol 10, issue 2) in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 10, Issue 2 (May 1, 1935)
• The Facts about Te Kooti: How Injustice Made a Rebel: The True Story of His Transportation in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 13, Issue 9 (December 1, 1938)
• Famous New Zealanders: No. 25: Brave Women: Two Heroic Figures. Ahumai Te Paerata, And Julia Matenga (vol 10, issue 01) in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 10, Issue 1 (April 1, 1935)
• Famous New Zealanders: No. 29: Samuel Butler, Canterbury Sheepfarmer And Great Satirical Writer (vol 10, issue 5) in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 10, Issue 5 (August 1, 1935)
• Up the Mokau: The Story of a Canoe Voyage in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 12, Issue 10 (January 1, 1938.)
• The Romance of The Rail: A Descriptive and Historical Story of the North Island Main Trunk Railway in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 3, Issue 1 (May 1, 1928)
• Pictures Of New Zealand Life (vol 9, issue 5) in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 9, Issue 5 (August 1, 1934)
• Famous New Zealanders: No. 39: William Ferguson Massey (vol 11, issue 3) in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 11, Issue 3 (June 1, 1936)
• Famous New Zealanders: No. 24: Professor J. Macmillan Brown: A Great Teacher, Writer And Traveller in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 9, Issue 12 (March 1, 1935)
• On the History Trail: The Story of a Maori Fort: The Siege of Rauporoa Pa in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 13, Issue 6 (September 1, 1938)
• Canoeing in Wild Waters: Up the Manganui-a-te-Ao in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 14, Issue 2 (May 1, 1939)
• A Tapu Isle of Birds: Hauturu And Its Inhabitants: Old Maori Memories in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 13, Issue 10 (January 2, 1939)
• Frontier Town: The Life of a Border Settlement in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 15, Issue 3 (June 1, 1940)
• Famous New Zealanders: No. 3 - Sir George Grey - Some Impressions of a Great Administrator in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 8, Issue 2 (June 1, 1933)
• Famous New Zealanders: No. 22: Captain G. A. Preece, N.Z.C.: A Leader on the old Bush War-Path (vol 9, issue 10) in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 9, Issue 10 (January 1, 1935)
• Famous New Zealanders: No. 31: Mr. S. Percy Smith: Pioneer Surveyor, Explorer, Ethnologist and Historian (vol 10, issue 7) in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 10, Issue 7 (October 1, 1935)
• Beauty in Trousers: A Summer Holiday Survey in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 12, Issue 1 (April 1, 1937)
• Famous New Zealanders: No. 42: Te Puea Herangi: Princess Of Waikato And Leader Of Her People (vol 11, issue 6) in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 11, Issue 6 (September 1, 1936)
• The Witch’s Tiki: A Story of Maori Magic in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 14, Issue 9 (December 1, 1939)
• Down The Buller: The Odyssey of Brunner the Explorer in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 4, Issue 3 (July 1, 1929)
• Famous New Zealanders: No. 33: Three Great Maori Leaders: Hongi Hika, Hone Heke, and Tamati Waka Nene (vol 10, issue 9) in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 10, Issue 9 (December 2, 1935)
• A Royal Kava-Drinking: Memories of Old Samoa in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 14, Issue 1 (April 1, 1939)
• Famous New Zealanders: No. 38: Sir Joseph Ward: A Statesman Of New Zealand And The Empire (vol 11, issue 2) in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 11, Issue 2 (May 1, 1936)
• Pictures of New Zealand Life (vol 6, issue 4) in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 6, Issue 4 (September 1, 1931.)
