by Danny Keenan | May 29, 2024 | Flying the Fern
It’s a great shame that more kiwis wanted the union jack on our flag, instead of the silver fern. In 2015 and 2016, we had the chance to change our flag. It’s a great shame that we didn’t. Perhaps someone will write a book about the process we went...
by Danny Keenan | Feb 4, 2024 | Primary Home Page Article
Distorting the Articles of the Treaty The Act-National-New Zealand First government has introduced a Treaty Principles Bill which seeks to distort the original Treaty of Waitangi Articles, signed by Māori and the Crown in 1840. The original Crown Treaty Principles...
by Danny Keenan | Jan 26, 2024 | Published Works
Most recent books 2023-2024 Huia Publishers, Wellington, have republished their 2012 Huia Histories of Māori, edited by Danny Keenan and featuring noted Māori historians and scholars like Eddie Durie, Prof Mason Durie, Dr Te Maire Tau, Brad Haami, Buddy Mikaere,...
by Danny Keenan | Dec 24, 2023 | Flying the Fern
Notes from Georgetown Whilst teaching a course on New Zealand history at Georgetown University in Washington DC in 2009, Danny was able to briefly introduce the topic of New Zealand’s sesquicentenary 1990 to an amazing group of 35 young American students....
by Danny Keenan | Nov 26, 2023 | Wars Library
There is actually quite a reasonable literature now available dealing with the New Zealand Wars. The books and other sources listed below are perhaps the best of these resources available. Books Edmund Bohan, Climates of War, New Zealand in Conflict 1859-69, Hazard...
