Upcoming Ministry Events

History Group Seminars 2008

Wednesday 28 May: Monty Soutar, Ngati Porou, Ngati Awa, will talk about a soon-to-be-published book: Nga Tama Toa: The Price of Citizenship - C Company, 28th Maori Battalion

On behalf of the Nga Taonga a Nga Tama Toa Trust, this year Monty Soutar will publish a history of the Maori war effort in World War Two, based on the records of the tribes of Te Tairawhiti. Through personal recollections, eye witness accounts and anecdotes, interwoven with official military reports, and highly illustrated with many images previously unpublished, the book tells the story of the Maori Battalion’s war on many different levels. It also manages to capture the special spirit of the Maori Battalion, which became renowned not only for its dash and flair for the unorthodox, but also for its contribution in manpower to the war effort. It’s an amazing story – at times heart rending, at times heart warming – which allows the voices of those who were there to be heard on almost every page.

Monty Soutar is Director of Gisborne’s Tairawhiti Museum. He was previously a Fellow in Maori History at the Ministry for Culture and Heritage. He is a member of the National Archives Council and a Guardian of the Alexander Turnbull Library He has significant experience in historical research, vast experience in dealing with Maori Land Court records and has worked widely with iwi and Maori communities. In 2002, Monty was appointed to the Waitangi Tribunal.

12:15 - 1.30 p.m. at Te Wharenui, Ground Floor, Radio New Zealand House, 155 The Terrace, Wellington

NOTE THAT THERE WILL BE NO HISTORY GROUP SEMINAR IN JUNE. THE NEXT SEMINAR WILL BE ON WEDNESDAY 2 JULY.

Upcoming seminars

2 July: Joseph Romano on NZ’s Olympics history
6 August: Bernie Wood on a century of Maori playing Rugby League
3 September: Charlotte Macdonald on marching girls
1 October: Geoff Rice on 90th anniversary of influenza epidemic
5 November: tba

Dominion Status Symposium, 26 September 2007

‘Concepts of nationhood: a symposium to mark the centenary of the proclamation of dominion status’

See papers and pictures from the symposium here.

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