• The Thirteenth Clue Or The Story Of The Signal Cabin Mystery (vol 11, issue 11) in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 11, Issue 11 (February 1, 1937)
• Famous New Zealanders: No. 23: Wahanui, Chief Of Ngati-Maniapoto: A Maori Statesman and Orator (vol 9, issue 11) in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 9, Issue 11 (February 1, 1935)
• On Secret Service: Cameron’s Canoe Scout: An Old-time Adventure on the Waikato in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 12, Issue 8 (November 1, 1937)
• Famous New Zealanders: No. 44: Captain M. T. Clayton, A Great Sailor, And An Artist Of The Sea (vol 11, issue 8) in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 11, Issue 8 (November 2, 1936)
• Famous New Zealanders: No. 43: John Webster, of Hokianga: The Adventures of a Pioneer (vol 11, issue 7) in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 11, Issue 7 (October 1, 1936)
• Pictures of New Zealand Life (vol 11, issue 12) in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 11, Issue 12 (March 1, 1937)
• North New Zealand “The Puriri Trees are Laughing with Joy” in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 3, Issue 12 (April 1, 1929)
• Pictures of New Zealand Life (vol 7, issue 9) in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 7, Issue 9 (April 1, 1933)
• Famous New Zealanders: No. 36: Some Great Missionary Pioneers: The Wesleyan Church In New Zealand (vol 10, issue 12) in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 10, Issue 12 (March 2, 1936)
• Famous New Zealanders: No. 9: The Mair Brothers, Soldiers and Pioneers (vol 8, issue 8) in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 8, Issue 8 (December 1, 1933)
• Pictures and Pleasuring in the Aorangi Region in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 6, Issue 3 (August 1, 1931)
• “The Father of Auckland.” in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 8, Issue 7 (November 1, 1933)
• Pictures of New Zealand (vol 10, issue 6) in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 10, Issue 6 (September 2, 1935)
• The Bridge Builders in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 4, Issue 11 (June 1, 1930)
• Rangi’s Artistry: A Rotorua Picture in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 3, Issue 9 (January 1, 1929)
• Over The Mamaku Plateau: Landscape and Story on the Rotorua Bush Line in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 4, Issue 2 (June 1, 1929.)
• Pictures of New Zealand Life: The Tui in the Gardens in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 12, Issue 4 (July 1, 1937)
• The Long Rib: Story of the Tauranga-Taneatua Railway - Scenes and Episodes on the Matata Beach Road in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 4, Issue 1 (May 1, 1929)
• Pictures of New Zealand Life: Rotorua’s Winter in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 6, Issue 3 (August 1, 1931)
• Famous New Zealanders: No. 13: Edward Tregear: Pioneer, Scholar, Humanitarian (vol 9, issue 1) in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 9, Issue 1 (April 2, 1934.)
• Pictures of New Zealand Life: Soft Waters of Taharepa in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 4, Issue 6 (October 1, 1929)
• Famous New Zealanders: No. 17: John Ballance the Great Liberal Premier (vol 9, issue 5) in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 9, Issue 5 (August 1, 1934)
• The Wairarapa: Valley of the Shining Lake, its Railway and its Landscapes in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 7, Issue 1 (May 1, 1932.)
• Famous New Zealanders: No. 20: Sir Douglas Maclean: Settler And Nation-Builder (vol 9, issue 8) in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 9, Issue 8 (November 1, 1934)
• Pictures Of New Zealand Life (vol 10, issue 8) in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 10, Issue 8 (November 1, 1935)
• Pictures of New Zealand Life (vol 9, issue 2) in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 9, Issue 2 (May 1, 1934.)
• Famous New Zealanders: No. 2 Sir Donald Maclean “The Great Maori Mystery Man” in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 8, Issue 1 (May 1, 1933)
• In The Green Canyon: “The Place Of Cliffs” - Wanganui River Scenes and Stories in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 4, Issue 12 (April 1, 1930)
• Famous New Zealanders: No. 16: William Pember Reeves: Writer and Lawmaker (vol 9, issue 4) in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 9, Issue 4 (July 2, 1934.)
• The Surprise of Opepe Camp: A Race for Life: Trooper Crosswell’s Wonderful Escape Across the Kaingaroa Plain in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 12, Issue 7 (October 1, 1937.)
