Background
Brooking, Thomas Warden Hastings was born on September 27, 1949 in Auckland, New Zealand. Son of Clifford Thomas and Mary Brooking.
Brooking, Thomas Warden Hastings was born on September 27, 1949 in Auckland, New Zealand. Son of Clifford Thomas and Mary Brooking.
Bachelor, Massey University, Palmerston, 1970. Master of Arts with honor, Massey University, Palmerston, 1972. Doctor of Philosophy, University Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, 1977.
Assistant lecturer history University Otago, 1978—1979, lecturer history, 1980—1985, senior lecturer history, 1986—1996, associate professor history, 1997—2005, professor history, since 2005. Committee member New Zealand History Advisory Committee, Wellington, New Zealand, 1988—1993. 'eminent' historian consultant Office Treaty Settlements, Wellington, 2004—2005.
Judge-non fiction Montana Book Awards, Wellington, 2004. Member cabinet committee walking access Cabinet, Ministry Agriculture, Wellington, 2005—2006.
Trustee Downie Stewart Foundation, Dunedin, 1986—2008, Maori Hill Primary School, Dunedin, New Zealand, 1988—1990, Logan Park High School, Dunedin, 1998—2000. Chair Wordstruck- book festival, 2001—2003. Secretary castle st. branch Labour Party, 1976—1979.
Member of New Zealand History Association (council member 1994—2008), Agricultural History Society-United States of America 2006-2008.
Married Patricia Anne Cadigan, December 9, 1972. Children: Rachel Jane, Peter Samuel.