New Zealand Historical Association

Category: Research

  • Professional historian required by Royal Society of New Zealand

    The Royal Society of New Zealand is seeking an experienced historian to prepare an update to the history of the Society in time for its 150th anniversary in 2017. It is envisaged that this history will focus on the last 50 years, as an extension of the detailed 1967 history of the Royal Society of…

  • Call for entries for the Inaugural W. H. Oliver Prize

    The W. H. Oliver prize will be awarded for the best book on any aspect of New Zealand history published between 1 April 2013 and 31 March 2015. Authors and/or publishers should email nzhawebmaster@gmail.com with the full publication details of the works they would like to enter and send a copy of each volume direct…

  • Call for names for expert list for Magna Carta/rule of law/right in New Zealand

    The Magna Carta 800 Committee for New Zealand is creating a list of experts in New Zealand who can speak about Magna Carta, the rule of law and rights, and associated topics including more current applications such as a Magna Carta for the Earth or a Digital Magna Carta. If the media or an organization…

  • MA Scholarship at Victoria University of Wellington….

    History or background of award The scholarship is part of the Marsden funded project ‘Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Settler: Garrison and Empire in the Nineteenth Century’ led by Professor Charlotte Macdonald. Purpose of award Applications are invited from suitably qualified students interested in working on an aspect of garrison culture in the period c.1850s-1870s. Taking the…

  • Survey request: Digitised books

    Interested in participating in a quick online survey about digital historical resources?  A Master of Information Studies student at Victoria University of Wellington is seeking participants for their research project evaluating the usability of digitised books from multiple digital libraries. The researcher believes that members of NZHA are likely to be potential if not current users of…

  • Vintage NZ vacation films found but photographer is unknown?

    These vintage, 16mm vacation films were recently discovered at a garage sale in San Jose, California. Although they were in very poor condition, they were nevertheless digitally converted courtesy of The California Pioneers of Santa Clara County. This unknown photographer and his wife traveled throughout the Pacific region; including the north and south islands of New Zealand. The historians…

  • Request for information

    Dear NZHA members, We have another request for information from someone within Great Southern Television who is doing research for a television series based on Sir Edmund Hillary’s life. There are some scenes based in the Hautu Detention Camp in 1941 which feature a ‘screw’ in a uniform, and the researcher has been able to…