
HISTY107-21A (HAM)
New Zealand Histories: Fresh Perspectives
15 Points
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Nepia Mahuika
9349
J.3.24
nepia.mahuika@waikato.ac.nz
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Paper Description
New Zealand Histories engages with the contested narratives in the making of Aotearoa. It explores the entangled and separate histories of early Māori and later Pākehā European and other migrants. Students are encouraged to unpack the concept of the New Zealand 'nation' and wrestle with the following questions:
- Who owns the past in New Zealand history?
- What strands weave together the varying stories of Aotearoa/New Zealand?
- What are the main events, peoples, ideas and turning points in New Zealand history?
- How should I write, think about, and teach New Zealand history now? How might I grapple with the tensions between Māori and Pākehā narratives in a history of colonisation?
- Where are the narratives of marginalised groups in New Zealand historiography?
The main topics under investigation include: cultural encounters, migration and resettlement; conflict and negotiation; political and economic initiatives; social and political change, health, welfare, class, sport, and gender. These topics are explored for the ways in which they shed light on the themes of national identity, nationalism or nationhood, in New Zealand.
Paper Structure
Learning Outcomes
Students who successfully complete the paper should be able to:
Assessment
Assessment Components
The internal assessment/exam ratio (as stated in the University Calendar) is 50:50. The final exam makes up 50% of the overall mark.
Required and Recommended Readings
Required Readings
Recommended Readings
James Belich, Making Peoples: A History of the New Zealanders from Polynesian Settlement to the End of the Nineteenth Century (Auckland: The Penguin Press, 1996).
James Belich, Paradise Reforged: A History of the New Zealanders from the 1880s to the Year 2000 (Auckland: Penguin Books, 2001).
Ranginui Walker, Ka Whawhai Tonu Matou: Struggle Without End, 2nd edn. (Auckland: Penguin, 2004).
The New Oxford History of New Zealand, ed. by Giselle Byrnes (Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 2009).
These texts are available from the University library and a copy of each have been placed in the 'High Demand Collection' (formerly known as Course Reserve). For further information, see: https://www.waikato.ac.nz/library/services/borrowing/course-reserve
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Workload
Normal class contact time is 24 hours of lectures over the twelve weeks of teaching during the semester, and an extra 11 hours of tutorials (35 hours in total class contact time). For a typical student in a 15 point paper (offered over one semester) the expected workload is approximately 10 hours per week, including class contact time. Excluding the three hours of lectures and one hour tutorial time, students should average at least six hours of time spent on study, reading, and/or assessment work per week. These figures are only approximations, as papers vary in their requirements, and students vary in both the amount of effort required and the level of grades they wish to achieve.
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Restriction(s)
Restricted papers: HIST107