Events

Papers Past turns 21: Panel discussion — Auckland

Posted on September 27 2022

Date: Friday 30 September 2022, 12pm to 2pm Cost: Free Location: Whare Wananga, Level 2, Auckland Central City Library, 44-46 Lorne Street, Auckland Part of the 21 years of Papers Past series. Papers Past website turns 21! To celebrate, join our discussion with Papers Past regular users — Caroline Daley, Seonaid Harvey, Carmen Parahi and David Reeves — as they talk about how

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Aotearoa Gender History Network seminar, 19 October

Posted on September 22 2022

The next Aotearoa Gender History Network seminar is on Wednesday Rāapa 19 October, 12 pm – 1 pm NZT, via zoom Register here Speakers: Karen Fox, Rank and Reputation in the Tasman World: Reflections on Gender and Place Rachel Boddy, The Heart-throb of 1710: Dr. Henry Sacheverell Karen Fox is a senior research fellow in the National Centre of Biography at the Australian National

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Seminar with Dr Ben Schrader: ‘Inventing History: The Curious 1958 Campaign to Save Wellington’s Oldest Pākehā Building’ – Friday 23 September

Posted on September 17 2022

The History Programme of the School of History, Philosophy, Political Science and International Relations at Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington is hosting a seminar with Dr Ben Schrader on Friday 23rd September | 12.10-1.30pm . Presented in OK406 at VUW and via ZOOM—please register for the Zoom by clicking this link:  https://vuw.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMkdOirpjkjGNbzqsryWn6vlNf5Ti2iD9v1 Inventing History: The Curious 1958 Campaign to Save Wellington’s Oldest Pākehā Building This talk

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Te Hui Ahurei Reo Māori o Whanganui-a-Tara: Hepetema September 2022

Posted on September 9 2022

Te Hui Ahurei Reo Māori o Te Whanganui-a-Tara (The Māori Language Festival of Wellington) celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Māori language petition. The petition was delivered to Parliament by Hana Te Hemara with support from Te Reo Māori Society of Victoria University and Ngā Tamatoa of The University of Auckland on 14 September 1972. It called for the revitalisation of

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Papers Past turns 21: Panel discussion — Christchurch

Posted on September 2 2022

Date: Monday 12 September 2022, 12pm to 2pm Cost: Free Location: Spark Place (ground floor), Tūranga, 60 Cathedral Square, Christchurch Papers Past website turns 21! To celebrate, join the discussion with Papers Past regular users — Katie Pickles, Lydia Mearns, Kamala Hayman and Martin Fisher — as they talk about how the website has changed research in New Zealand. The event

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Aotearoa Gender History Network seminar, Weds 7 September

Posted on August 12 2022

The next Aotearoa Gender History Network seminar is on Wednesday Rāapa 7 September, 12 pm – 1 pm NZT, via zoom Register here Speakers: Ereni Putere, Rau mōrehu ki te ao, rau mahara i te pō: Navigating history and the lives of Kāi Tahu Ahinata Kaitai-Mullane, Power, Positionality, Perspective: Unpacking colonialism in contemporary pornography Ereni Pūtere (nō Kāi Tahu, Kāti Māmoe, Waitaha,

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Reminder: Papers Past turns 21: Panel discussion — Wellington

Posted on August 10 2022

August 2022 marks the 21st anniversary of the initial release of Papers Past. It is regarded as a go-to site for researchers, genealogists, students, and all with an interest in our history. The range of uses and impact the website has had on research in New Zealand is vast. Join the National Library in person or online for a panel

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Papers Past turns 21: Panel discussion — Wellington

Posted on July 26 2022

August 2022 marks the 21st anniversary of the initial release of Papers Past. It is regarded as a go-to site for researchers, genealogists, students, and all with an interest in our history. The range of uses and impact the website has had on research in New Zealand is vast. To celebrate, join the discussion with Papers Past regular users —

