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Posted on September 21 2021
Gail is a historian and researcher working in the culture and heritage sector as Associate Curator, History at Auckland War Memorial Museum. She is particularly interested in social, cultural and economic aspects of New Zealand’s war experiences. She was an organiser of the international symposium ‘Myriad Faces of War: 1917 and its legacy’ held in Wellington in 2017, and co-editor
Posted on September 21 2021
I am an Independent Historian with wide experience in both research and teaching history. I specialise in New Zealand social and political history, with a particular emphasis on the first half of the 20th century. I have wide experience in self-directed research projects. I have experience in rural history, education history and the history of childhood. My maters thesis was
Posted on September 21 2021
Posted on September 21 2021
Posted on September 21 2021
I currently work as Senior Historian at the Ministry for Culture and Heritage, where I am the General Editor of the Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand. I am also an experienced architectural historian, having worked in the heritage field for over a decade. My business is Bay Heritage Consultants. I have completed hundreds of historical reports, heritage assessments and
Posted on September 21 2021
I volunteer at both Devonport and Birkenhead Museums, as well as Auckland Council Archives. I also conduct regular tours of Symonds Street Cemeteries and give public talks on aspects of North Shore history. I graduated with MA Hons in history from the University of Auckland in 1974 and also hold a Diploma from the New Zealand Library School. I worked
Posted on September 21 2021
Kia ora, I’m a founder member of PHANZA, and have been a member of the executive committee and editor of Phanzine. As Senior Editor/Historian in Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage, I edit books and write and edit content for Te Ara (the online Encyclopedia of New Zealand) and the NZ History website. I’ve edited about 60 books
Posted on September 21 2021
I am currently working on a project to research and document the history of Chinese restaurants and takeaways in New Zealand, funded by the Chinese Poll Tax Heritage Trust. I have experience as a tour guide and in researching, planning, writing and building self-guided walking tour apps.
Posted on September 21 2021
Alison is a Heritage Assessment Advisor for Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga and historian for the company Museograph. She has had over 20 years’ experience in archives and research and recently completed the first digital Masters of History at University of Otago in 2020. She has held the portfolio for website and social media on the National Council of Archives
Posted on September 10 2021
I am a qualified heritage professional with interpretation, research, collections management and curatorial experience at Te Papa, the New Zealand Police Museum, Wellington City Council’s Heritage Team and The Treasury Research Centre and Archive in Thames. I am passionate about exhibition and public programme development, heritage interpretation and increasing access to museum and archive collections. I am a PHANZA Executive