This is the second day of a popular two-day workshop, The essentials of oral history research.

The course is being held in Dunedin on Saturday, 24 August and Saturday, 28 September.

The essentials of oral history research, Dunedin — day one

What you'll learn

Day two 'Recording seriously' builds on day one of our 'The essentials of oral history research' workshop. The day will include plenty of hands-on practice.We will review work completed and cover more detail:

•  interview techniques
•  project planning
•  technical ethical and legal issues, and
•  preparation for archiving. 

National Oral History Association of New Zealand (NOHANZ)’s Code of Ethical and Technical Practice

Our training is based on the principles enshrined in the National Oral History Association of New Zealand (NOHANZ)’s Code of Ethical and Technical Practice, and international archival standards.

Equipment provided

All equipment is provided and all participants receive comprehensive guides and resources and a certificate of attendance.

You need to attend both days of the course

Attendance on both days is required and places are limited.

About the speakers

Helen Frizzell is a Dunedin-based freelance oral historian, and Lynette Shum is Oral History Advisor for the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand.

Man tape recording Emu. K E Niven and Co :Commercial negatives,1971. Ref: 1/2-225681-F Alexander Turnbull Library.

As part of the celebrations for Suffrage month in September, the National Library Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, will bring together entrepreneurs, thinkers, performers and historians for a transformative event called ‘Tapu: Te Awa Atua and the reclamation of Mana Wahine’.

Kōrero, performance and workshopping on the topic of Te Awa Atua (The Sacred River)

The event will comprise a dynamic afternoon of kōrero, performance and workshopping on the topic of Te Awa Atua (The Sacred River), the tapu process of the menstrual cycle.

Through the lens of te ao Māori we will explore the historical and colonial context, experiences of tupuna, Mareikura (Māori goddesses) and contemporary practices and initiatives which help Aotearoa’s mana wahine reclaim their bodies and traditional practices as they relate to te awa atua. Through conversation around these issues we aim to reclaim, demystify and decolonise issues related to women’s bodies and to discover new and ancient ways to care for, cherish and celebrate them.

There will be refreshments and a book signing with Ngahuia Murphy author of Te Awa Atua: Menstruation in the pre-colonial Maori World. The newly opened exhibition Pūkana: Moments in Māori Performance will also be open to view before, during the break and after the event.

Visit our pop-up exhibition of Tapu: Te Awa Atua posters and an installation by Yoobee School of Design students and our Tapu commissioned artwork by Robyn Kahukiwa

Empowering women

By reflecting on the ways in which attitudes to women’s bodies and menstruation have shaped the way women see themselves and their value, we aim to empower women, especially young, indigenous and minority women, to talk about these issues while considering history, Papatuanuku, period poverty and the creation of new traditions.

Communication and connection are powerful tools and through the sharing of stories and mythology ‘Tapu: Te Awa Atua and the reclamation of Mana Wahine’ will support and engender dialogue, sharing of knowledge and the fostering of mutual understanding across ethnicities, generations, gender and socio-economic groups.

Speakers

• Stefanie Lash — Curator, He Tohu
• Ani Mikaere  (Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Porou) — Author of 'Colonising Myths: Māori Realities', 'The Balance Destroyed' and 'Like Moths to the Flame: A History of Ngāti Raukawa Resistance'
• Ngahuia Murphy ( Ngāti Manawa, Ngāti Ruapani ki Waikaremoana, Ngāi Tūhoe, Ngāti Kahungunu) — Author of Te Awa Atua: Menstruation in the pre-colonial Maori World and 'Waiwhero: A celebration of Māori womanhood'
• Morgana Watson (Te Atiawa, Taranaki Nui Tonu, Te Atihau nui ā Papaarangi, Ngāpuhi) — Director MW Consultancy: Māori Cultural Awareness
• Komako-Aroha and Whetu-Iti Silver (Ngapuhi - Ngati Pakahi ki Whangaroa) — Creators of HINE a ritual practise and performance work.
• Jacinta Gulasekharam — Co-Founder, Dignity
• Michele Wilson — Founder of 'I am Eva Period Underwear'
• Olie Body — Founder, Wā Collective
• MC. Moana Ormsby (Ngāti Porou, Tūhoe, Maniapoto. Kaiwhakaako) — National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa

Join us for a book club panel discussion with a difference. A diverse group of panellists will discuss a selection of New Zealand books on the theme of ‘expanded fields’ to explore how we can think more deeply about the realm of Architecture.

