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September 2024

 

Haere mai and welcome to our History & Current Events newsletter.

Find great reads and resources about wars, revolutions, and extraordinary lives all over the world - in the present day, and the past.

 

Staff List

New For You - History & Current Events - September 2024

Some of the newest additions to the collection that explore history and global issues - politics, media, climate change, racism and more.

 

New titles

History

"Stuff the British Stole" by Fennell, Marc
"Captain Cook and the Unsettled Afterlives of Empire" by Ballantyne, Tony, 1972-
"Stolen Revolution" by Torbati, Yeganeh
"The Tattooed Hills" by Woolcott, Jon
"The Four Wives of Windsor" by Vigar, Simon
"After Nations" by Dasgupta, Rana, 1971-
"Captain Cook and the Unsettled Afterlives of Empire" by Ballantyne, Tony, 1972-
More history

New Zealand history

"Captain Cook and the Unsettled Afterlives of Empire" by Ballantyne, Tony, 1972-
"Fleur Adcock"
"Marilyn Duckworth"
"Ngāti Kuia" by Williams, Madi
"Witi Ihimaera"
"Another Day Like Yesterday" by Clapshaw, Guy
"Fleur Adcock"
More NZ history

Featured topic: Israel and Palestine

"Love and Desire in the Promised Land" by Parent-Rachdi, Salomé, 1992-
"Complicit" by Oborne, Peter
"Ungrounding" by Weizman, Eyal, 1970-
"The Future Is Peace" by Inon, Maoz
"A Street Divided" by Nissenbaum, Dion
"When the World Sleeps" by Albanese, Francesca
"Complicit" by Oborne, Peter
More titles
 

Blog Post

Dawn Raids Reading: Pacific Underground at 30 - WORD 2024

Maatakiwi reports back on Dawn Raids reading and the following panel of the Pacific Underground production team & Oscar Kightley.

 

Website

Christchurch Heritage Festival: 16 to 26 October 2026

 

Staff List

Kīngitanga

Books and online resources about Kīngitanga, how it came to be and information on previous Kuini, Kīngi and significant events

 

Featured eResource

Online Resource

Refugees, Relief, and Resettlement

Explore the history of refugees and forced migration throughout World War II, the early Cold War and decolonisation through primary sources.

 
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