James Cowan (New Zealand writer)

James Cowan
James Cowan, 1929
Born	(1870-04-14)14 April 1870 East Tāmaki, New Zealand
Died	6 September 1943(1943-09-06) (aged 73) Ōtaki Beach, New Zealand

James Cowan (14 April 1870 – 6 September 1943) was a pākehā New Zealand non-fiction author, noted for his books on colonial history and Māori ethnography. A fluent Māori speaker, he interviewed many veterans of the New Zealand Wars. His book The New Zealand Wars: A History of the Māori Campaigns and the Pioneering Period (1922–23) is his best known work.