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Posted on September 27 2025
Alice Houston-Page completed her BA(Hons) at the University of Otago Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka in 2023. Her Honours dissertation focused on the anti-nuclear activism of an Ōtepoti women’s group in the 1960s. The group produced a petition protesting French nuclear testing in Oceania that ultimately received over 13,000 signatures from New Zealand women. Alice has a particular interest in post-war histories
Posted on May 28 2024
Samantha Owens is a freelance music historian based in Karori, Wellington. She has published widely on the performance cultures and practices of Aotearoa New Zealand and Australia, 1850–1950, as well as on the music history of early modern Europe, 1660–1760. Her monograph, The Well-Travelled Musician: John Sigismond Cousser and Musical Exchange in Baroque Europe (Boydell Press, 2017), was funded by an
Posted on August 13 2023
I am a freelance historian of English and Irish ancestry, born in Paraparaumu and now living in Island Bay. My training is in musicology, ethnomusicology, colonialism, gender, and film. As a former registered nurse and current part-time medical reference librarian at a tertiary institution, I’m also interested in health, education, equity, and information science. I study te reo Māori, respect
Posted on September 21 2021
Michael Brown has been researching New Zealand music and adjacent topics for over twenty years. Since 2015, he has worked as Music Curator at the Alexander Turnbull Library in Wellington. He was the 2023 JD Stout Fellow at the Stout Research Centre, Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington. He has researched a wide array of areas relating to New
Posted on September 21 2021
Dr Grace Bateman (PhD Otago, History). Dunedin – based historian. nzskatinghistory.org.nz I am available for research into a diverse variety of aspects of society and culture. I have a wide range of experience in researching and writing many different topics using different methodologies, both as project lead, and as a research assistant. Two examples of this diversity are my recent
Posted on September 21 2021
I am a freelance historian specialising in New Zealand’s colonial music and gardening histories. I have had academic articles on these topics published in “New Zealand Journal of History”, “Journal of New Zealand Studies”, “Script & Print: Journal of the Bibliographical Society of Australia and New Zealand”, “Australian Garden History” and “Historic Gardens Review”. I have also written for the
Posted on September 21 2021
Dr Aleisha Ward is a Professional Teaching Fellow, Music, at the University of Auckland specialising in Aotearoa New Zealand music history. She is also a freelance historian, writer, editor/copyeditor, and public speaker. Aleisha’s particular area of research is the history of jazz in Aotearoa. She is an award winning jazz historian and music writer who was a recipient of the
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