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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…