Selected texts

The selected texts for discussion are:

• Architecture in an Expanded Field: Selected essays
• DRAWING IS/NOT BUILDING: Editors: Christina Barton, Sarah Treadwell and Simon Twose
• False Divides: by Lana Lopesi
• Christchurch Ruptures: by Katie Pickles

This event is part of the NZIA’s festival of Architecture from 20-29 September which provides a range of free events across Wellington and New Zealand open to anyone with an interest in Architecture.

Festival of Architecture website

About the Festival of Architecture

The Festival of Architecture is an annual series of engaging, enjoyable and almost entirely free events that celebrate and investigate the role of architecture in improving the quality of life in Aotearoa New Zealand’s towns and cities.

The Festival, co-ordinated by the New Zealand Institute of Architects along with other organisations interested in widening the understanding of architecture in New Zealand, matches people of all ages and levels of architectural interest with activities that will extend their knowledge of architecture and design.

The 2019 Festival of Architecture programme includes a variety of mostly free events: speakers and presentations, building and walking tours, exhibitions, open studios (meet a ‘real’ architect), design competitions, debates and workshops. What makes a building or public space good or great? What influences are shaping our buildings today, and what pressures will shape them into the future?

Image courtesy of Warren and Mahoney. All rights reserved.

Wai Ching will lead participants in learning Chinese knotting techniques and developing discussions about the symbolism of knots as connection, considering what this means for tauiwi in relation to co-existing with diverse communities. All materials will be provided. The first half of the session will be demonstrations, with the extended time allowing for hands-on practice.

The three Chinese language week events at the National Library of New Zealand have been jointly organised by Wellington City Libraries and the National Library of New Zealand.

About the speaker

Wai Ching Chan’s research revolves around defending, embracing and respecting differences in culture. She is currently developing a new body of work that reflects on how we relate to each other in a settler colonial society through knotting and conversation.

A panel of three Mandarin Language Assistants and three secondary school students who are currently studying Chinese discuss their experiences and hopes in learning the language. Mandarin Language Assistants (MLA) are all from China, sponsored by the Confucius Institute and are employed in schools throughout New Zealand. An event for Chinese Language Week.

The three Chinese language week events at the National Library of New Zealand have been jointly organised by Wellington City Libraries and the National Library of New Zealand.

About the speakers

Mandarin Language Assistants LIN Lili from Wellington Girls’ College, GU Yu from Wellington East Girls’ College and YU Yirong (MLA) from Thorndon School, with secondary school students Lesieli Katoa and Sophia Hatzilamprou (Wellington East Girls’ College), and Ella Haszard from Wellington Girls’ College.

In this Chinese Language Week event, Yujing Liang and Chris Tse will explore what is found and gained in translation, with a focus on contemporary Chinese poetry. They’ll also discuss their own experiences of incorporating English and Chinese language in their own work.

The three Chinese language week events at the National Library of New Zealand have been jointly organised by Wellington City Libraries and the National Library of New Zealand.

About the speakers

Liang Yujing is a poet and translator who grew up in China and is currently a PhD candidate at Victoria University of Wellington, working on his thesis on Chinese poet Yi Sha. He is the Chinese translator of Best New Zealand Poems 2014 (Wai-te-ata Press, 2016) and the English translator of Zero Distance: New Poetry from China (Tinfish Press, 2017) and Dai Weina’s Loving You at the Speed of a Snail Traveling around the World (Cold Hub Press, 2018). His Chinese translations of American poet Kim Addonizio’s 'Tell Me' and 'What Is This Thing Called Love' are forthcoming in China in 2019.

Chris Tse is the author of two poetry collections published by Auckland University Press: How to be Dead in a Year of Snakes (winner of the Jessie Mackay Award for Best First Book of Poetry and a finalist at the 2016 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards) and HE'S SO MASC. Chris reviews books for Radio New Zealand and Landfall, and is a regular contributor to Capital's Re-Verse column. He and Emma Barnes are currently editing an anthology of contemporary LGBTQIA+ Aotearoa New Zealand writers to be published by Auckland University press in early 2021.

Come and see our pop-up exhibition of posters, designed by students of Wellington’s Youbee School of Design as part of the National Library’s inaugural Tapu Festival, the first season of which is Mahina

The festival marks the anniversary of the signing of the Suffrage Petition, which is housed in the He Tohu exhibition at the Library. The Petition represents the hopes and dreams of New Zealand women who campaigned vigorously for the right to vote and to have a voice in our Nation’s future.

Acknowledging the women who campaigned for the right to vote

Tapu is a way for us to acknowledge these women, the progress we have made and highlight those issues where progress is still needed.

