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Planned cuts to history at MCH
As you will be aware, Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage has announced plans to disestablish the majority of its historian positions and eliminate the digital production roles essential for maintaining platforms such as Te Ara and NZHistory.net. This restructuring represents a fundamental shift towards a policy-only model that would effectively end decades of…
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Wellington Archives and National Library update
The National Librarian Pouhuaki and Chief Archivist Poumanaaki have announced upcoming impacts to customer services for Archives NZ and National Library services in Wellington to enable the preparation and moving of staff, equipment and holdings to the new archival facility from July. The most pressing part of this update for NZHA members for now is:…
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April Aotearoa Gender History Network seminar
Correct date and new speaker information below. You are warmly invited to the next Aotearoa Gender History Network seminar. Wednesday Rāapa 30 April, 12 pm – 1 pm, via zoom Register here Bettina Bradbury, The challenge of balancing four settler women’s life histories and court contests with analysis of broader legal changes in four nineteenth-century settler colonies. Barbara Brookes,…
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Panel discussion of Edward Dickinson’s ‘Teaching History in Higher Education: Ethics, Aims, Methods’
Edward Dickinson’s Teaching History in Higher Education explores historians’ responsibilities to their students and the importance of their learning to ask research questions that can provide open-ended answers to generate new questions at a time when knowledge of the past and the historical discipline are being subjected to systematic assaults. The Panel:Miranda JohnsonPaul EnrightAlexander MaxwellDolores…
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Press release on the cuts to the Marsden fund
Tēnā koutou, Please find attached a press release on the cuts to the Marsden fund, announced yesterday by the Minister of Science, Innovation and Technology. These cuts to the humanities and social sciences funding will have a devastating impact on our research. The Minister claims that what makes a ‘real impact’ on our economy is…
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Early-bird oral history conference registration closes soon
This is a friendly reminder that early-bird registration for the NOHANZ Biennial Conference will end in less than two weeks. If you are planning to attend, we encourage you to register as soon as possible to secure the early bird discount. You can register via the online portal: https://events.humanitix.com/nohanz-biennial-conference More information about the conference, including the…
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NZ Book Awards win for NZHA member
Join us in congratulating NZHA member Ryan Bodman on his win at the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards this week. Ryan’s book Rugby League in New Zealand: A People’s History won the Judith Binney prize for illustrated non-fiction. For a full list of the winners see the NZ Book Awards website.