Alan Mulgan

Alan Edward Mulgan OBE (18 May 1881 – 29 August 1962) was a New Zealand journalist, writer and broadcaster. He was born in Katikati, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, of Protestant Irish parents,^[1] on 18 May 1881,^[2] and died in Lower Hutt.

Alan Mulgan and Marguerita Blomfield Mulgan passport application (1926)

Alan Mulgan OBE
Mulgan in 1926
Born	(1881-05-18)18 May 1881 Katikati, New Zealand
Died	29 August 1962(1962-08-29) (aged 81) Lower Hutt, New Zealand
Known for	Journalist, writer and broadcaster
Spouse	Marguerita Blomfield Pickmere
Children	3
Relatives	Edward Mulgan (father) John Mulgan (son)

In 1935, Mulgan was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal.^[3] In the 1947 New Year Honours he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for services to literature, journalism and broadcasting.^[4]

His father was Edward Ker Mulgan. Alan's elder son John Mulgan was also a writer and journalist.

Published works

• The New Zealand Citizen: An Elementary Account of the Citizen's Rights and Duties and the Work of Government (with E.K. Mulgan) (1914, and later editions)
• Three Plays of New Zealand (1922)
• Maori & Pakeha: A History of New Zealand (with A.W. Shrimpton) (1922, and later editions)
• The English of the Line and Other Verses (1925)
• New Zealand, Country and People: An Account of the Country and Its People (with Constance Clyde) (1925, and later editions)
• Home: A New Zealander's Adventure (1927, and later editions)
• Golden Wedding (1932)
• Spur of Morning (1934)
• Building in New Zealand: The Architect and His Service (1934)
• A Pilgrim's Way in New Zealand (1935)
• Aldebaran and Other Verses (1937)
• The City of the Strait: Wellington and Its Province: A Centennial History (1939)
• First with the Sun (1939)
• Literature and Authorship in New Zealand (1943)
• From Track to Highway: A Short History of New Zealand (1944)
• Literature and Landscape in New Zealand (1946)
• Pastoral New Zealand: Its Riches and Its People: A Descriptive Survey of the Dominion's Farming (1946)
• The Māori in Picture: A Brief Survey of Māori Life Past and Present (1948)
• A Book of Australian and New Zealand Verse (edited, with Walter Murdoch) (1950)
• New Zealand Railways: Romance and Story (1954)
• The Making of a New Zealander (1958)
• Great Days in New Zealand Writing (1962)
• Golden Wedding, and Other Poems (1964)