Tapu is sacred and Mahina is the moon. For this first festival we have focused on Te Awa Atua — the menstrual cycle as means of highlighting issues related to — body image, body identity, menstruation and menopause — and why there is still shame and confusion around them.

Student's brief and inspiration for posters

The students have responded to this brief and to some keywords provided for inspiration: Divine, mystery, sacred, curious, discovery, power, celebration, beauty, shame, proud, uplifting, joyful, knowledge…

Mahina also features a new work by artist Robyn Kahukiwa, commissioned to complement the student’s contribution to the Tapu Festival.

More information about the Tapu festival

Poster by Sharne Teh design student at Yoobee Colleges. All rights reserved.

We are holding a special 'Connecting to Collections' presentation in September to mark Women’s Suffrage Day 2019.

The He Tohu exhibition displays several constitutional documents from Archives New Zealand’s holdings, including the Women’s Suffrage Petition — but unlike the others, the Petition scroll is moved on regularly to show new signatures. Anna Whitehead explains the preservation reasons why this is the case, and Stef Lash uncovers some insights into the newly-revealed signatories on display.

Conservation Clinic

Following Anna and Stef's talk there will be an opportunity to get preservation advice on the care, handling and storage of your treasured family items from Field Conservator Vicki-Anne Heikell. Please note that conservators are not able to provide valuations.

About the speakers

Anna works at Archives New Zealand as a conservator, her specialisms are book and paper conservation. Her role is to preserve the Nation’s documentary heritage material and her most exciting role to date in New Zealand is as Archives NZ’s lead conservator for the He Tohu exhibition.

Stefanie Lash, Principal Advisor Strategy and Planning at Archives NZ, was the Lead Curator of He Tohu, and has a special interest in the social history behind the enfranchisement of New Zealand women.

Vicki-Anne Heikell is a Field Conservator at that National Library. Vicki-Anne works on paper (fine art, manuscripts and archives, ephemera); working with Maori community groups, iwi, hapu, whanau, developing strategies for care of paper-based collections; workshops on collections care for Maori organisations, iwi, hapu and whanau

Please note that conservators are not able to provide valuations. Clinics are usually held every second month.

In this world of information overload, do we need to make more space for artistic engagements with the issues that matter? Can theatre provoke new thinking on social justice, inequality, poverty, climate change and other big challenges of our time?

Award-winning playwright and researcher in creative communication and creative activism Dr Tilley shares insights from performance-based projects she’s pioneered, including Climate Change Theatre Action, Te Hā Tangata: Human Library on Homelessness, and JustUs (about youth justice). 

Dr Tilley will discuss how these projects not only inform but also take audiences and participants on an emotional journey that can lead to profound changes in attitudes and even behaviour.

About the speaker

Associate Professor Elspeth Tilley writes plays and teaches creative activism at Massey University, Wellington. Her short political plays have won festivals worldwide and been published in the USA, UK, Canada and New Zealand. She received the Playwrights’ Association of New Zealand Outstanding Achiever award in 2018.

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This is the second day of a popular two-day workshop, The essentials of oral history research.

The course is being held in Wellington on Saturday, 10 August and Saturday, 14 September.

The essentials of oral history research, Wellington — Day one: Introduction to oral history

What you'll learn

Day two 'Recording seriously' builds on day one of our 'The essentials of oral history research' workshop. The day will include plenty of hands-on practice.We will review work completed and cover more detail:

• interview techniques
• project planning
• technical
• ethical and legal issues, and
• preparation for archiving.

National Oral History Association of New Zealand (NOHANZ)’s Code of Ethical and Technical Practice

Our training is based on the principles enshrined in the National Oral History Association of New Zealand (NOHANZ)’s Code of Ethical and Technical Practice, and international archival standards.

Equipment provided

All equipment is provided and all participants receive comprehensive guides and resources and a certificate of attendance.

You need to attend both days of the course

Attendance on both days is required and places are limited.

About the speakers

Shona McMahon is a Wellington-based freelance oral historian, and Lynette Shum is Oral History Advisor for the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand.

Man tape recording Emu. K E Niven and Co :Commercial negatives,1971.Ref: 1/2-225681-F Alexander Turnbull Library.

Who was Titus Angus White? And who was the man photographed with him in Auckland in about 1864?

While researching the life of White — shipwreck survivor (and victim), fluent speaker of Māori, husband, father, government translator, superintendent of the prison hulk 'Marion', and magistrate — Barbara Francis has found information that sheds new light on the ‘unidentified Māori man’, pictured with the Superintendent in a photograph in the Turnbull Library.

Come & hear her talk about her research and what she has found out about this interesting man and the times in which he lived.

