Vincent O'Malley is a New Zealand historian who has written extensively on the history of Maori and Pakeha (European) relations in that country. He hold BA (Hons) and PhD degrees from the University of Canterbury and Victoria University of Wellington respectively and is a partner in HistoryWorks, a Wellington-based historical research consultancy that specialises in the Treaty of Waitangi.

His books include The New Zealand Wars/Ngā Pakanga o Aotearoa (BWB, 2019), The Great War for New Zealand: Waikato 1800-2000 (BWB, 2016), Haerenga: Early Maori Journeys Across the Globe (BWB, 2015), Beyond the Imperial Frontier: The Contest for Colonial New Zealand (BWB, 2014), The Meeting Place: Maori and Pakeha Encounters, 1642-1840 (AUP, 2012, NZ Post Book Awards finalist, 2013), The Treaty of Waitangi Companion: Maori and Pakeha From Tasman to Today (with Bruce Stirling and Wally Penetito) (AUP, 2010), The Beating Heart: A Political and Socio-Economic History of Te Arawa (with David Armstrong) (Huia, 2008), and Agents of Autonomy: Maori Committees in the Nineteenth Century (Huia, 1998).