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Posted on January 6 2025
I currently work as a freelance historian. I have worked on private contracts including those utilising nineteenth century Native Land Court records to provide evidence in High Court cases, focusing on Tamaki Makaurau and the Manawatū region. I have also produced engaging accounts of genealogical research for an Auckland businessman and his family, leading to two privately produced volumes. I
Posted on September 20 2023
I am Elizabeth (Libby). I’ve completed my MA and PhD in History at Te Herenga Waka Victoria – University of Wellington. In 2024 I received a Judith Binney Writing Award which I am using to adapt my PhD thesis, ‘Women Contracting in Law c. 1840–1920: Gender and Settler Colonialism in the Courts of Aotearoa New Zealand’, for publication. I have
Posted on April 24 2022
When I tell people that I am a genealogist, one of the first questions is how far back have you got? For me it’s not how far back I have got, but what I have discovered about my family and the connections; like the moment of touching the document that my five x great grandparents had signed in the early
Posted on September 21 2021
I am an Auckland-based writer and researcher with a background in book writing and publishing, specialising in New Zealand history. I have a BA in History and a Master of Creative Writing with First Class Honours from Auckland University. Over the past 25 years, I have published a range of books for children and adults, many with a focus on
Posted on September 21 2021
I am passionate about recording the stories of people, families, local communities, businesses, and not-for-profit/community organisations. I am experienced in oral history interviewing, research, writing and publishing. I work with graphic designers, editors and publishers. I studied New Zealand, Australian and Pacific history at Victoria University as well as theatre, and women’s studies. I also have a post-graduate Diploma from
Posted on September 21 2021
Posted on September 21 2021
Queen’s Service Medal Qualifications: M.A. (Hons), Dip.Ed, Dip.Teaching, Dip. Recreation and Sport. Author of 37 books on the social and industrial history of the Buller and West Coast regions. Teacher for many years, now retired. Involved in many local institutions and Associations.
Posted on September 21 2021
Having completed a BA (History and Education) in 1999 and a BA Honours (History) in 2005, at the University of Auckland, and worked in the disability sector for a number of years, I went back to university on a doctoral scholarship. In 2009, I completed my PhD, ‘Assessing Gender in the Construction of Scottish Identity c.1286-c.1586’, which was conferred in
Posted on September 21 2021
I have worked for over thirty years in the GLAM sector as both an archivist and museum curator. I have a passion for history and for sharing my knowledge with others. Having completed my MA, where I looked at social aid I am now working on my doctorate, fun times! Presently I am involved with assisting schools in formulating and
Posted on September 21 2021
Following a journalism career in Nelson I elected to focus on what I loved writing about – history. Several books written to mark school anniversaries followed, along with a commission to research and write history stories for The Prow http://www.theprow.org.nz/. Meet You At The Church Steps, an illustrated history of a city landmark, followed. A Nelson Provincial Museum commission led
Posted on September 21 2021
Currently Senior Curator Human History at Canterbury Museum, Julia Bradshaw has worked in Museums for about 27 years. Julia has a background in South Island history and has a special interest in New Zealand’s gold-rushes, Chinese, women and remote places and she has had five books published on these topics. She is currently researching European use of pounamu, Chinese-European marriages
Posted on September 21 2021
Hello. I am a Dunedin-based historian but tend to travel to where the work takes me. I have an MA in history from Otago University and a Diploma in Journalism from Canterbury University. I am the author of more than 30 non-fiction books on New Zealand history, biography, culture and society. I am always looking for interesting new projects, large
Posted on September 21 2021
My research background is in social history, specifically deathways and social attitudes towards disposal of the dead in New Zealand and across the Anglosphere. I specialise in recovering the lives, and deaths, of everyday people otherwise lost in the archives. My PhD ‘Burning God’s Own: A Social History of Modern Cremation in New Zealand 1874-1946’ (2023) represents the first social
Posted on September 21 2021
Eileen worked for the Waitangi Tribunal for many years but has now retired. She still has a passion for historical research, however, and loves helping local family history enthusiasts give context to the lives of their forebears by doing social history research. Family history doesn’t always get a good rap, but it can throw up some really interesting stories and
Posted on September 10 2021
Qualifications Victoria University of Wellington Master of Museum and Heritage Practice Bachelor of Arts, History Publications Constructing a Snapshot: The Life and Legacy of Photographer Bobbie Barwell https://phanza.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Danielle-Campbell-Constructing-a-Snapshot.pdf Making matches: Reconnecting Leslie Adkin photographs https://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2020/01/31/making-matches-reconnecting-leslie-adkin-photographs/ Thames Heritage Festival: Beyond the Goldfields https://phanza.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Phanzine-vol27-no1-Apr-2021.pdf