Angus White was a Colonial Government public servant, initially a ‘Native Interpreter’ and then appointed Superintendent of the hulk Marion on Auckland’s Waitematā Harbour (in 1863) which housed around 200 Māori prisoners, the majority taken at the Battle of Rangiriri.

William Fox, one-time NZ Colonial Secretary, wrote that White’s fluency in Māori and his kind treatment of his charges convinced them “that the Pakeha did not, as many of them had been told, seek the destruction of the Maori or look upon him with unkindly feelings.”

A Friends of the Turnbull Library event

About the speaker

Barbara Francis is a Wellington researcher, author of 'You Don’t Travel in China at the Full Moon: Correspondence of Agnes Moncrieff from China 1930-1945' (VUP 2016).

Who this learning event is for

• Primary and intermediate library teams (librarians, library assistants).
• Primary and intermediate Teachers with Library Responsibility.
• Primary and intermediate literacy leaders.

What you'll learn

• Explore factors that are important to consider when developing your library space, services, and collections in order to promote reading for pleasure.
• Learn how to gather information about the readers in your school so your library can cater for a diverse readership.
• Discuss the important elements that help ensure your library is a reader-friendly place and offers reader-friendly services and collections.
• Understand readers' advisory, and the way in which you can actively promote and talk about books with students.
• Learn how to identify areas for development in your library to promote reading for pleasure.

What you'll do

What's provided

Morning tea and lunch are provided.

Register or find out more

Registrations for this event are closed.

For more information, email maxine.ramsay@dia.govt.nz

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This is the second day of a popular two-day workshop, The essentials of oral history research.

The course is being held in Auckland on Saturday, 3 August and Saturday, 7 September.

The essentials of oral history research, Auckland — day one

What you'll learn

Day two 'Recording seriously' builds on day one of our 'The essentials of oral history research' workshop. The day will include plenty of hands-on practice.We will review work completed and cover more detail:

•  interview techniques
•  project planning
•  technical ethical and legal issues, and
•  preparation for archiving. 

National Oral History Association of New Zealand (NOHANZ)’s Code of Ethical and Technical Practice

Our training is based on the principles enshrined in the National Oral History Association of New Zealand (NOHANZ)’s Code of Ethical and Technical Practice, and international archival standards.

Equipment provided

All equipment is provided and all participants receive comprehensive guides and resources and a certificate of attendance.

You need to attend both days of the course

Attendance on both days is required and places are limited.

About the speakers

Megan Hutching is an Auckland-based freelance oral historian, and Lynette Shum is Oral History Advisor for the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand.

Man tape recording Emu. K E Niven and Co :Commercial negatives,1971. Ref: 1/2-225681-F Alexander Turnbull Library.

'Te Kuia Me Te Pūngāwerewere' tells the real reason why the old lady and the spider are constantly arguing.

While in the midst of their daily bickering, Kui and Pūpai the spider are suddenly thrust from their home in Paekākāriki into the wonderful world of spiders. There, they must work together to save the spider world from human proliferation.

The show is performed entirely in te reo Māori, but uses gestures and movement so that even non-speakers can follow along.

About the performance company

Taki Rua produce, commission and develop theatre with a distinctively Māori voice. They collaborate with the brightest voices in our industry, touring productions both locally and internationally.

Who this learning event is for

• Primary, intermediate, and secondary library teams (librarians, library assistants).
• Teachers with Library Responsibility.
• Literacy leaders.

What you'll learn

• Explore factors that are important to consider when developing your library space, services, and collections in order to promote reading for pleasure.
• Learn how to gather information about the readers in your school so your library can cater for a diverse readership.
• Discuss the important elements that help ensure your library is a reader-friendly place and offers reader-friendly services and collections.
• Understand readers' advisory, and the way in which you can actively promote and talk about books with students.
• Learn how to identify areas for development in your library to promote reading for pleasure.

What you'll do

What's provided

Morning tea and lunch are provided.

Register or find out more

Registrations closed 5pm 29 August.

For more information, email jan.boustead@dia.govt.nz

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These free public history talks are a collaboration between the National Library of New Zealand and Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage. They are usually held on the first Wednesday of the month March to November.

Most of our public history talks are recorded and are available online NZ History

About the speaker

Paul Diamond (Ngāti Hauā, Te Rarawa and Ngāpuhi) was appointed as Curator, Māori at the Alexander Turnbull Library in 2011.

Paul is an author and has also worked as an oral historian and broadcaster. In 2019 Paul will take up Creative New Zealand's Berlin Writer's Residency to complete a book about Charles Mackay, a mayor of Whanganui who was killed in Berlin in 1929.

