Keith Tonkin
Keith’s books (9)
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Tonkin, Keith (1952- ), was born in Christchurch and has lived all over the South Island. He currently lives in Dunedin.
A primary school teacher and journalist, Tonkin’s first book was published in 1997.
He has written on a variety of subjects from film-makers to New Zealand adventurers, often creating stories that are factually based with imagined characters, combining his love of New Zealand history with fictional writing. His primary publisher is the Educational publishing group Gilt Edge Publishing.
His titles include: The Dairy Farm (1997), The Deer Farm (1997), The Salmon Farm (1997), The Sheep Farmer (1998), The Vegetable Grower (1998), Tree Farming (1998), Four Great New Zealand Inventors (2003), New Zealanders of Action in World War Two (2003), New Zealand Film-makers (2004), Great New Zealand Adventurers (2004), The Longest Journey (2005), The Big Snow (2005), Te Pou Kara (The Flagpole) (2006) and Te Tupuna Maunga o Parihaka (The Ancestral Mountain of Parihaka) (2006).
