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History and gardens combine in Fendalton! More details about tickets etc will follow - save the date!

The Jim Gardner Memorial Lecture July 28 2024

The President and Executive Committee of the CANTERBURY HISTORY FOUNDATION invite you to attend The Jim Gardner Memorial Lecture for 2024 on Sunday 28 July at 2pm in Central Lecture Theatre C1, University of Canterbury.

Dame Anne Salmond - DEMOCRACY AND TE TIRITI: Where are we heading?

Dame Anne Salmond ONZ DBE is a Distinguished Professor of Māori Studies and Anthropology at the University of Auckland. She has written a number of award-winning books on cross-cultural exchanges in New Zealand and the Pacific, and won many literary prizes including the Prime Minister’s Award for Literary Achievement. Dame Anne has been elected as a Foreign Associate of the National Academy of Sciences in the US, a Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy and a Fellow of the American Philosophical Society. In 2013 she was awarded the Rutherford Medal, New Zealand’s top scientific award, and selected as New Zealander of the Year; and in 2019, she was awarded a Carl Friedrich van Siemens Prize for life-time achievements in research by the Humboldt Foundation. In 2020 she was awarded the Caird Medal by the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, the Blake Medal and the Order of New Zealand; and in 2024 was the Honoured Writer at the Auckland Arts Festival.

The Rhodes History Medal for 2024 will be presented to the Reverend Louise Deans.

All welcome. Free afternoon tea (though donations are also welcome!)

Contact Frieda if you would like to know more about this event!

The Canterbury Historical Association looks forward to Sarah Murray talk at this year's mid-winter dinner at Riccarton House, Sunday 14 July, 12.30pm.

Sarah Murray part of the four-person Executive Leadership Team at Canterbury Museum and Deputy Director and Head of Collections and Research. She has strategic responsibility for the curatorial, conservation, outreach, inventory and registration teams and the Museum’s volunteers. Sarah has been with the Museum since 2007 and is the author of several books and journal articles as well as an Adjunct Fellow in History at the University of Canterbury.

Dinner reservations due now ... contact CHA Secretary Frieda Looser.

REMINDER: TERM 2 COURSES for the remainder of May and through June. MANCHESTER: HERITAGE, INDUSTRY, EDUCATION, AND LEGACY starts Wednesday 15 May at 7.30pm on Zoom. Contact Frieda for a Term 2 brochure and enrolment details.

Despite the growing autumn chill, our speaker, Evelyn McIver-Keele, is preparing to deliver her talk to us at the South Arts Building on the second Tuesday of this month. Evelyn has a love of history, and an interest in the role of women and genealogy. Her biography, 'WITH GRACE Her Story and Place in Campbell History 1642-1856' (2023) traces the life of early nineteenth century author, Grace Buchanan Campbell, who moved in the Edinburgh circle of the literary Blackwood group. Her
novels include echoes of her own family history. New members are warmly welcome! Enrolment and membership subs can be paid via online form. Please contact CHA Secretary at [email protected]

Come and join us at our special service of remembrance and prayer for peace.

St Barnabas Church is a memorial church, built after WW1 in remembrance of those in the Fendalton community who served and gave their lives that we might live in peace. Activities for children too, with morning tea afterwards in the Fendall Hall.

An opportunity for local booklovers!
Fendall Hall at St B's - cnr Fendalton Road and Tui Street 😀

Term 2 begins on Monday 22 April 2024. All courses will be offered via Zoom. Contact [email protected] for a Term 2 brochure.😊

PRINCE RUPERT OF THE RHINE: ENGLISH CAVALIER
5 evening sessions
Mondays 22 April – 20 May 2024 7.30-9pm Zoom $50
The dynastic marriage of Elizabeth Stuart, daughter of King James VI of Scotland and I of England, to the Protestant Prince Frederick V, Elector Palatine, had long-term consequences for Britain and Germany. Prince Rupert was born in Prague in 1619 when his parents were briefly monarchs of Bohemia. Raised in exile in The Netherlands, Rupert’s military career included fighting as a dashing cavalier in support of his uncle, King Charles I, during the English Civil War. Rupert’s life spanned the years of the Interregnum, when he challenged Oliver Cromwell as a privateer in the Caribbean, and the colourful Restoration court of his cousin Charles II. As an early supporter and first governor of the Hudson’s Bay Company, Rupert’s name is commemorated in the political geography of Canada.
Topics
• Stuart ancestry and dynastic tangles
• Civil War and dashing cavalier
• Interregnum and Caribbean
• Court of Charles II
• Canadian legacy
Fee: $50 due by Friday 19 April