Photograph taken by Dylan Owen on 8 December 2015 of the presentation of a petition organised by Otorohanga College school students and supporters calling for a commemoration day for those killed in the New Zealand Wars. Ref: PADL-001758 Alexander Turnbull Library.

In his book, 'On the Other Side of Freedom', Black Lives Matter activist DeRay Mckesson gives an extraordinary, personal insight into the power of the imagination and what it takes to start a movement to overturn systems of injustice and make way for true freedom.

Through his own experiences, study and convictions, Mckesson puts forward ways we can break down the systems that perpetuate racism, and places emphasis on the essential work of the imagination: the most powerful tool for innovation if we use it well enough.

DeRay Mckesson is a visionary. We recommend bringing secondary school-aged students to this event. DeRay’s life and work is hugely inspiring and will fuel the imaginations and voices who are bringing the future to today.

Presented in association with WORD Christchurch and TedX Christchurch.  Proudly supported by National Library of New Zealand and the Park Hotel.

About the speakers

DeRay Mckesson is a civil rights activist focused on issues of innovation, equity, and justice. A leading voice in the Black Lives Matter movement and co-founder of JoinCampaignZero.org, MappingPoliceViolence.org, OurStates.org, and ResistanceManual.org, DeRay also hosts of critically acclaimed podcast Pod Save the People

Laura O'Connell Rapira (Te Ātiawa, Ngāpuhi, Te Rarawa, Ngāti Whakaue) is Director of ActionStation.org. Laura is a proud member of the rainbow community, passionate about unleashing the power of the crowd through digital and community organising, effective collaboration, values-based storytelling and creative campaigning. She loves her whānau, New Zealand music, festivals, travel, vegan food, dogs, our ocean and the power of human imagination.

This is the first day of a popular two-day workshop, The essentials of oral history research.

The course is being held in Dunedin on Saturday, 24 August and Saturday, 28 September.

The essentials of oral history research, Dunedin — Day two: Recording seriously

What you'll learn

The day will include plenty of hands-on practice. On day one of this oral history course you'll learn how to:

• plan an oral history project
• choose the best equipment
• achieve clear audio recordings
• select informants
• follow ethical procedures develop questioning techniques
• process oral history, and make the material available for use.

National Oral History Association of New Zealand (NOHANZ)’s Code of Ethical and Technical Practice

Our training is based on the principles enshrined in the National Oral History Association of New Zealand (NOHANZ)’s Code of Ethical and Technical Practice, and international archival standards.

Equipment provided

All equipment is provided and all participants receive comprehensive guides and resources and a certificate of attendance.

You need to attend both days of the course

Attendance on both days is required and places are limited.

About the speakers

Helen Frizzell is a Dunedin-based freelance oral historian, and Lynette Shum is Oral History Advisor for the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand.

Man tape recording Emu. K E Niven and Co :Commercial negatives,1971.Ref: 1/2-225681-F Alexander Turnbull Library.

Whether you are experienced or just beginning your family history journey, there will be something at our Wellington Family History Month Open Day for you.

Excellent speakers

Come along and hear one or more of our excellent speakers.

• 10:00am — Two degrees of separation and an introduction to the NZ Society of Genealogists and, with Sarah Hewitt (Convenor Kilbirnie Branch)
• 11:15am to 3pm — 'lightning talks' to introduce to new online resources at Wellington City Archives, with Adrian Humphris (Wellington City Archivist), Digital NZ, with Rowan Payne (Manager, DNZ Services), and Papers Past, with Emerson Vandy (Digital Services Manager)
• 1:15pm to 3pm — “lightning talks” to help access local resources — Hutt City Libraries with Clark Stiles (Heritage Special), Upper Hutt Library, with Reid Perkins (Library Archivist) and Hutt City Archives, with Jennie Henton (Archivist)
• 2:30pm — Discovering my family history at Archives NZ and the National Library of New Zealand, with Richard Foy (Chief Archivist, Archives NZ)

Family history specialists available

Throughout the day there will be specialists in New Zealand, Māori, Australian, USA, English, Irish and Scottish family history on hand to provide guidance and answer questions.

Experienced people from the NZSG and local branches, Hutt City and Upper Hutt Libraries, Hutt City Archives, National and Alexander Turnbull Libraries, Archives New Zealand, and New Zealand Defence Force Archives and Medals will also be there to help you.

More information about Wellington Family History month

Hutt Valley Genealogy website

Family History Month brochure events in Wellington (pdf, 1.10MB)

National Library Family History research guides

Use the National Family History Research guides.

Starting with family history

Family history

Whakapapa