by Danny Keenan | Dec 27, 2019 | Home Thoughts from Georgetown
Histories of national sentiment During the first half of 2009, Danny was privileged to teach a New Zealand history paper to 35 amazing American students at Georgetown University in Washington DC. The paper had quite a long title; ‘Last Outpost of Empire’? New...
by Danny Keenan | Dec 26, 2019 | Flying the Fern
When Winston Peters took office as Minister, the Department of Maori Affairs had just been abolished, on 1 September 1989. Ministries in flux Maori at large had opposed the abolition which removed 1100 people with years of collective experience from their mediating...
by Danny Keenan | Nov 17, 2019 | Hidden Article
The essay below, which assesses some of the recent literature on Parihaka, was included in the original draft of the book Te Whiti O Rongomai and the Resistance of Parihaka (Huia, 2015). However, at the request of the publisher, the first draft was substantially...
by Danny Keenan | Oct 26, 2019 | Published Works
Over the years, Danny has written a number of articles for the Mana magazine, at the request of editors who were looking for a Māori perspective on various political or historical issues. You can access the articles by clicking on the magazine cover. ...
by Danny Keenan | Oct 24, 2019 | Campaigns
North Taranaki, where New Zealand’s ‘war of sovereignty’ began War broke out in North Taranaki in March 1860. The issue over which the war commenced was a block of land, called the Pekapeka Block, now for the most part covered by the township of...
