[4] He has also written a major biography of the Ngā Puhi politician and Kotahitanga leader Hōne Heke Ngāpua (1869–1909), and wrote Fatal Frontiers – a history of New Zealand in the 1830s.

[5] In addition to writing books, Moon is a frequent contributor to national and international academic journals on a variety of history-related topics.

Currently, Moon is professor of history at Auckland University of Technology's Te Ara Poutama, the Faculty of Māori Development, where he has taught since 1993.

In the 2022 New Year Honours, Moon was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to education and historical research.

[8] In 2009 the auction firm Dunbar Sloane announced its intention to sell a piece of wood allegedly taken from the flagpole Hōne Heke chopped down at Russell in the mid-1840s.