• Famous New Zealanders: No. 21: Bishop Pompallier: The Story of a Mission Pioneer (vol 9, issue 9) in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 9, Issue 9 (December 1, 1934)
• Mountain of Love: Te Aroha, its Forested Peaks, its Explorers, and its Legends in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 5, Issue 7 (December 1, 1930)
• Te Kooti’s Scout: A Maori Warrior’s Story: The Exiles’ Escape from Chatham Island in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 12, Issue 11 (February 1, 1938)
• Kehu’s White Man: A Memory Of The Old Bush Life (vol 13, issue 1) in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 13, Issue 1 (April 1, 1938.)
• Dream Places (vol 13, issue 8) in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 13, Issue 8 (November 1, 1938)
• Famous New Zealanders: No. 18: The Rev. B. Y. Ashwell: Missionary of Waikato: The Story of a Peacemaker (vol 9, issue 6) in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 9, Issue 6 (September 1, 1934)
• Land of the Kauri: Scenes and Stories in the North Country in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 6, Issue 5 (November 2, 1931)
• Twelve Minutes on a Geyser: The Story of an Amazing Feat in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 3, Issue 8 (December 1, 1928)
• The Trail of Adventure: Pioneer Survey of the North Island Main Trunk Railway: John Rochfort And The Hauhaus (vol 8, issue 7) in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 8, Issue 7 (November 1, 1933)
• Pictures Of New Zealand Life (vol 10, issue 11) in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 10, Issue 11 (February 1, 1936)
• Pictures of New Zealand Life (vol 11, issue 01) in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 11, Issue 1 (April 1, 1936.)
• Taken for a Ride: The Capture Of Winiata: The Story of a Daring King Country Adventure in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 15, Issue 2 (May 1, 1940.)
• Famous New Zealanders: No. 27: Dr. Peter H. Buck (Te Rangihiroa), D.S.O.,: Doctor, Soldier, and Ethnologist (vol 10, issue 3) in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 10, Issue 3 (June 1, 1935)
• Hawke’s Bay and Napier Town: By Rail to the Sunshine Coast in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 7, Issue 2 (June 1, 1932)
• Rovers of the Brig “Bee”: The Story of a Lawless Cruise in the Old Pacific in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 13, Issue 3 (June 1, 1938.)
• Pictures Of New Zealand Life: Land of the Kauri (vol 11, issue 3) in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 11, Issue 3 (June 1, 1936)
• Pictures of New Zealand Life (vol 7, issue 8) in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 7, Issue 8 (February 1, 1933)
• Famous New Zealanders: No. 7: Commander F. A. Worsley (vol 8 issue 6) in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 8, Issue 6 (October 2, 1933)
• Famous New Zealanders: No. 14: Alfred Domett: The Author of “Ranolf and Amohia.” (vol 9, issue 2) in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 9, Issue 2 (May 1, 1934.)
• Picture of the New Zealand Life in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 4, Issue 7 (November 1, 1929)
• Sailors and Gold-Diggers: A Memory of the Old West Coast: The Man Who Missed the Blue Jacket in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 13, Issue 2 (May 2, 1938.)
• The Bush Explorers: Story of the Stratford Main Trunk Railway Route in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 5, Issue 4 (August 1, 1930)
• The Glory of the Terraces: The Tarawera-Rotomahana Region, Past and Present in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 6, Issue 6 (December 1, 1931)
• Pictures Of New Zealand Life (vol 11, issue 5) in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 11, Issue 5 (August 1, 1936)
• Pictures of New Zealand Life: Wise Words in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 5, Issue 9 (April 1, 1931)
• Through Storyland: Along The Wellington-Manawatu Line - Scenes of Beauty and Tales of the Past in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 7, Issue 6 (October 1, 1932.)
• Pictures of New Zealand Life (vol 12, issue 3) in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 12, Issue 3 (June 1, 1937)
• Heart of the Island: Taumarunui and Its Story: The Evolution of a Railway Town in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 7, Issue 4 (August 1, 1932)
• Stewart Island: A Place of Beauty, Adventure and Romance (vol 4, issue 10) in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 4, Issue 10 (February 1, 1930)
• Holiday Scenes: Summer Travel Ways in New Zealand in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 7, Issue 7 (December 1, 1932)
• Pictures Of New Zealand Life (vol 11, issue 4) in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 11, Issue 4 (July 1, 1936)
• Famous New Zealanders: No. 15: Wiremu Tamehana: The Maori King-maker: The Story of a Patriot (vol 9, issue 3) in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 9, Issue 3 (June 1, 1934.)
