Events

Wānanga Symposium: CHRISTIANITY, THE MĀORI WORLD AND COLONIALISM IN AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND – November 2023

Posted on November 27 2022

This symposium, featuring leading international and New Zealand scholars, will consider the interactions between Christianity, te ao Māori and colonization in Aotearoa New Zealand. Current public conversations on the nature of our history, the Treaty of Waitangi, and issues of Crown governance and Māori authority, call for fresh research and perspectives on multi-faceted relationships and processes. The wānanga-symposium will canvass

PHANZA Christmas Event: Auckland, 7 December 2022

Posted on November 10 2022

At last, an Auckland PHANZA Christmas! It’s been a couple of years now, but at last we can get together and celebrate our historical connections – with each other and with the ground with live and work on. Lucy MacKintosh’s book Shifting grounds, deep histories of Tāmaki Makaurau has been widely lauded. Lucy has kindly agreed to take PHANZA members on a

Public Lecture: Stout Research Centre for New Zealand Studies Friday 18 November 2022

Posted on November 9 2022

Professor Te Maire Tau Friday 18 November 2022 Can we add to the work of Jan Vansina? Auditorium National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa Lower Ground Floor, Aitken Street Entrance, Wellington 5.00pm Welcome – Mihi Whakatau 5.10pm – 6.10pm Keynote Address 6.10m – 7.00pm Refreshments Professor Tau is the Pou Whakarae of the Ngāi Tahu Centre at

Aotearoa Gender History Network seminar, Weds 30 November

Posted on November 1 2022

The final session of the Aotearoa Gender History Network seminar for 2022 is on Wednesday Rāapa 30 November, 12 pm – 1 pm, via zoom Register here Jessica Parr, Unravelling the history of Obesity in Aotearoa: Examining the scientific roots presented in social epidemiology Helen Morten, The ‘Cult of the Expert’: Dietary Advice and Gender in New Zealand, 1930-1960 Jessica Parr is

2022 Mina McKenzie Memorial Lecture, 7 November 2022

Posted on October 27 2022

Every year the Mina McKenzie Memorial Lecture discusses a topic near and dear to the museum community. In 2022, Dr Bronwyn Labrum’s subject is “Stories of change and innovation in the regions: Women in New Zealand museums since the 1950s” “Women now run most of the significant regional museums in New Zealand, including Te Manawa, and yet the figure of

Talking HISTORY: Cycles & Knickerbockers, Margaret Lovell-Smith investigates early Christchurch’s Dress Reform Debate

Posted on October 25 2022

About this event ‘Votes for Women’ was not the only issue being discussed by Canterbury’s feminists of the 1890s. Should women cycle and if so what should they wear, were also topics of debate. Some women were brave enough to abandon their corsets and even wear knickerbocker costumes as they enjoyed the freedom that cycling and this new style of

Australia and Aotearoa NZ Public History Network Seminar, 2 December 2022

Posted on October 25 2022

“Mothering in Crisis”, a Melbourne Climate Futures CRX Project headed by Dr Carla Pascoe Leahy and Dr Julia Hurst. Climate change is sparking more frequent and more intense environmental disasters, with worse forecast across this century. As a population group with a heightened care burden during disasters, as well as an explicit investment in the future in the form of

JD Stout Fellow Annual Lecture 2022 – Thursday 3 November 2022

Posted on October 13 2022

J.D. Stout Annual Lecture 2022 Dr Ben SchraderJ.D. Stout Fellow 2022 Fabricating identities: a short history of historic preservation inAotearoa New Zealand, 1890-1990 Scholars have linked the evolution of historic preservation with the rise of nineteenth century nation states, where nation builders used historic places to invent traditions that rooted people in (national) soils. This was harder to do in

