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    What is the Future of Our Past?
    Lucy Francks
    • Mar 19, 2021
    • 5 min

    What 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...
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    Celebrating the Queen's Birthday in June
    Heidi Chapman
    • Oct 22, 2020
    • 5 min

    Celebrating 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...
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    The History of Voting in New Zealand
    Bryony Ammonds-Smith
    • Oct 12, 2020
    • 5 min

    The History of Voting in New Zealand

    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...
    93 views0 comments
    The Influence of the Linguistic Turn on the Teaching of New Zealand History
    Michaela Selway
    • Sep 25, 2020
    • 6 min

    The Influence of the Linguistic Turn on the Teaching of New Zealand History

    Huirapa Marae, Karitane. Image from the University of Otago article, Te Ao Māori / The Māori world. In many cases, the only gateway...
    90 views0 comments
    Still Reacting to the Past!!!
    Tahuhu Korero
    • Sep 2, 2020
    • 17 min

    Still Reacting to the Past!!!

    Introduction Dr Sara Buttsworth In 2020 our experiment of “transliterating” the history of Te Tiriti using the RTTP pedagogy continued...
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    Commemorating Waitangi Day in the Twentieth Century.
    Tahuhu Korero
    • Feb 6, 2020
    • 4 min

    Commemorating 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...
    28 views0 comments
    Remembering New Zealand’s Wars…and Peace
    Tahuhu Korero
    • Nov 14, 2019
    • 5 min

    Remembering New Zealand’s Wars…and Peace

    War and conflict between Māori and Pākehā currently dominate popular narratives of New Zealand’s nineteenth-century history. The New...
    106 views0 comments
    The Violation of Article Two in Te Tiriti o Waitangi: The Taranaki Land Wars and Parihaka
    Michaela Selway
    • Nov 4, 2019
    • 6 min

    The Violation of Article Two in Te Tiriti o Waitangi: The Taranaki Land Wars and Parihaka

    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
    225 views0 comments
    Notable Women in History You May Not Know Of But Should
    Michaela Selway
    • Oct 17, 2019
    • 7 min

    Notable Women in History You May Not Know Of But Should

    Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin was born Cecilia Helena Payne on May 10, 1900. She was born in Wendover, England to...
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    Reacting to the Past: Part Two
    Kathryn Cammell
    • Jul 10, 2019
    • 5 min

    Reacting to the Past: Part Two

    This is part two of the ‘Reacting to the Past’ series, where students share their experiences playing a Te Tiriti o Waitangi/Treaty of...
    120 views0 comments
    Reacting to the Past: Part One
    Kathryn Cammell
    • Jul 8, 2019
    • 4 min

    Reacting to the Past: Part One

    This year in the Tertiary Foundation Certificate’s ‘Foundation History’ course (HISTORY 91F), a team of researchers field tested their...
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    What is Matariki and Why Should I Care?
    Tahuhu Korero
    • Jun 27, 2019
    • 4 min

    What 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...
    108 views0 comments
    Book Review: Barbara Brookes, ‘A History of New Zealand Women’
    Kathryn Cammell
    • May 18, 2019
    • 5 min

    Book 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...
    61 views0 comments
    New Zealand Music Month: Protest Anthems in the 1980s
    Kathryn Cammell
    • Apr 30, 2019
    • 5 min

    New Zealand Music Month: Protest Anthems in the 1980s

    Today marks the beginning of New Zealand Music Month, a celebration launched in 1997 with the purpose of improving the visibility and...
    17 views0 comments
    Mythologising ANZAC: What Are We Celebrating?
    Michaela Selway
    • Apr 26, 2019
    • 5 min

    Mythologising 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...
    45 views0 comments
    Ruth Ross and Te Tiriti o Waitangi
    Kathryn Cammell
    • Feb 12, 2019
    • 5 min

    Ruth Ross and Te Tiriti o Waitangi

    The general principles that form the foundation of contemporary academic understandings of the Treaty were developed through the...
    426 views0 comments
    Contested Histories: Waitangi Day
    Kathryn Cammell
    • Feb 5, 2019
    • 5 min

    Contested Histories: Waitangi Day

    Waitangi Day, observed annually in Aotearoa New Zealand on 6 February, marks the first signing of Te Tiriti o Waitangi in 1840. Te...
    115 views0 comments
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