• Famous New Zealanders: No. 5: Rewi Maniapoto: The Story of Orakau (vol 8, issue 4) in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 8, Issue 4 (August 1, 1933)
• A Town of Trees and Birds in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 6, Issue 8 (April 1, 1932.)
• Lakeland and Storyland: The Charm of a Rotorua Cruise in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 6, Issue 2 (June 1, 1931)
• How Arthur’s Pass was Discovered: The Pioneer Explorer of the Otira Alpine Route in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 3, Issue 6 (October 1, 1928)
• Pictures of New Zealand Life (vol 9, issue 11) in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 9, Issue 11 (February 1, 1935)
• Orakei-Korako: Scenes and Stories in a Waikato Wonder Valley in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 4, Issue 5 (September 1, 1929)
• Famous New Zealanders: No. 10: J. E. Fitzgerald: Pioneer, Statesman, Writer, Orator (vol 8, issue 9) in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 8, Issue 9 (January 1, 1934)
• Pictures of New Zealand Life (vol 5, issue 6) in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 5, Issue 6 (October 1, 1930)
• By Rail to the Geyser Country: The Hot Springs and the Lakes of the Rotorua Thermal Region in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 5, Issue 2 (June 2, 1930)
• Pictures Of New Zealand Life (vol 10, issue 12) in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 10, Issue 12 (March 2, 1936)
• Pictures of New Zealand Life (vol 10, issue 3) in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 10, Issue 3 (June 1, 1935)
• Pictures of New Zealand Life (vol 12, issue 1) in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 12, Issue 1 (April 1, 1937)
• Famous New Zealanders: No. 19: Te Whiti, of Taranaki: The Story of a Patriot and Peacemaker (vol 9, issue 7) in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 9, Issue 7 (October 1, 1934)
• Pictures of New Zealand Life (vol 6, issue 7) in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 6, Issue 7 (February 1, 1932.)
• Pictures Of New Zealand Life (vol 9, issue 9) in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 9, Issue 9 (December 1, 1934)
• Famous New Zealanders: No. 4: Judge F. E. Maning: “Pakeha-Maori” (vol 8, issue 3) in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 8, Issue 3 (July 1, 1933)
• Pictures of New Zealand Life: The Church on the Hill in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 4, Issue 9 (January 1, 1930)
• Pictures of New Zealand Life (vol 10, issue 9) in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 10, Issue 9 (December 2, 1935)
• Pictures of New Zealand Life (vol 7, issue 1) in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 7, Issue 1 (May 1, 1932.)
• Pictures of New Zealand Life (vol 7, issue 2) in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 7, Issue 2 (June 1, 1932)
• Pictures of New Zealand Life (vol 4, issue 12) in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 4, Issue 12 (April 1, 1930)
• Pictures Of New Zealand Life (vol 11, issue 8) in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 11, Issue 8 (November 2, 1936)
• Famous New Zealanders: No. 11: Colonel J. M. Roberts, N.Z.C: The Story of the Forest Rangers (vol 8, issue 10) in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 8, Issue 10 (February 1, 1934)
• Pictures Of New Zealand Life (vol 9, issue 8) in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 9, Issue 8 (November 1, 1934)
• Pictures Of New Zealand Life (vol 10, issue 2) in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 10, Issue 2 (May 1, 1935)
• Pictures of New Zealand Life (vol 7, issue 3) in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 7, Issue 3 (July 1, 1932)
• The Romance of the Rail: A Descriptive and Historical Story of the North Island Main Trunk Railway (Continued) in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 3, Issue 4 (August 1, 1928)
• Papaitonga: “The Beauty Of The South.” — A Lake of Charm and History in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 7, Issue 5 (September 1, 1932)
• Pictures of New Zealand Life (vol 6, issue 5) in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 6, Issue 5 (November 2, 1931)
• The Roaring Buller: Thomas Brunner’s Great Exploring Expedition in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 4, Issue 4 (August 1, 1929)
• Pictures of New Zealand Life: Those Little Place Names in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 5, Issue 1 (May 1, 1930)
• Pictures of New Zealand Life (vol 9, issue 4) in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 9, Issue 4 (July 2, 1934.)
