by Danny Keenan | Jul 28, 2010 | Wars Library
Many really good books have been published recently which touch on the New Zealand Wars, or deal with related but much broader aspects of New Zealand history, or cover very interesting aspects of Māori history. Some of these books are shown here – place your...
by Danny Keenan | Jul 10, 2010 | Histories of Māori
Recent moves to change the language on century-old monuments in Whanganui have been antagonising some local people. Plans to ‘update’ colonial descriptions of Māori have been ridiculed in the local press. Words like fanaticism and barbarism are due to be...
by Danny Keenan | Dec 26, 2009 | Flying the Fern
Maori opinion on such an issue as Māori nationhood was quite divergent. Maori were always conscious of historical issues, politics and the Treaty. Despite the high rhetoric of the 1990 commemoration – ‘a year to remember, to reflect and to look ahead to a new horizon’...
by Danny Keenan | Dec 26, 2008 | Flying the Fern
The largest community event of them all in 1990 however was hosted in Auckland, the XIV1990 Commonwealth Games. New Zealand had hosted these Games only twice before. 2826 athletes and officials from 55 participating Commonwealth nations attended, setting a new...
by Danny Keenan | Dec 26, 2007 | Flying the Fern
As with the people of Tokorangi Marae in Fielding, communities all over New Zealand responded to the call to preserve their historical memories, especially by renovating and restoring buildings to their former glory. Onga Onga – Hawkes Bay One example was Onga...
