New Zealand Historical Association

Category: Events

  • Dinosaurs & space-shuttles, Dr Phil Manning’s lecture tour of NZ

    Dr Phil Manning, Dinosaurs & space-shuttles: how space-shuttle technology was used to study a 67-million-year-old hadrosaur…. In 1999 the mummified remains of a hadrosaur dinosaur were discovered in North Dakota, USA. Skin, muscle, tendons and other soft tissue that rarely survive fossilisation were preserved in this 67-million-year-old dinosaur, allowing scientists to estimate its muscle mass…

  • Free public events in Christchurch and Dunedin

    Talking about Tangata Whenua: An Illustrated History with Atholl Anderson and Aroha Harris Christchurch Monday 23 March 2015, 5.30pm Rehua Marae, 79 Springfield Road St Albans, Christchurch Dunedin Tuesday 24 March 2015, 5.30pm Hutton Theatre, Otago Museum 419 Great King Street, Dunedin Atholl Anderson (Ngāi Tahu) and Aroha Harris (Te Rarawa, Ngāpuhi) talk about new perspectives on…

  • 2015 Royal Society of New Zealand Distinguished Speaker

    Professor Frances Ashcroft FRS speaks on ‘The Spark of Life’ What makes us human? Can someone really die of fright? Why do chilli peppers taste hot? How do cocaine, LSD and morphine work? Frances weaves real-life stories with the latest scientific findings, including an account of her own discoveries, to explain the fundamental role of ion channels in…

  • Two events for women to consider war and peace (Akd & Wgtn)

    Reclaiming our herstory: New Zealand women and World War I Wellington: Sat 28 March 2015 @ St Johns in the City, 9:30am – 4pm with He Aha Te Utu, Grace Millar, Jane Tolerton and others…. Auckland: Sun 12 April 2015 @ Ferndale House, 9:30am-4pm with Sandra Coney, Jane Tolerton and more…. Tickets: $10, includes refreshments…

  • NZHA AGM Notice….

    Tena Kotu katoa This is your invitation to the Annual General Meeting of the New Zealand Historical Association. Date: Friday 20th February 2015 Time: 10 – 11.30am Venue: Popper 508 (formerly known as the History Building), University of Canterbury Please forward apologies to nzhawebmaster@gmail.com Pay and Display parking machines are available at the north and…

  • Fullbright Seminar: Jock Phillips – Developing Te Ara, the world’s first….

    New Zealand-born digital national encylopedia…. Fulbright New Zealand invites you to a free public seminar by Fulbright alumnus Jock Phillips, one of New Zealand’s leading historians, who recently retired as General Editor of Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Jock received a 1978 Fulbright New Zealand Scholar Award to research American history at…

  • 2015 Media skills workshop for scientists

    Science Media SAVVY Media and communication skills for scientists 19–20 February 2015, Wellington | 16–17 April 2015, Christchurch Researchers and scientists keen to improve their public outreach are invited to apply for the latest in the Science Media Centre’s national series of media and communication skills workshops. This two-day intensive course caters for established and…