• The Trail of Adventure: Exploring the North Island Main Trunk Railway Route: The Pioneer Surveyors And The Maoris: Part I.: The Pathfinders (vol 8, issue 6) in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 8, Issue 6 (October 2, 1933)
• Pictures of New Zealand Life (vol 5, issue 5) in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 5, Issue 5 (September 1, 1930)
• The Golden Kowhai: A Folk Tale of the Maori in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 3, Issue 7 (November 1, 1928)
• Famous New Zealanders: No. 6: Three West Coast Explorers: Thomas Brunner, Charles Heaphy, James Mackay (vol 8, issue 4) in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 8, Issue 5 (September 1, 1933)
• Pictures Of New Zealand Life (vol 11, issue 11) in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 11, Issue 11 (February 1, 1937)
• Pictures of New Zealand Life (vol 6, issue 6) in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 6, Issue 6 (December 1, 1931)
• Pictures of New Zealand Life: Our Finest Mountain in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 5, Issue 2 (June 2, 1930)
• Stewart Island: A Place of Beauty, Adventure and Romance (vol 4, issue 8) in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 4, Issue 8 (December 1, 1929)
• Pictures of New Zealand Life (vol 7, issue 4) in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 7, Issue 4 (August 1, 1932)
• How Tikitere got its Hot Springs: Scenes and Stories in a Strange Thermal Valley in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 5, Issue 5 (September 1, 1930)
• Pictures of New Zealand Life (vol 8, issue 7) in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 8, Issue 7 (November 1, 1933)
• Hanmer Spa: The Plain of the Shining Tussock in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 7, Issue 3 (July 1, 1932)
• Pictures of New Zealand Life (vol 8, issue 2) in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 8, Issue 2 (June 1, 1933)
• Pictures Of New Zealand Life in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 9, Issue 10 (January 1, 1935)
• Enchanted Waters: The Fountains in the Fern in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 5, Issue 6 (October 1, 1930)
• Pictures of New Zealand Life (vol 7, issue 6) in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 7, Issue 6 (October 1, 1932.)
• Pictures of New Zealand Life (vol 9, issue 12) in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 9, Issue 12 (March 1, 1935)
• Pictures of New Zealand Life: Take It Easy in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 8, Issue 1 (May 1, 1933)
• R. L. S. and his Friends: Some Stevenson Memories in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 12, Issue 2 (May 1, 1937)
• Pictures of New Zealand Life (vol 9, issue 7) in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 9, Issue 7 (October 1, 1934)
• Pictures of New Zealand Life: Over The Ranges in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 5, Issue 4 (August 1, 1930)
• The Romance of The Rail: A Descriptive and Historical Story of the North Island Main Trunk Railway in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 3, Issue 2 (June 1, 1928)
• Picture of New Zealand Life in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 5, Issue 7 (December 1, 1930)
• Pictures of New Zealand Life (vol 10, issue 4) in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 10, Issue 4 (July 1, 1935.)
• Pictures of New Zealand Life (vol 11, issue 9) in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 11, Issue 9 (December 1, 1936)
• Pictures of New Zealand Life: Matamata’s Million in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 4, Issue 10 (February 1, 1930)
• Von Tempsky and the Forest Rangers: The War Correspondent in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 15, Issue 1 (April 1, 1940)
• A Descriptive and Historical Story of the North Island Main Trunk Railway in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 3, Issue 7 (November 1, 1928)
• Pictures Of New Zealand Life (vol 11, issue 10) in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 11, Issue 10 (January 1, 1937)
• Pictures of New Zealand Life (vol 8, issue 9) in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 8, Issue 9 (January 1, 1934)
• The Bush Explorers: Story of the Stratford Main Trunk Railway Route in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 5, Issue 3 (July 1, 1930)
• Pictures of New Zealand Life (vol 6, issue 8) in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 6, Issue 8 (April 1, 1932.)