• Canadian legacy

THE CANTERBURY TRACK THROUGH MOLESWORTH STATION
3 evening sessions
Wednesdays 24 April – 8 May 2024 7.30-9pm Zoom $30
The Hurunui River was the old boundary between the provinces of Nelson and Canterbury. Being settled by British colonists nearly a decade earlier, Nelson offered an overland source of stock for the sheep and cattle runs of North Canterbury. Explorers and surveyors, assisted by Māori guides along traditional food-gathering trails, established stock routes through the interior of the South Island in what are today Nelson, Marlborough, and North Canterbury. The Canterbury Track through Molesworth Station relates the journey from the Hurunui, north along parts of the Clarence, Acheron, and Awatere River valleys, recording tales of key characters and accommodation houses within the beautiful but rugged landscape.
Topics
• Hurunui River to the Acheron Accommodation House
• Acheron to Molesworth Cob Cottage
• Molesworth and the Awatere Valley
Fee: $30 due by Monday 22 April

• Molesworth and the Awatere Valley

TE RAUPARAHA, NELSON, AND THE WAIRAU AFFRAY 1843
3 evening sessions
Mondays 27 May – 10 June 2024 7.30-9pm Zoom $30
Many South Islanders drive through Blenheim and on towards Picton to catch the ferry to Wellington remaining oblivious to the significance of the event in New Zealand history that took place at Tuamarina. Even if a few pause to read the heritage information board, almost no passer-by drives up the hill to the cemetery and reflects at the memorial to the 22 Nelson settlers, including the colony’s leader Captain Arthur Wakefield, who were executed for their part in what is variously described as the Wairau Incident, Affray or Massacre. Kāpiti-based Ngāti Toa chief Te Rauparaha’s devastating siege of Kaiapoi pā in 1831 is embedded in the history of Waitaha/Canterbury. But why, as a signatory of the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, was he asserting rights in the Wairau Valley in 1843? Who were the four Māori who were killed? And why is the Affray at Tuamarina regarded as the start of the New Zealand Land Wars?
Topics
• Te Rauparaha and Ngāti Toa
• Nelson colony and early settlers
• Wairau Affray 17 June 1843
Fee: $30 due by Friday 24 May

MANCHESTER: HERITAGE, INDUSTRY, EDUCATION, AND LEGACY
4 evening sessions
Wednesdays 15 May – 5 June 2024 7.30-9pm Zoom $40
If Oxford brings to mind ‘dreaming spires’ and Morse, and York is synonymous with Minster, Walls, and chocolate, what surfaces with Manchester? Although a Roman foundation like York, for many Kiwi housewives, ‘back in the day’, Manchester meant cotton sheets in the department store. Being the fictional location for the long-running TV show Coronation Street, industrial-era terrace houses and the local Rovers Return merge with nasal Northern vowels to portray modern Manchester. Some folk may acknowledge the first passenger railway in the world, and the global trade through the Manchester Ship Canal. Manchester continues to make a significant contribution to global research as it is home to a highly-respected Red Brick University, this year marking the bicentenary of the original establishment in 1824.
Topics
• Heritage
• Industry
• Education
• Legacy
Fee: $40 due by Monday 13 May

CROATIA AND DUBROVNIK: PEARL OF THE ADRIATIC
2 evening sessions
Mondays 17 & 24 June 2024 7.30-9 pm Zoom $20
The beautiful coastline and blue waters of the Adriatic Sea act as a magnet for visitors. Croatia has become a popular tourist destination, enhanced by the remarkable architecture and ambience of the walled port town of Dubrovnik. Humans have inhabited this land for thousands of years, leaving artistic and tangible traces in caves, fortresses, amphitheatres, and other heritage-listed structures. Many peoples have added their DNA, cultures, and linguistic legacy to this land, not least the South-Slavic Croats who have reasserted their medieval connections and name. These two sessions will explore the stunning geography and colourful and challenging heritage of this prized possession of the Adriatic.
Topics
• Layers of history and creating Croatia
• Dubrovnik: Pearl of the Adriatic
Fee: $20 due by Friday 14 June
• Dubrovnik: Pearl of the Adriatic

