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Posted on October 24 2026
Museums Aotearoa is holding regional hui at Te Papa Tongarewa in Wellington on 13 November. Interested PHANZA members are welcome to take this opportunity to connect, collaborate, and contribute to what’s ahead. Attendance is free. For more information and to register, see https://museumsaotearoa.org.nz/events/wellington-regional-hui-tbc
Posted on October 24 2026
Stout Research Centre for New Zealand Studies Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington J.D. Stout Annual Lecture 2026 BECOMING WHĀNAU: JOINING FOR JUSTICE AT IHUMĀTAO Dr Frances Hancock With a response from Dr Carwyn Jones In 2015, six cousins co-founded the Indigenous-led, community-supported Save Our Unique Landscape (SOUL) campaign, now known as #ProtectIhumātao. This six-year campaign stoppeda commercial housing development
Posted on October 17 2026
The Wellington Heritage Festival Trust and the Rotary Clubs of Greater Wellington are hosting the 2026 Wellington Heritage Festival throughout October and November. For more information and to view the programme of events, click here.
Posted on October 17 2026
As part of the Wellington Heritage Festival, Professor James Belich will be giving a public talk at Te Papa Tongarewa. Professor James Belich: Museums, History, and the Stories We Tell — Friends of Te Papa Museums, History, and the Stories We Tell As though it does not have enough on its plate, Te Papa has recently had a lost continent
Posted on October 17 2026
The Magyar Millennium Park Trust, a Hungarian community trust in Wellington, are organising three days of events to mark the 70th anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution. The Trust invites PHANZA members to join at Penthouse Cinema in Brooklyn on Thursday 22 October for an evening exploring the stories and legacy of 1956 through conversation and cinema. At 6.45pm, a
Posted on October 12 2026
Please see the flyer below for information about the University of Otago History Students’ Postgraduate Symposium. For more information, see the University of Otago Students’ Historical Society Instagram page.
Posted on October 12 2026
Posted on October 9 2026
For more information and to book a ticket, click here. Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies are already embedded in the communication of culture – they shape and touch on all aspects of culture. In the face of this, an intense debate is currently taking place in museums around the world: are AI technologies to be embraced and trusted or should they
Posted on October 3 2026
Stout Research Centre for New Zealand Studies Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington Seminar “How to write about a life: current (auto)biography and memoir in Aotearoa New Zealand”“Owen Woodhouse: an unlikely revolutionary?” Professor Jim McAloon Owen Woodhouse (1916-2014) was a Judge of the Supreme Court (now the High Court) from 1961 until 1974 and then of the Court of Appeal
Posted on October 3 2026
Please see the notice below for information about Dunedin Heritage Weekend from 9-11 October. For more information, click here.
Posted on September 26 2026
Auckland Heritage Festival 2026Tastes of Tāmaki: A Heritage Feast 26 September – 11 October This year’s theme, Tastes of Tāmaki: A Heritage Feast, centres our celebrations on the history and heritage of food and beverage in Auckland. Food is a universal language that tells rich stories of migration, resilience, innovation, and manaakitanga (hospitality). It connects us to our past and reflects
Posted on September 8 2026
The New Zealand Portrait Gallery is hosting author and historian Nicola Francis on Thursday 1 October, where she will launch her new book, My Own Sort of Heaven: A Life of Rosalie Gascoigne, published by Australian National University Press. 5pm, Thursday 1 OctoberNew Zealand Portrait Gallery, Wellington Joining for the event is curator, poet, painter, essayist, and anthologist Gregory O’Brien
Posted on September 3 2026
Mahuru Māori event series This Mahuru Māori, join a reorua (bilingual) He Tohu experience and hīkoi around Pipitea to celebrate te reo Māori and the unique hītori (history) of Pipitea. Deepen your understanding about ingoa tūturu (original place names) and the wāhi (space) whereHe Tohu currently sits. Note more than one tour date below: Date: Wednesday 9 September 2026 and Friday 11 September 2026Time: 12pm to 1:30pmCost: Free. Venue: Te Ahumairangi
Posted on September 3 2026
Friends of the Turnbull event series If you remember the famous quote from David Lange — “And I’m going to give it to you if you hold your breath just for a moment … I can smell the uranium on it as you lean towards me,” make sure you don’t miss this engaging talk from author Greg Bruce on 15 September. Greg Bruce
Posted on August 26 2026
Stout Research Centre for New Zealand Studies Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington Seminar Series “How to write about a life: current (auto)biography and memoir in Aotearoa New Zealand” Mining the Memories Graeme Aitken This seminar will trace the process I went through in the period leading up to and the writing of a memoir about my life, much of which was
Posted on August 15 2026
Date/time: Tuesday, 25 August 2026, 6.00pm – 7.00pm Bridget Williams Books warmly invites you to attend a talk by Tony Ballantyne, author of Captain Cook and the Unsettled Afterlives of Empire. James Cook is one of the most contested figures in Aotearoa New Zealand’s past. Today, his name evokes not only exploration and scientific endeavour but also the violence of first