The Ngati Apa (North Island) iwi signed a deed of settlement with the Crown at Whangaehu Marae in October 2008. The moving ceremony was attended by all of the HistoryWorks Directors. Bruce Stirling had provided invaluable evidence of Ngati Apa…
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Kurahaupo Iwi Near Agreement in Principle with Crown
The Kurahaupo iwi of the northern South Island (Rangitane, Ngati Kuia and Ngati Apa) presented extensive historical evidence to the Waitangi Tribunal during a claims hearing process which commenced in August 2000 and concluded in March 2004. The claims mainly…
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The Beating Heart – A New History of Te Arawa
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
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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