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- Public History Talk — 2024
Public History Talk — 2024
A series of events: Wednesday 3 April 2024 to Wednesday 6 November 2024
Free public history talks are a collaboration between the National Library of New Zealand and Manatū Taonga/Ministry for Culture and Heritage. They are usually held on the first Wednesday of the month from March to November. We look forward to seeing you. The talks are recorded and you can find them at the Apple store, Spotify and Podbean #newzealandhistory.
The financial colonisation of Aotearoa
Public History Talk — 2024
Tuesday 28 May 2024, 12:10pm to 1pm
Taiwhanga Kauhau — Auditorium, National Library Wellington
In this talk, Catherine Comyn reframes the financial colonisation of Aotearoa — a history of the joint stock company, a speculative London property market that romanticised the distant lands of indigenous peoples, and the calculated use of credit and taxation by the British to dispossess Māori of their land and subject them to colonial rule.
Join us for this event at the Library or online.
Small stories of colonisation: An uncomfortable settler family history
Public History Talk — 2024
Wednesday 1 May 2024, 12:10pm to 1pm
Taiwhanga Kauhau — Auditorium, National Library Wellington
Richard Shaw, whose great-grandfather took part in the 1881 invasion of Parihaka pā and farmed land taken from Taranaki iwi, will discuss the entanglement of the small histories of settler families with the large history of the colonisation of Aotearoa New Zealand.
Join us online or in person for this event.
Through shaded glass: Women and photography in Aotearoa New Zealand 1860–1960
Public History Talk — 2024
Wednesday 3 April 2024, 12:10pm to 1pm
Taiwhanga Kauhau — Auditorium, National Library Wellington
In the first Public History Talk for 2024, the author of ‘Through Shaded Glass: Women and Photography in Aotearoa New Zealand 1860–1960’ Lissa Mitchell, will talk about the hidden legacies of women photographers working in the sector prior to 1960.
Join us online or in person for this event.