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Auckland Writers Festival – Lucy Mackintosh to present the 2022 Michael King Lecture

Posted on June 23 2022

Lucy Mackintosh will present the 2022 Michael King Lecture at the upcoming Auckland Writers Festival on Saturday 27 August 2022 3.30pm-4.30pm. Shifting Grounds: Deep Histories of Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland by Lucy Mackintosh – co-winner of the 2022 Ernest Scott Prize for History and shortlisted for the 2022 Ockham NZ Book Awards – is a landmark publication, a history of Auckland that takes as

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Family History Network – 7 July 2022

Posted on June 22 2022

The next online meeting of the Family History Network on Thursday 7 July from 12-1pm. Zoom link: https://massey.zoom.us/j/88589262250  PHANZA member Helen Leggatt will present, followed by a group discussion. Helen’s presentation details are:  Burning God’s Own: A Prosopographical Approach to the Early Adoption of Cremation in New Zealand (1874-1946)  Historians and sociologists have long debated individual motivations underlying the transition from earth

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Annual Friends of the Turnbull Library Founder Lecture: Kia whakatōmuri te haere whakamua: Approaching our past with curiosity and courage

Posted on June 18 2022

The annual Friends of the Turnbull Library Founder Lecture will this year be given by Her Excellency The Right Honourable Dame Cindy Kiro, GNZM, QSO, Governor General of New Zealand. Date: Tuesday 28 June 2022, 6pm to 7pm Location: Taiwhanga Kauhau — Auditorium, (lower ground) National Library Wellington. Entrance on Aitken Street or online. Cost: Free. Booking essential. More information

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New Zealand Society of Authors Regional Road Show: Te Whanganui a Tara, 2 July 2022

Posted on June 15 2022

PHANZA member Paul Diamond is amongst the speakers at the New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa (PEN NZ Inc) Regional Roadshow in Te Whanganui a Tara on 2 July 2022. The New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa (PEN NZ Inc) Regional Roadshow brings professional development to the regions.  NZSA Regional Roadshows are

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Costume and Textile Association of New Zealand Talk – Wednesday 1st June 2022

Posted on May 23 2022

Emeritus Professor Kay Morris Matthews, Associate Researcher and Curator MTG Hawke’s Bay is giving at talk for CTANZ on Wednesday 1 June 7pm-8pm via zoom. “A Lightbulb Moment: Integrating Cottage Industries within a New Zealand Women’s Movement”.  This talk will draw on the life of (Anna Elizabeth) Jerome Spencer (1872-1955) founder and leader of the New Zealand Women’s Institutes and

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Family History Network – June Meeting

Posted on May 23 2022

Following interest from the NZHA conference last November, a group of people with interests in Family History research has been formed. The June meeting of the Family History Network is on Wednesday, 1st June, 12-1pm, via zoom: https://massey.zoom.us/j/89615956171 Rebecca Ream and Esther Fitzpatrick will present their research, followed by group discussion  Ethics and the ‘critical’ in critical family history  The ‘critical’ in

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Wilson History Oration for Professional Historians Australia – 2 June 2022

Posted on May 13 2022

Professional Historians Australia is pleased to introduce the Wilson History Oration. Out of the Blue: collaborative and community-based history in Australia presented by Associate Professor Tanya Evans 2 June 2022, 5.30-6.30pm (AEST), 7.30-8.30pm (NZST). This is a new public history presentation by an eminent historian to reflect and share experiences of historical research, writing and audience engagement. The inaugural oration will

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Save The Date: Australasian Society for Historical Archaeology Conference

Posted on May 12 2022

ASHA is pleased to announce that this year’s annual conference will be held in Russell, in the beautiful Bay of Islands in northern New Zealand. The conference will commence with a welcome function on the evening of 26 September 2022 and finish with a gala dinner on 30 September 2022. The conference venue is the historic Duke of Marlborough Hotel.

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