Events

Posted on June 30 2021

You are warmly invited to the fourth session of the 2021 Aotearoa New Zealand Gender History Seminar series.  Wednesday 21 July, 12pm – 1pm, via zoom (https://waikato.zoom.us/j/82421107647) Speakers:Charlotte Macdonald, ‘Standing on the threshold: Mary Anne at the door of the Sydney Refuge 1867, the historian at her keyboard, 2021. The tricky business of fragments and interpretation.’ Randolph Hollingwood, ‘A Tale of 29

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Posted on May 13 2021

You are warmly invited to the third session of the 2021 Aotearoa New Zealand Gender History Seminar series.  Wednesday 9 June, 12 pm – 1 pm, via zoom (https://waikato.zoom.us/j/82421107647) Speakers:James Keating, Distant sisters? Writing a history of Australasian women and the international struggle for the voteVioleta Gilabert, Emotion, Modernity, and the Campaign for Christian Order in Aotearoa New Zealand, 1942-1946 James Keating is

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Posted on May 13 2021

To view the full flyer, including more information on the symposium sessions, click here. This year’s symposium will consider the multiple ways in which the history of Palmerston North and its surrounding areas has been explored in the past, and options for the future. The majority of sessions will be held at Te Manawa Museum of Art, Science, and History.

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Posted on May 8 2021

Revolutions per minute: the sixties counterculture in Aotearoa New Zealand Nick Bollinger – J.D. Stout Fellow 2021 Politics, drugs, sex, communes, music, media… and more – The First campus ‘teach-in’ in 50 years! Nick Bollinger is currently working on a book about the counterculture of the 1960s and 1970s in New Zealand. On May 29 he will host a one-day

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Posted on April 24 2021

Join our experts to discover the resources available to help you research your property! Where: Epsom Community Centre When: Saturday May 8, 2021 at 9:30 AM – 11:30 AM Come along to learn some tips and tools for researching your property and learn about the historical development of the Albert-Eden area. Is your house an Edwardian villa or a transitional

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Posted on April 17 2021

A space open to all interested in discussing current research in women’s and gender history with a focus on Aotearoa New Zealand. Zoom meetings are held every 6 weeks on Wednesdays – Rāapa, 12 noon to 1.00pm.  Zoom link (recurring): https://waikato.zoom.us/j/82421107647 Wednesday 17 March Paulien Martens, The History of Fatherhood in Otago, 1840-1914.Rachel Tombs, An End to Spousal Immunity: Rape Law

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Posted on April 8 2021

A panel discussion on Brian Easton’s book Not in Narrow Seas: The Economic History of Aotearoa New Zealand (2020) will take place at 4.10 pm – 6.00 pm on Wednesday, 21 April. Brian Easton suggests that everyone agrees the ‘economy really does matter’ but too few seriously investigate the implications. His book addresses this omission, identifies major economic trends since

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Posted on April 3 2021

You are warmly invited to Mana Wahine, the second session of the 2021 Aotearoa New Zealand Gender History Seminar series.  Wednesday 28 April, 12 pm – 1 pm, via zoom (https://waikato.zoom.us/j/82421107647) Speakers: Hineitimoana Greensill, ‘Wahine ma korerotia’: Māori women’s writing & activism, 1975–1984 Nālani Wilson-Hokowhitu, Retracing the Storylines of Hina – A Mana Wahine Journey This is a regular, online seminar.

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Posted on March 27 2021

In 1871, the Tauranga Library subscribers met for the first time at the Masonic Hotel. To celebrate 150 years, a special talk will be held on Wednesday 7 April from 12.45 – 2pm at the Ngā Wahi Rangahau Reserch Collections Level 1 Tauranga Library 91 Willow Street. The talk will trace the library’s inception back to 1871 and ask: •          

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Posted on March 20 2021

Otago University Press invites you to celebrate the launch of: Kate Edgar: The Life of a Pioneering Feminist by Diana Morrow

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Posted on March 18 2021

Professor Lynda Bryder and Dr Jess Parr are pleased to announce the return of the Auckland History Initiative Symposium. Mark the date – Monday April 12, 10am – 4:00pm, for an action-packed symposium on Auckland/Tamaki Makaurau’s past at the University of Auckland. The symposium will include a keynote address by Dr Lucy Mackintosh and Pania Newton (Tāmaki Paenga Hira Auckland Museum). Following

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Posted on March 4 2021

You are warmly invited to the first session of the 2021 Aotearoa New Zealand Gender History Seminar series. This will take place on Wednesday 17 March, 12 pm – 1 pm, via zoom (https://waikato.zoom.us/j/97078105588) Speakers:Paulien Martens, The history of fatherhood in Otago, 1840-1914Rachel Tombs, An end to Spousal Immunity: Rape Law Reform in 1980s New Zealand (Please be aware that Rachel Tombs’ talk addresses sexual

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