Explore the work of Hokianga photographer, Charles Peet Dawes, including images from a collection of glass plate negatives recently acquired… Read more »
Events
Public History Talk: ‘Leading the way: 100 years of the Tararua Tramping Club’ by Shaun Barnett and Chris Maclean (Wellington, 3 July 2019)
Come along to the next Public History Talk hosted by Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage and the National… Read more »
Victoria University History Programme Seminar: ‘Vessel of Globalization: the many worlds of the Edwin Fox, 1853-1905’, talk by Boyd Cothran and Adrian Shubert (Wellington, Friday 14 June 2019)
Come along to a Victoria University of Wellington History Programme Seminar: Vessel of Globalization: the many worlds of the edwin… Read more »
‘Birdstories’, talk by Geoff Norman (12 June 2019, Wellington)
New Zealand’s extraordinary birds New Zealand birds – their discovery, their place in both Pākehā and Māori worlds, their survival… Read more »
‘Fresh collections and fascinating finds on DigitalNZ’ talk at National Library (Wellington, 18 June 2019)
DigitalNZ — what’s new DigitalNZ brings together the digital collections of over 200 different organisations from across Aotearoa — the… Read more »
‘Patterns: the printed image and a century of colonial-made furniture’ talk by William Cottrell (13 June 2019, Wellington)
Art history of material culture Art Historian Dr William Cottrell specialised in colonial furniture. He says that new research now… Read more »
Public History Talk: Stories behind the book — ‘Tatau: A History of Samoan Tattooing’ by Sean Mallon (Wednesday 5 June 2019, Wellington)
3000 years of Samoan tatau The Samoan Islands are virtually unique in that tattooing has been continuously practiced with indigenous… Read more »
LET’S DEAL WITH IT!: A TRANS-TASMAN CAMPAIGN TOWARDS FACILITATING RACIAL EQUITY – conference, 14 June 2019
Shakti Community Council is organising a one-day conference in Auckland to emphasise the objectives of two of their campaigns “Lets… Read more »
Dragon Tails 2019 conference: CALL FOR PAPERS – deadline extended to 31 May 2019
The call for papers for Dragon Tails 2019 – the 6th Australasian conference on Chinese diaspora history and heritage (20-23 November 2019)… Read more »
Marilyn Waring’s ‘The Political Years’ (talk at National Library, Wellington, 22 May 2019)
In 1975 Marilyn Waring was elected to the New Zealand Parliament as the MP for Raglan. Aged just 23 and… Read more »