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New Zealand History

Podcast weblog for seminars presented at Manatū Taonga - the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

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The Māori War Effort at Home and Abroad 1917

The Māori War Effort at Home and Abroad 1917

One hundred years ago in June 1917, the New Zealand Pioneer Battalion was toiling in the war torn environment around Mes... Read more

8 Jun 2017

29mins

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Wairoa Lockout: an oral history

Wairoa Lockout: an oral history

Since 2010, the small town of Wairoa on the East Coast of New Zealand has been at the centre of the most bitter and prot... Read more

2 Oct 2019

39mins

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100 years of the Tararua Tramping Club

100 years of the Tararua Tramping Club

The Tararua Tramping Club (TTC) was founded in 1919. At that time, most people in New Zealand viewed tramping as an odd ... Read more

3 Jul 2019

45mins

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This Mortal Boy

This Mortal Boy

In a career that spans more than 30 books, time as a librarian, radio producer and screenwriter, Wellington writer Dame ... Read more

7 Aug 2019

39mins

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Pūkana: moments in Māori performance

Pūkana: moments in Māori performance

From Porgy and Bess to haka, to Elsdon Best and Tuini Ngāwai, Pūkana will range far and wide to give a sense of the ihi,... Read more

11 Sep 2019

18mins

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‘Protest Tautohetohe: Objects of Resistance, Persistence and Defiance’

‘Protest Tautohetohe: Objects of Resistance, Persistence and Defiance’

In this talk, authors Stephanie Gibson, Matariki Williams and Puawai Cairns will provide insights into the stories and o... Read more

4 Mar 2020

42mins

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The Hidden Women of the Public Stage

The Hidden Women of the Public Stage

In our 50th episode, ‘The Hidden Women of the Public Stage: Women in New Zealand orchestras at the turn of the twentieth... Read more

1 May 2019

49mins

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My Body, My Business

My Body, My Business

In this presentation, oral historian, writer and editor Caren Wilton talks about using oral history – ‘history from belo... Read more

3 Apr 2019

32mins

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Ocean: tales of voyaging and encounter that defined New Zealand

Ocean: tales of voyaging and encounter that defined New Zealand

New Zealand, an island nation, the sea surrounds us. Both barrier and highway, it was the only way for people, goods and... Read more

6 Mar 2019

31mins

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The Saving of Old St Paul’s

The Saving of Old St Paul’s

Soon after the opening of Old St Paul’s church in Mulgrave Street, Wellington, in 1866, Charles Abraham, the first Angl... Read more

7 Nov 2018

31mins

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The tragedy of the SS Talune and the 1918 influenza pandemic

The tragedy of the SS Talune and the 1918 influenza pandemic

In October 1918 the SS Talune was permitted to leave Auckland bound for Fiji and Polynesia, even though the ship's maste... Read more

4 Oct 2018

40mins

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Polly Plum and the first wave of feminism

Polly Plum and the first wave of feminism

As we celebrate 125 years of women’s suffrage, it's time to re-evaluate Polly Plum, once described as ‘a highly controve... Read more

1 Aug 2018

41mins

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‘Researching kindergarten: the endeavours of women for the play of children’

‘Researching kindergarten: the endeavours of women for the play of children’

In this Public History Talk about an iconic kiwi institution, two historians of early childhood education present the ou... Read more

4 Jul 2018

35mins

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‘The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, redux’

‘The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, redux’

The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography was originally published in five print volumes between 1990 and 2000. It compris... Read more

6 Jun 2018

37mins

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Jazzy Nerves, Aching Feet, and Foxtrots: New Zealand’s Jazz Age

Jazzy Nerves, Aching Feet, and Foxtrots: New Zealand’s Jazz Age

Douglas Lilburn Research Fellow, Dr Aleisha Ward explores some of the many facets of ‘jazz’ in New Zealand’s Jazz Age. T... Read more

2 May 2018

42mins

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How does a city make a writer?

How does a city make a writer?

Redmer Yska is a Wellington based writer and historian, and is author to many New Zealand history works. Redmer presents... Read more

11 Apr 2018

29mins

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Māori Women, Politics and Petitions in the 19th Century

Māori Women, Politics and Petitions in the 19th Century

Dr Angela Wanhalla teaches in the Department of History and Art History at the University of Otago, Dunedin. This presen... Read more

4 Apr 2018

39mins

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The Great War for New Zealand

The Great War for New Zealand

The Great War for New Zealand tells the story of the defining conflict in New Zealand history. War in the Waikato in 186... Read more

1 Nov 2017

37mins

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Counting redcoats: Who were the imperial soldiers serving in New Zealand in the 1860s?

Counting redcoats: Who were the imperial soldiers serving in New Zealand in the 1860s?

In this episode, Charlotte Macdonald and Rebecca Lenihan will discuss the development of a database of men serving in th... Read more

4 Oct 2017

47mins

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The Broken Decade: 1928 - 39 by Malcom McKinnon

The Broken Decade: 1928 - 39 by Malcom McKinnon

In this presentation, Malcolm McKinnon considers the significance of the year 1932 in New Zealand’s history. Keith Sincl... Read more

6 Sep 2017

38mins

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