Lucy FrancksMar 19, 20215 minWhat is the Future of Our Past?On the 3rd of February 2021, the Ministry of Education released a first draft of their compulsory New Zealand history curriculum for...
Heidi ChapmanOct 22, 20205 minCelebrating the Queen's Birthday in June“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...
Bryony Ammonds-SmithOct 12, 20205 minThe History of Voting in New ZealandSo 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...
Michaela SelwaySep 25, 20206 minThe Influence of the Linguistic Turn on the Teaching of New Zealand HistoryHuirapa Marae, Karitane. Image from the University of Otago article, Te Ao Māori / The Māori world. In many cases, the only gateway...
Tahuhu KoreroSep 2, 202017 minStill Reacting to the Past!!!Introduction Dr Sara Buttsworth In 2020 our experiment of “transliterating” the history of Te Tiriti using the RTTP pedagogy continued...
Tahuhu KoreroFeb 6, 20204 minCommemorating Waitangi Day in the Twentieth Century.The Treaty of Waitangi is an integral and founding document in our nation’s history. Signed on the 6th of February 1840 between...
Tahuhu KoreroNov 14, 20195 minRemembering New Zealand’s Wars…and PeaceWar and conflict between Māori and Pākehā currently dominate popular narratives of New Zealand’s nineteenth-century history. The New...
Michaela SelwayNov 4, 20196 minThe Violation of Article Two in Te Tiriti o Waitangi: The Taranaki Land Wars and ParihakaArticle Two in the Treaty of Waitangi, in which the sole right of land purchasing was given to the Crown, was included in Te Tiriti
Michaela SelwayOct 17, 20197 minNotable Women in History You May Not Know Of But ShouldCecilia Payne-Gaposchkin Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin was born Cecilia Helena Payne on May 10, 1900. She was born in Wendover, England to...
Kathryn CammellJul 10, 20195 minReacting to the Past: Part TwoThis is part two of the ‘Reacting to the Past’ series, where students share their experiences playing a Te Tiriti o Waitangi/Treaty of...
Kathryn CammellJul 8, 20194 minReacting to the Past: Part OneThis year in the Tertiary Foundation Certificate’s ‘Foundation History’ course (HISTORY 91F), a team of researchers field tested their...
Tahuhu KoreroJun 27, 20194 minWhat is Matariki and Why Should I Care?Ushering in the new year has always been a time for celebration and festivities across many different countries around the world. From...
Kathryn CammellMay 18, 20195 minBook Review: Barbara Brookes, ‘A History of New Zealand Women’The history of women in New Zealand is a rapidly changing field of historiography. As new feminist theories, activist movements, and...
Kathryn CammellApr 30, 20195 minNew Zealand Music Month: Protest Anthems in the 1980sToday marks the beginning of New Zealand Music Month, a celebration launched in 1997 with the purpose of improving the visibility and...
Michaela SelwayApr 26, 20195 minMythologising ANZAC: What Are We Celebrating?In his 2003 ANZAC address, the Australian Prime Minister John Howard stated that ANZAC Day ‘is about the celebration of some wonderful...
Kathryn CammellFeb 12, 20195 minRuth Ross and Te Tiriti o WaitangiThe general principles that form the foundation of contemporary academic understandings of the Treaty were developed through the...
Kathryn CammellFeb 5, 20195 minContested Histories: Waitangi DayWaitangi Day, observed annually in Aotearoa New Zealand on 6 February, marks the first signing of Te Tiriti o Waitangi in 1840. Te...