DUMONT D’URVILLE, PACIFIC EXPLORATION, AKAROA AND FRENCH PASS
3 evening sessions
Wednesdays 12 – 26 June 2024 7.30-9 pm Zoom
Often it is rivalry that promotes and funds global endeavour. In the 1960s, the USSR and USA vied to be first to the Moon; in the late 15th century, Portugal and Spain set their sights on the silk and spices of the Orient; and in the 18th and 19th centuries, Britain and France were competing in the Pacific. The Enlightenment inspired curiosity, exploration, and research; economics drove the search for trading partners, resources, and colonial opportunities. The voyages of French explorer and naval officer Jules Dumont d'Urville included visits to Aotearoa that added to European knowledge of tangata whenua, the coastline, and New Zealand ecology, and his name lives on at D’Urville Island and French Pass.
Topics
• Educating an explorer
• Astrolabe and French Pass 1827
• Antarctica and New Zealand 1840
Fee: 30 due by Monday 10 June

Tha Canterbury Historical Association has a new page! Check for information about upcoming monthly meetings with a guest speaker. Meetings are held at the University of Canterbury on the second Tuesday of the month at 6pm. New members are welcome 😊
https://www.facebook.com/CanterburyHistoricalAssociation

Canterbury Historical Association Organising monthly meetings and discussions on topics of curent historical interest and research.

Term 1 draws to a close next week and I wish you all a very Happy Easter 😃
We have an opportunity to meet together on Sunday afternoon 2-4pm in South Arts A4 and also on Zoom for Confucius and the European Enlightenment. Email Frieda at [email protected] to enrol.
Term 2 evening courses will start on Monday 22 April. I will email the Term 2 brochure just after Easter.

How will you commemorate Waitangi Day? Consider driving to Okains Bay on Banks Peninsula! "Okains Bay Museum, in partnership with Te Rūnanga o Koukourarata, will cohost Waitangi Day Commemorations on Tuesday 6 February 2024. Historically, the Okains Bay Waitangi Day commemoration is the longest-running in Te Waipounamu and is an iconic event on the national calendar." 😍🇳🇿

A namesake St Barnabas' Church, this one in Woodend, north of the Waimakariri River. Lots of history and heritage to explore in the upcoming Term 1 course "Further Church Crawls in Canterbury" which starts on Monday evening in a lecture theatre and also via Zoom. The brand new Ravenswood subdivision is developing on the church doorstep, so to speak, with links to the 19th-century Vicar, Revd John Raven. There is still time to enrol!

Unite with the Bagshaws!

Parents of killed aid worker urge Kiwis to take action The parents of Andrew Bagshaw - killed while volunteering in Ukraine - are calling on Kiwis to sign a petition and to lobby their MPs to fight for change at the UN Security Council.

Free public lecture
The President and Executive Committee of the
CANTERBURY HISTORY FOUNDATION
invite you to attend The Jim Gardner Memorial Lecture for 2023

on Sunday 23 July at 2pm in Central Lecture Theatre C2,
University of Canterbury.

Dr Ursula Rack
MAKING CLIMATE CHANGE VISIBLE :
a short history of Antarctic climate research.

contact Frieda for further information

Term 1 evening courses ended on Wednesday 5 April and we will now have a break until the start of Term 2 on 1 May 2023. The new term's courses will be visible on this page by the middle of April. Happy Easter and enjoy a relaxing break😃🍁🍂🍄!

Thank you Ma'am. For everything!

The last two courses for Term 1 start next week: Dorothy Dunnett House of Niccolo on Monday 14 March and Liverpool on Wednesday 16 March. Full details under history courses in events..

The high rates of vaccination in Aotearoa are keeping our citizens out of ICU. Once the pandemic eases, all restrictions will be lifted. But now is not the time for illegal, disruptive protest by a tiny, noisy minority. The usually silent majority needs to make a stand before the Police are obliged to use force in Wellington and Christchurch. Tell the protestors to go home now!

Can you spare a minute to help Frieda Looser? 43,489 signatures are still needed! Tell the Wellington Protestors to Go Home - They are NOT the majority

Term 1 2022 starts on Monday 31 January - details of courses are in events, or send a message to request a brochure.

The welcome mat 2021-22. I hope you are all on the right side of History: 😍double vaxxed and ready to protect our community 🥳

Time to make History! 1348, 1665, 1918, 2020 - all dates associated with pandemics and plague. The difference this time is that we have a vaccine and everyone needs to be part of the solution. Any Covid deaths from now on are preventable, and History will record the guilt of the unvaccinated. Kia kaha Canterbury!

REMINDER: Term 4 history courses start this week! Email Frieda if you wish to enrol for either Charlotte's Web of Canterbury Tales (starting tonight) or Wirral Peninsula on Wednesday 6 October.