As trans-Tasman borders re-open and in the wake of the Christchurch attacks, Anzac Day gains new meaning and presents new challenges – just as it has always done.
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La Nouvelle-Zélande aussi s'interroge sur le sort à réserver aux monuments et aux noms de lieux rendant hommage au passé colonial.
Māori knowledge, memory and cultural strength will only enhance New Zealand’s economic recovery planning – if they are listened to.
New Zealand’s commemorations of James Cook’s arrival 250 years ago were least about the British explorer himself, but instead focused on Polynesian voyaging heritage and encounters with Māori.
Teaching history is as much about facts and people as it is about contested narratives and disputed interpretations, which is why it’s time to make New Zealand history a compulsory subject at school.
Built colonial heritage represents more than 80% of the sites on New Zealand’s national heritage list. This leaves some 700 years of Indigenous settlement significantly under-represented.
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Professor of Race Relations, Health and Wellbeing, Massey University
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Professor of History, Massey University
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Professor of History, University of Canterbury
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Professional Teaching Fellow in Relational Justice and Ethics, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Professorial fellow, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Lecturer, Massey University
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Co-Director, Massey University
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University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Professor of Demography, University of Waikato
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Lecturer in History, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