• Pictures of New Zealand (vol 10, issue 1) in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 10, Issue 1 (April 1, 1935)
• The Romance of the Rail: A Descriptive and Historical Story of the North Island Main Trunk Railway in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 3, Issue 3 (July 2, 1928)
• Von Tempsky on the Diggings: A Memory Of The Forest Rangers in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 14, Issue 11 (February 1, 1940)
• Pageant of the Pioneers. in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 9, Issue 6 (September 1, 1934)
• Pictures of New Zealand Life (vol 10, issue 5) in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 10, Issue 5 (August 1, 1935)
• To Preserve Our Freedom: New Zealand’s Part in the War in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 14, Issue 12 (March 1, 1940)
• The Romance of the Rail (vol 3, issue 5) in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 3, Issue 5 (September 1, 1928)
• Pictures of New Zealand Life (vol 9, issue 1) in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 9, Issue 1 (April 2, 1934.)
• Pictures of New Zealand: A Copy of England? in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 7, Issue 5 (September 1, 1932)
• Pictures of New Zealand Life (vol 8, issue 3) in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 8, Issue 3 (July 1, 1933)
• Pictures of New Zealand Life (vol 5, issue 3) in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 5, Issue 3 (July 1, 1930)
• Pictures of New Zealand Life (vol 8, issue 5) in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 8, Issue 5 (September 1, 1933)
• The Great Beach Speedway in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 6, Issue 7 (February 1, 1932.)
• Von Tempsky on the Warpath Part II. Good-Bye to the Diggings in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 14, Issue 12 (March 1, 1940)
• Pictures of New Zealand Life (vol 8, issue 10) in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 8, Issue 10 (February 1, 1934)
• Pictures of New Zealand Life (vol 9, issue 3) in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 9, Issue 3 (June 1, 1934.)
• Pictures Of New Zealand Life: The Navy At Waireka in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 12, Issue 5 (August 2, 1937)
• The Romance of the Rail (Continued) in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 3, Issue 9 (January 1, 1929)
• Lake Manapouri, Or Moturau in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 12, Issue 6 (September 1, 1937.)
• Pictures of New Zealand Life (vol 11, issue 7) in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 11, Issue 7 (October 1, 1936)
• Pictures of New Zealand Life in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 12, Issue 2 (May 1, 1937)
• The Romance of the Rail (vol 3, issue 10) in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 3, Issue 10 (May 1, 1929.)
• The Adventures of Kimble Bent
• Fairy Folk Tales of the Maori
• Hero Stories of New Zealand
• Legends of the Maori (Volume 1)
• Letter from James Cowan to Horace Fildes
• Letter from James Cowan to Horace Fildes, 14 June 1922
• Letter from James Cowan to Horace Fildes, 16 December 1922
• The Maori: Yesterday and To-day
• The Maoris in the Great War: A History of The New Zealand Native Contingent and Pioneer Battalion: Gallipoli, 1915, France and Flanders, 1916-1918
• The New Zealand Wars: A History of the Maori Campaigns and the Pioneering Period: Volume I: 1845–1864
• The New Zealand Wars: A History of the Maori Campaigns and the Pioneering Period: Volume II: The Hauhau Wars, 1864–72
• Sir Donald Maclean

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• Legends of the Maori

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• 'Something of Them Is Here Recorded': Official History in New Zealand
• Book & Print in New Zealand : A Guide to Print Culture in Aotearoa
  • Type and materials
  • Encouragement to publish
  • The people
• Discoverers of the Cook Islands and the Names They Gave
  • XVII. Suwarrow
  • XXIX. Suwarrow and Palmerston
• Early Wellington
  • List of Early Subscribers
• England and the Maori Wars
  • Acknowledgment
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 15 — War With Te Kooti And Titokowaru
  • Index
  • Biographies
  • (b)Later Works
• Hauhauism: An Episode in the Maori Wars 1863-1866
  • INTRODUCTION. — An Historical Retrospect: The Maori Wars, — 1860–1864
  • APPENDIX II — The Niu
  • THE RAUPO SERIES OF GIFT BOOKLETS
• Hero Stories of New Zealand
  • [titlepage]
  • Notes
  • First over the Alps — The Epic of Raureka and the Greenstone
• Historic Poverty Bay and the East Coast, N.I., N.Z.
