A. N. Field
| Arthur Nelson Field | |
|---|---|
| Born | 27 February 1882 Nelson, New Zealand |
| Died | 3 January 1963 (aged 80) |
| Nationality | New Zealander |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Parent(s) | Thomas Field |
Arthur Nelson Field (27 February 1882 – 3 January 1963) was a New Zealander journalist, writer and political activist.
Born in Nelson he was the first son of four children born to Tom Field and Jessica Black. His father was managing director of Wilkins and Field Hardware in his native city, which his grandfather had founded, and served as a Nelson City Councillor and Reform Party member of parliament for the Nelson electorate from 1914 to 1919.
Field took up journalism and worked as a reporter for The Evening Post, Taranaki Herald, Poverty Bay Herald and Melbourne Argus (1901–1907), before returning to Nelson in 1907. He served as a Wellington Dominion columnist for the next 21 years (1907–1928). There was a break during this period when he served as a Royal Navy sub-lieutenant and adjutant at Portsmouth, and on board RNV Spenser in the North Sea. He returned to New Zealand when discharged in 1914.
While working as a journalist and serving in the Navy, Field became involved in right wing politics. In 1909 he published The Citizen, an early far right publication which upheld motherhood, eugenics and monetary reform, and opposed "Maori Obstructionism" for seven years, 1912-1919. After that period, he also became involved with "The Britons", a group that specialised in publishing New Zealand editions of (of questionable authorship, but of contextual significance) and published a New Zealand edition himself. During the Second World War, he was kept under surveillance by the Security Intelligence Bureau of New Zealand's Department of External Affairs.
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