Author, freelance writer and producer Keith Newman has had four non-fiction titles published in New Zealand dealing with historical subjects including Māori prophet T. W. Ratana and the movement he founded, the early missionaries and their relationships with the Māori people and a history of the Internet in New Zealand. The resulting book Connecting the Clouds - The Internet in New Zealand (Activity Press 2008) is also published as a wiki and available free under a Creative Commons license.