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Posted on September 17 2023

Wednesday 4 October 2023, 12:10pm to 1pm Taiwhanga Kauhau — Auditorium, (lower ground) National Library Wellington. Entrance on Aitken Street on Zoom. Free In this talk, archivist and author Jared Davidson will discuss his latest book, ‘Blood and Dirt: Prison Labour and the Making of New Zealand’ (Bridget Williams Books) and the role prisoners have played in the development of

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Posted on September 14 2023

We hope to see our members at this year’s AGM on Thursday 21 September 2023 Time: The meeting will start at 5.30pm. Venue: George’s Room at the Thistle Inn, Wellington, 3 Mulgrave Street, or on Zoom. Drinks and nibbles will be provided. Click here to join via Zoom Please visit documents to view or download these.

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Posted on September 14 2023

Date:                      Friday 22 September 2023Time:                      2.30pm – 5.30pm. Refreshments at 3.30pm Venue:                    Stout Seminar Room, 12 Waiteata Road, Kelburn Monash University Professor of History Bain Attwood will be discussing his important new work on the making of histories about te Tiriti/the Treaty in the Stout Centre’s seminar room. ‘A Bloody Difficult Subject’ (Auckland University Press, 2023) has, among other things, significant ramifications for the

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Posted on September 14 2023

PHANZA members are invited to submit an expression of interest for contributing to Auckland Council Libraries 2024 HeritageTalks programme that is held every Wednesday 12-1pm in the Whare Wananga, L2 Central City Library, 44 Lorne St, Auckland (or online via Zoom). Preference is given to topics related to local (Auckland) history, New Zealand history, Maori heritage and culture, Pasifika heritage

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Posted on August 31 2023

The Whiria Te Mahara New Zealand History Grants support historians, researchers and writers working on non-fiction projects that will significantly enhance our understanding of New Zealand’s past. Applications are open now and close on 15 October 2023.   Any individual or group can apply.We prefer projects that produce publications that will receive a wide audience, such as book projects, and we also

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Posted on August 29 2023

Making, Spending and Saving: Women and Money in AustralasiaSymposium: in person or onlineMacquarie University, Sydney, Australia18-19 July 2024 Banking, capital, credit, investing and earning – how have women accessed and controlled money in Australasia in the last 200 years? Ask any Australasian woman who tried to obtain finance before the 1990s and they will have a story to tell. There are

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Posted on August 29 2023

The Holocaust Centre of New Zealand welcomes applicants for two positions. For suitable candidates, these roles may be combined.

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Posted on August 29 2023

Ki te puāwai te ahurea, Ka ora te iwiCulture is thriving, the people are well  Kei te rapu mātou i tētahi Pou Matua Mātauranga Māorii roto i tō mātou rōpū Te Pae Wānanga – Tukunga Ihotanga. There is an exciting opportunity to join our Te Pae Wānanga – Tukunga Ihotanga | Research and Publishing team as Pou Matua Mātauranga Māori| Senior Historian Mātauranga

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Posted on August 26 2023

We are very pleased to announce the publication of Sarah Johnston’s article ‘With the Boys Overseas: How Homefront Listeners Shaped the Work of Aotearoa New Zealand’s First Battlefront Broadcasters’ in the 2023 issue of the New Zealand Journal of Public History.  Sarah Johnston (Ngāti Rakaipaaka, Ngāti Kahungunu, Pākehā) is an independent sound historyresearcher, investigating New Zealand radio during World War Two.

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Posted on August 21 2023

Scholars undertaking research in the collections of the Alexander Turnbull Library are invited to apply for the Friends of the Turnbull Library Research Grant, worth up to $20,000. Your research project must include use of material in the Turnbull collections (but does not exclude use of other institutions) Closing date is Friday 6 October 2023. More information on how to

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Posted on August 21 2023

Applications are open for the 2024 JD Stout Research Fellowship (start date 1 March 2024).Applications must be submitted on the link below and close on 29 September 2023. https://www.wgtn.ac.nz/about/working-here/current-vacancies-broadbean For information about the Fellowship please go to the Stout Research Centre for NZ Studies website: https://www.wgtn.ac.nz/stout-centre/research-opportunities/jd-stout-info

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Posted on August 21 2023

The next Aotearoa Gender History Network seminar is on Wednesday Rāapa 20 September, 12 pm – 1 pm, via zoom Register here Speakers: Karamea Moana Wright, Tūpuna in the Archives: Māori in Diaspora Moana Murray, Māori Migration: From Taonga in American Collections to Māori Diaspora in the United States Karamea Moana Wright (Ngāti Koata, Ngāti Kuia, Ngāti Toa Rangatira, Kāi Tahu) is

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