On the 3rd of February 2021, the Ministry of Education released a first draft of their compulsory New Zealand history curriculum for...

“At an earlier period, perhaps a century ago, my predecessor in office would have sought to lay this volume humbly at the foot of the...

So there’s this election coming up, you might have heard about it? Maybe you have driven past a defaced sign, or gotten a tailored ad...

Huirapa Marae, Karitane. Image from the University of Otago article, Te Ao Māori / The Māori world. In many cases, the only gateway...

Introduction Dr Sara Buttsworth In 2020 our experiment of “transliterating” the history of Te Tiriti using the RTTP pedagogy continued...

The Treaty of Waitangi is an integral and founding document in our nation’s history. Signed on the 6th of February 1840 between...

War and conflict between Māori and Pākehā currently dominate popular narratives of New Zealand’s nineteenth-century history. The New...

Article Two in the Treaty of Waitangi, in which the sole right of land purchasing was given to the Crown, was included in Te Tiriti

Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin was born Cecilia Helena Payne on May 10, 1900. She was born in Wendover, England to...

This is part two of the ‘Reacting to the Past’ series, where students share their experiences playing a Te Tiriti o Waitangi/Treaty of...

This year in the Tertiary Foundation Certificate’s ‘Foundation History’ course (HISTORY 91F), a team of researchers field tested their...

Ushering in the new year has always been a time for celebration and festivities across many different countries around the world. From...

The history of women in New Zealand is a rapidly changing field of historiography. As new feminist theories, activist movements, and...

Today marks the beginning of New Zealand Music Month, a celebration launched in 1997 with the purpose of improving the visibility and...

In his 2003 ANZAC address, the Australian Prime Minister John Howard stated that ANZAC Day ‘is about the celebration of some wonderful...

The general principles that form the foundation of contemporary academic understandings of the Treaty were developed through the...

Waitangi Day, observed annually in Aotearoa New Zealand on 6 February, marks the first signing of Te Tiriti o Waitangi in 1840. Te...