  • Te Kani-a-Takirau and the Maori Kingship
  • A Gay Lothario
• Island Stories
  • 1. Problems of the Imagination
  • Abstract
  • 2. Local History
  • 4. Wellington Historians, Collecting, and Oratory
  • 6. Centennial Splendours
  • Conclusion
• Kōtare 2008, Special Issue — Essays in New Zealand Literary Biography Series Two: ‘Early Male Prose Writers’
  • Contributors
• Legends of the Maori
  • [titlepage]
• Legends of the Maori
  • [titlepage]
  • Preface
• Maori and Missionary: Early Christian Missions in the South Island of New Zealand
  • [section]
• Maoriland: New Zealand Literature 1872–1914
  • 1. The Encyclopedic Fantasy of Alfred Domett
  • 4. Smoothing the Pillow of a Dying Race: A. A. Grace
  • 7. Blanche Baughan's Spiritual Nationalism
  • Index
• Maori Wars of the Nineteenth Century:
  • Fall of Te Totara pa, 1821
• Moko; or Maori Tattooing
  • [frontispiece inserts]
• Murihiku: A History of the South Island of New Zealand and the Islands Adjacent and Lying to the South, from 1642 to 1835
  • [1909 Preface]
  • CHAPTER XXII. — The Natives, 1823
  • INDEX
• Nga kōrero a Reweti Kohere Mā
  • Te Mate Nui o Waikato
• Nineteenth Century New Zealand Artists: A Guide & Handbook
  • ARDEN, Francis (known as Frank) b. c.1851
  • BARNICOAT, John Wallis 1814–1905
  • BRIDGE, Col Cyprian c.1808–1883
• Plume of the Arawas
  • Foreword
• Robley: Te Ropere, 1840—1930
  • Chronology
  • Male Portraits
  • Primary Sources
• Robley — Soldier with a Pencil
  • References
• Sir Donald Maclean
  • [titlepage]
  • Preface
• The Early Journals of Henry Williams
  • V — January to December 1831
• The Life and Work of Richard John Seddon
  • Preface
• The Long White Cloud
  • INDEX
  • New Zealand Literature
  • New Zealand Literature
• The Maori King
  • Editor's Introduction
• The Maori Race
  • Preface. — [By the Author.]
  • Forts
• The Maoris in the Great War
  • [titlepage]
• The Maoris of the South Island
  • Chapter I — The Origin of the Maori
• The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 11, Issue 3 (June 1, 1936)
  • Famous New Zealanders — No. 39 — William Ferguson Massey
  • Pictures Of New Zealand Life — Land of the Kauri
  • Variety In Brief
  • Peaceless
• The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 5, Issue 2 (June 2, 1930)
  • By Rail to the Geyser Country — The Hot Springs and the Lakes of the Rotorua Thermal Region
  • Among the Books. — “New Zealand Short Stories”
  • Pictures of New Zealand Life — Our Finest Mountain
• The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 5, Issue 7 (December 1, 1930)
  • Mountain of Love — Te Aroha, its Forested Peaks, its Explorers, and its Legends
  • Picture of New Zealand Life
  • Scrap the Rubbish
• The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 7, Issue 6 (October 1, 1932.)
  • Through Storyland — Along The Wellington-Manawatu Line. — Scenes of Beauty and Tales of the Past
  • Pictures of New Zealand Life
  • New Life for the Horse
• The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 8, Issue 4 (August 1, 1933)
  • Answers To Correspondents
  • Famous New Zealanders — No. 5 — Rewi Maniapoto — The Story of Orakau
• The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 8, Issue 9 (January 1, 1934)
  • Famous New Zealanders — No. 10 — J. E. Fitzgerald — Pioneer, Statesman, Writer, Orator
  • Variety in Brief
  • Pictures of New Zealand Life
• The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 9, Issue 1 (April 2, 1934.)
