Elizabeth Cox is a Wellington historian who specialises in New Zealand social and architectural history. Her 2022 book Making Space: A History of New Zealand Women in Architecture, published by Massey University Press, made a major contribution to the field of New Zealand architectural history. She received a President’s Award from Te Kāhui Waihanga the New Zealand Institute of Architects for her efforts on behalf of New Zealand architecture in the same year.
She has worked as the content lead for Te Ara Encyclopedia for Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage, and for Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga and the National Trust in the United Kingdom. Her first book, A Friend Indeed: The Saving of Old St Paul’s, was published in 2018. She runs a heritage consultancy business exploring the history of New Zealand’s heritage buildings.