PHANZA AGM, Wednesday 26 October 2022

Posted on September 29 2022

Members are advised that the PHANZA AGM will be held in person and on-line on Zoom at 5pm on Wednesday 26 October 2022 at Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington’s Faculty of Architecture and Design Innovation Campus – 139 Vivian Street, Te Aro, Wellington. Room VS204. This is a slightly earlier time than usual and is intended to

Family History Network: Thursday 6 October 2022

Posted on September 29 2022

The next meeting of the Family History Network will be a presentation by Karin Speedy on her work for her recently published book Foundations, followed by discussion. Thursday, 6th October, 12-1pm Online via zoom: https://massey.zoom.us/j/85919513154 The abstract for Karin’s presentation is: Researching and Writing FoundationsAssociate Professor Karin Speedy Foundations is a memoir/literary nonfiction novel that interweaves family and personalhistories into the histories of Aotearoa,

Papers Past turns 21: Panel discussion — Auckland

Posted on September 27 2022

Date: Friday 30 September 2022, 12pm to 2pm Cost: Free Location: Whare Wananga, Level 2, Auckland Central City Library, 44-46 Lorne Street, Auckland Part of the 21 years of Papers Past series. Papers Past website turns 21! To celebrate, join our discussion with Papers Past regular users — Caroline Daley, Seonaid Harvey, Carmen Parahi and David Reeves — as they talk about how

Aotearoa Gender History Network seminar, 19 October

Posted on September 22 2022

The next Aotearoa Gender History Network seminar is on Wednesday Rāapa 19 October, 12 pm – 1 pm NZT, via zoom Register here Speakers: Karen Fox, Rank and Reputation in the Tasman World: Reflections on Gender and Place Rachel Boddy, The Heart-throb of 1710: Dr. Henry Sacheverell Karen Fox is a senior research fellow in the National Centre of Biography at the Australian National

Seminar with Dr Ben Schrader: ‘Inventing History: The Curious 1958 Campaign to Save Wellington’s Oldest Pākehā Building’ – Friday 23 September

Posted on September 17 2022

The History Programme of the School of History, Philosophy, Political Science and International Relations at Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington is hosting a seminar with Dr Ben Schrader on Friday 23rd September | 12.10-1.30pm . Presented in OK406 at VUW and via ZOOM—please register for the Zoom by clicking this link: https://vuw.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMkdOirpjkjGNbzqsryWn6vlNf5Ti2iD9v1 Inventing History: The Curious 1958 Campaign to Save Wellington’s Oldest Pākehā Building This talk

Te Hui Ahurei Reo Māori o Whanganui-a-Tara: Hepetema September 2022

Posted on September 9 2022

Te Hui Ahurei Reo Māori o Te Whanganui-a-Tara (The Māori Language Festival of Wellington) celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Māori language petition. The petition was delivered to Parliament by Hana Te Hemara with support from Te Reo Māori Society of Victoria University and Ngā Tamatoa of The University of Auckland on 14 September 1972. It called for the revitalisation of

Papers Past turns 21: Panel discussion — Christchurch

Posted on September 2 2022

Date: Monday 12 September 2022, 12pm to 2pm Cost: Free Location: Spark Place (ground floor), Tūranga, 60 Cathedral Square, Christchurch Papers Past website turns 21! To celebrate, join the discussion with Papers Past regular users — Katie Pickles, Lydia Mearns, Kamala Hayman and Martin Fisher — as they talk about how the website has changed research in New Zealand. The event

Aotearoa Gender History Network seminar, Weds 7 September

Posted on August 12 2022

The next Aotearoa Gender History Network seminar is on Wednesday Rāapa 7 September, 12 pm – 1 pm NZT, via zoom Register here Speakers: Ereni Putere, Rau mōrehu ki te ao, rau mahara i te pō: Navigating history and the lives of Kāi Tahu Ahinata Kaitai-Mullane, Power, Positionality, Perspective: Unpacking colonialism in contemporary pornography Ereni Pūtere (nō Kāi Tahu, Kāti Māmoe, Waitaha,