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The Beating Heart – A New History of Te Arawa

The Beating Heart book cover

The Beating Heart: A Political and Socio-Economic History of Te Arawa, authored by HistoryWorks Directors David Armstrong and Dr Vincent O’Malley was recently released.  The  book, published by Huia, details the determined efforts of Te Arawa iwi to work with

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CNI Report Released

The Waitangi Tribunal recently released the first volume of its report covering the huge Central North Island (CNI) claim area. More than 120 claims from the Taupo, Kaingaroa and Rotorua inquiry districts were considered by the Tribunal, and the first

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HistoryWorks Director Receives LLB Degree

David Armstrong in gown, mortar board

HistoryWorks Directors are fully committed to increasing and developing their professional expertise in order to provide enhanced client services. This was demonstrated recently when HistoryWorks Director David Armstrong received his Bachelor of Laws Degree at a Victoria University graduation ceremony

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HistoryWorks Director Attends Privy Council

In early July 2006 HistoryWorks Director David Armstrong attended the Privy Council in London as a guest of the Ngati Apa Ki Te Waipounamu Trust. Mr Armstrong has provided research assistance to Ngati Apa since 1997, and presented extensive evidence

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HistoryWorks Turns Two

HistoryWorks recently marked its second anniversary. Formed in June 2004, the company has since completed over 80 separate projects for a wide range of clients, ranging from iwi and hapū organisations, Treaty sector agencies, heritage organisations, the tertiary sector, government

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Northern South Island  (Te Tau Ihu)

Lengthy Waitangi Tribunal hearings into the Northern South Island claims concluded in early 2004. The claims involved eight separate iwi and covered a vast area north of the Buller River on the West Coast and the Clarence River on the

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Historians in the Negotiation Process

In the past the involvement of historians working for claimant groups tended to cease when the Waitangi Tribunal inquiry ended. Although Crown historians have always been fully involved in the negotiation process, claimants and their lawyers generally entered into negotiations

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Tangata Pasifika

A new book published this month by the University of Hawai’i Press considers the foundational texts in Pacific Islands history. Texts and Contexts: Reflections in Pacific Islands Historiography, edited by Doug Munro and Brij V. Lal, focuses on 35 pioneering

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Indigenous Realities

The Indigenous Knowledges Conference held at Victoria University in June 2005 proved a hugely successful gathering. Directors of HistoryWorks Ltd were in attendance throughout the four-day gathering in their capacity as sponsors of the conference. Moka Apiti, Mapping Director and

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CNI Hearings

Waitangi Tribunal hearings involving stage one of the Central North Island (CNI) claims will conclude early next month with closing submissions from the Crown and claimant submissions in reply. Stage one, which commenced at Rotorua in February 2005, involves an

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