Congrats to Pikihuia winners
Congratulations to this year’s awesome winners of the Pikihuia Māori Literature Awards. The 2017 Pikihuia Awards were announced at a function featuring this year’s finalists, on Saturday 9 September 2017, at the Wharewaaka Convention Centre in Wellington. Every two years, the Pikihuia Awards are arranged to acknowldge young and exisiting Māori writers. They also encourage new and diverse Māori viewpoints and writing in both English and Māori. The Pikihuia Awards comprise six… Read more »
Voting for Māori
Ms Harete Hipango has been selected to run for National in this year’s elections, due to be held in September. Harete will be contesting the General Seat of Whanganui. She is from Whanganui, and is a prominent local barrister and solicitor. Harete is married to Dean, and they have three grown children. Harete is an awesome person and will make a great MP. Running for Parliament Māori have had an interesting history in New Zealand,… Read more »
Wars Without End
The conflicts against Māori did not end when the last shots were fired in 1872. Instead, they carried over into the courts and Parliament. The section explores New Zealand after the wars.
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Global Native History
Covers the multiple and intersecting pasts of all native peoples around the world. This section explores the nature of this new and developing genre of history.
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Over the years, Danny (who is the writer of this site) has published widely on Māori and New Zealand history. His focus has mainly been Māori-State relations in the 19th Century, of which the New Zealand Land Wars were of course an important part. This section contains copies of Dr Keenan’s writings which you are free to access. Our hope is to eventually upload here everything that Danny has published to date.
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Wars Photography
Photographing the wars – then and now – provides a fascinating insight into the reality of the wars. A photo is also a document – how much do they tell us?
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