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Interrogating Gadd’s Interpretation of the Manukau Wesleyan Mission
Part Three Interrogating Gadd’s Interpretation of the Manukau Wesleyan Missionby Rosa Ewing* D.B.H. Gadd’s manuscript, The Baptismal Register of the Ihu Matao Wesleyan Mission Station 1849-54 and the Manukau Wesleyan Circuit 1855-1869, tells a story of the rise and...
Outliers to Trends in Māori Baptisms, 1857-1866
Part Two Outliers to Trends in Māori Baptisms, 1857-1866by Rosa Ewing* In D.B.H. Gadd’s The Baptismal Register of the Ihu Matao Wesleyan Mission Station 1849-54 and the Manukau Wesleyan Circuit 1855-1869, 1857 marked the beginning of the demise of Māori baptisms on...
Manukau Wesleyan Baptisms, 1849-1856
by Rosa Ewing*
In 1849, Auckland, the capital of the recently established colony of New Zealand, was a centre of cultural flux. Māori, settlers, traders, government, and missionaries navigated their relationships to each other and Tāmaki Makaurau amidst colliding cultures and disputes over land and authority.
205-225 Queen Street
Part Three 205-225 Queen Streetby Riley Bogard-Allan* At the heart of Auckland’s bustling CBD stands 205 Queen Street, a site rich in historical and cultural significance. From its beginnings as Auckland’s first courthouse and jail in the mid-nineteenth century to its...
131 Queen Street
Part Two 131 Queen Streetby Riley Bogard-Allan* Located adjacent to our previously discussed 151 Queen Street, 131 tells a story of boom, bust and boom again. After a glorious half a century as an iconic retail location on the Golden Mile, 131 Queen Street seemed to...
151 Queen Street
by Riley Bogard-Allan*
The 1980s were a time of transformation in New Zealand, marked by economic liberalisation, corporate excess, and a cultural shift that redefined the country’s identity ‘from the world’s first welfare state to the world’s first post-welfare state’.
Friendship at Home: the NZCFS and Chinese in New Zealand
Part Three Friendship at Home: the NZCFS and Chinese in New Zealandby Germaine Han* The year was 1989, and the New Zealand China Friendship Society (NZCFS) was reeling from the violent events of the Tiananmen Square Massacre. As explained in my second article, the...
The Desire for Unity: the NZCFS and China
Part Two The Desire for Unity: the NZCFS and Chinaby Germaine Han* A message in 1974 reads: ‘Chairman Mao says people must start with the desire for unity, and controversial issues among people should be settled by the democratic method—which is discussion, criticism...
Clearing ‘the Mists of Ignorance’: the New Zealand China Friendship Society in the 1970s
by Germaine Han*
In a series of letters written in July 1975, Wilfred ‘Bill’ McAra applied for membership to the New Zealand China Friendship Society (NZCFS), formally known as the New Zealand China Friendship Society. ‘Dear Jack,’ he wrote in one letter, ‘Enclosed $4 to cover membership for Diana Wilsie and myself’.
‘Public Boon’ or Public Bother? Tāmaki Makaurau’s Itinerant Traders and the Campaign to Keep Them Out
Part Four ‘Public Boon’ or Public Bother? Tāmaki Makaurau’s Itinerant Traders and theCampaign to Keep Them Out Part One Unstable Ground: Migrant Producers, Selling, and Discrimination in Auckland 1890-1920sAuckland’s Women Artists: 1950-1960 Part Two Resilient...
Radi i štedi: Auckland’s Dalmatian growers in an Age of Prejudice and Prohibition
Part Three Radi i štedi: Auckland’s Dalmatian growers in an Age of Prejudice and ProhibitionPart One Unstable Ground: Migrant Producers, Selling, and Discrimination in Auckland 1890-1920sAuckland’s Women Artists: 1950-1960 Part Two Resilient Roots:...
Resilient Roots: Restrictions, Regulation, and Auckland’s Chinese Grocers and Growers 1890-1920s
Part Two Resilient Roots: Restrictions, Regulation, and Auckland’s Chinese Grocers and Growers 1890-1920sPart One Unstable Ground: Migrant Producers, Selling, and Discrimination in Auckland 1890-1920sAuckland’s Women Artists: 1950-1960 Part Three Radi i štedi:...