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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Conference Call
HistoryWorks Limited is to sponsor a major conference to be held in Wellington later this year.Indigenous Knowledges: Reconciling Academic Priorities with Indigenous Realities will bring together leading Māori academics and researchers across a range of disciplines, along with indigenous and…
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Wairarapa ki Tararua Hearings
The Waitangi Tribunal’s Wairarapa ki Tararua hearings drew to a close this month when lawyers for claimants and the Crown presented their closing submissions. The ninth and final hearing from 7-11 March came a year after the Tribunal commenced its…
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Doctoring History
HistoryWorks Research Director Dr Vincent O’Malley became the first ever PhD graduate in New Zealand Studies when he received his degree at Victoria University’s Te Herenga Waka marae in December 2004. Vincent, who undertook his studies through the Treaty of…
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Turanga Report Launch
The Waitangi Tribunal’s keenly-awaited report on the claims of the Turanganui-a-Kiwa people was released at Whakatō marae, Manutuke, in October 2004. Attending the report’s emotional launch were HistoryWorks directors Moka Apiti, Bruce Stirling and Dr Vincent O’Malley, who all presented…
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Hawaii Five-0
HistoryWorks Mapping Director Moka Apiti travelled to the University of Hawai’i at Manoa in November 2004 at the invitation of Professor Brian Murton (Nga Puhi) of the Geography Department. Moka gave a guest lecture to post-graduate students at the university…
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