  • Famous New Zealanders — No. 13 — Edward Tregear — Pioneer, Scholar, Humanitarian
  • Pictures of New Zealand Life
  • Our Mountains, Hot and Cold
  • [section]
• The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 9, Issue 3 (June 1, 1934.)
  • Famous New Zealanders — No. 15 Wiremu Tamehana — The Maori King-maker. — The Story of a Patriot
  • Pictures of New Zealand Life
  • Inspiration for Artists
• The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 9, Issue 4 (July 2, 1934.)
  • Famous New Zealanders — No. 16 William Pember Reeves — Writer and Lawmaker
  • Pictures of New Zealand Life
  • Variety in Brief
• The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 9, Issue 5 (August 1, 1934)
  • New Zealand Place Names
  • Pictures Of New Zealand Life
  • Famous New Zealanders — No. 17 John Ballance the Great Liberal Premier
• The New Zealand Wars: A History of the Maori Campaigns and the Pioneering Period: Volume II: The Hauhau Wars, (1864–72)
  • Chapter 20: OPENING OF TITOKOWARU'S CAMPAIGN
• The Railways Magazine
• The Story of a Maori Chief
  • [section]
  • Hauhaus Enter Ngati-Porou Territory
  • Pakairomiromi Taken
  • Fall of Hungahunga-Toroa
  • The Passing of Kohere—A Rangatira's Wish
  • Sources Consulted
• The Story Of Gate Pa, April 29th, 1864
  • Preface
  • A Few Reflections — Where Is Gate Pa?
  • An Introduction by Mr James Cowan
• Trainland: How Railways Made New Zealand
  • Selling Rail
• Vikings of the Sunrise
  • Bibliography
  • 19. The Southern Angle
  • Index
• ‘A Curious Document’: Ta Moko as Evidence of Pre-European Textual Culture in New Zealand

Cited in

• A Bibliography of Online Resources for the "Moko; or Maori Tattooing" Project
• Discoverers of the Cook Islands and the Names They Gave
  • XVII. Suwarrow
  • XXIX. Suwarrow and Palmerston
• Hauhauism: An Episode in the Maori Wars 1863-1866
  • SECONDARY SOURCES
• Island Stories
  • C. Manuscripts
  • E. Books
  • F. Articles and Sections of Books
• Kōtare 2008, Special Issue — Essays in New Zealand Literary Biography Series Two: ‘Early Male Prose Writers’
  • Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Turuki, c.1832–17 April 1893
  • John Eldon Gorst, 1835–1916
• Maoriland: New Zealand Literature 1872–1914
  • Secondary Sources
• Robley: Te Ropere, 1840—1930
  • Primary Sources
  • Bibliography
• Robley — Soldier with a Pencil
  • References
• Takitimu
  • List of Books and Authorities Consulted and Thanked
• The Early Journals of Henry Williams
  • V. Later Works, Pamphlets, &c
• Vikings of the Sunrise
  • Bibliography

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External Links

• Dictionary of New Zealand Biography

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For several reasons, including lack of resource and inherent ambiguity, not all names in the NZETC collections are marked-up. This means that finding all references to a topic often involves searching. Search for James Cowan as: "James Cowan", "Tangiwai". Additional references are often found by searching for just the main name of the topic (the surname in the case of people).

Other Collections

The following collections may have holdings relevant to "James Cowan":

• Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, which has entries for many prominent New Zealanders.
• Archives New Zealand, which has collections of maps, plans and posters; immigration passenger lists; and probate records.
• National Library of New Zealand, which has extensive collections of published material.
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, which has extensive holdings on the Auckland region and New Zealand military history.
• Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, which has strong holdings in Tāonga Māori, biological holotypes and New Zealand art.
• nzhistory.net.nz, from the History Group of the Ministry for Culture and Heritage.

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