New Zealand Historical Association

Category: News

  • RE: NZHA 2015 conference update

    Dear all, We’ve just updated the NZHA 2015 Conference website with further information on the keynotes, special events as well as accommodation … please have a look….

  • RE: Author needed for NZ’s WWI medical history

    From dental emergencies, treating dysentery and tending the wounded and dying – to the care of horses, donkeys, dogs and canaries as well as breakthroughs in facial plastic surgery – Massey University is seeking a writer for the untold story of New Zealand’s WWI medical services. While there are plenty of first-hand sources in the…

  • RE: Massey’s 2014-15 update

    Another awesome regional profile for today’s readers, this time we’re recognizing Massey University’s History Programme 2014-2015 The Massey University History programme has been very active in the past year. Peter Lineham has overseen a comprehensive review of the History Curriculum, which is still in progress. Under the auspices of the W.H. Oliver Humanities Research Academy,…

  • RE: Auckland’s regional roundup

    Auckland’s history news for 2015… We began 2015 by leaving our historic home in Wynyard St and moving to new premises. History is now located with Classics and Ancient History in Short St, on the edge of the city campus, and will be until the university’s longer term building programme progresses. The move has not…

  • RE: Otago Regional History Roundup for 2015

    It’s time to reflect on all the history activities around the region, first up is Otago University. Thanks for your contribution, from the NZHZA team. Dr Kate Stevens, who completed her Honours degree in the Department of History at Otago, is back with us now for three years as a postdoctoral fellow on Professor Judy…

  • RE: in memory of Bill Oliver, historian, writer, teacher

    Massey University Professor Emeritus Bill Oliver, considered one of New Zealand’s most influential historians as well as a poet, has died in Wellington, aged 90. His funeral is today, Friday 18th September…. 11:30am, Old Saint Pauls, Mulgrave Street, Wellington Born in Feilding in 1925, he graduated with a Master of Arts from the University of…

  • RE: The Alexander Turnbull Library is seeking your assistance with a survey on digital scholarship

    The Alexander Turnbull Library is seeking your assistance with a survey about the role of exportable citations and persistent identifiers in digital scholarship. This survey seeks to understand: What researchers want from an exportable citation What researchers want from a persistent identifier Please assist the Alexander Turnbull Library in its understanding by completing the survey…