The NZHA holds a biennial conference in odd-numbered years. The next conference will be held in 2025. Details of recent conferences may be found below.
The J.C. Beaglehole Lecture has been presented at every NZHA conference, and the Wiremu Maihi Te Rangikāheke Memorial Lecture at every conference since 2011. A list of those who have presented these lectures can be found on their relevant pages:
2023: Canterbury University – Practical history in the real world
2021: Massey University – Ako: Learning From History?
- This conference was moved online due to COVID-19. Access to recordings available to conference participants here
2019: Victoria University of Wellington – Kanohi-ki-te-Kanohi: Histories for our Time
2017: Auckland University – Tāmāki Herenga Waka: Where Histories Meet
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- Abstracts
2015: Canterbury University – History Making a Difference
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- Abstracts
2013: University of Otago
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2011: University of Waikato – Past Tensions: Reflections on Making History
2009: Massey University – Centre and Periphery
2007: Victoria University of Wellington – The Future of the Past: Sovereignty and Dominion, People and Places
2005: University of Auckland – Conversations Across Time and Place
2003: University of Otago – Blurring Boundaries: Rethinking History
2001: University of Canterbury – Connections: From Local to Global
1999: University of Waikato – Forgotten Peoples, Missing Dimensions: Tangata i Warewaretia, Wahi i Ngaro
1997: Massey University
1996: Victoria University of Wellington – He Kōrero Tāwhito He Kōrero Hou, History Here and Now
1994: University of Auckland
1993: University of Otago
1991: University of Canterbury
1989: University of Waikato
1987: Massey University
1985: Victoria University of Wellington
1984: Otago University
1983: University of Auckland
1981: Victoria University of Wellington. Inaugural NZHA conference.
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