Public History Talk: The financial colonisation of Aotearoa Image Catherine Comyn and the cover of her book, The Financial Colonisation of Aotearoa (ESRA, 2023). Finance at the centre of colonisationFinance was at the centre of every stage of the colonisation of Aotearoa, from the sale of Māori lands and the emigration of early colonists to the founding of settler nationhood and the enforcement of colonial governance.Join Catherine Comyn for a talk on her Ockham-longlisted book, The Financial Colonisation of Aotearoa (ESRA, 2023), hailed by Jane Kelsey as “the most stimulating book I have read on the colonisation of Aotearoa from the exciting new generation of scholars”.
‘Everybody loves arts, culture and heritage’ finds latest Cultural Participation Survey Body Image The latest Cultural Participation Survey, conducted by Verian for Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage, has revealed that 97% of New Zealanders participate in at
Funding goes to the telling of NZ histories from Hokianga to Fiordland Body History grants have been awarded to 10 projects which will tell a wide range of histories - from the revival of Moko Mataora (facial tattoo) in the North, to a 1795 shipwreck in Tamatea Dusky Sound in the South."The annual Whiria Te Mahara New Zealand History Grants supports historians, researchers and writers working on non-fiction projects that will significantly enhance our understanding of New Zealand's past," says Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage chief executive Leauanae Laulu Mac Leauanae.