Programme

DAY 1 Aotearoa New Zealand: Peace, Reconciliation, and Justice at home
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Thursday 20 April 2023
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Mihi whakatau
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Opening keynote address
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‍The Wars of Today and Tomorrow: Global risk and New Zealand in an increasingly lawless world‍
Professor Alexander Gillespie
The University of Waikato Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato

Chair
‍Professor Robert Patman
University of Otago Te Whare Wānanga o Ōtākou

The New Zealand Wars: Expert Panel
Ngā pakanga o Aotearoa (the great New Zealand wars)
Te riri Pākehā (the white man's anger)

Panel:
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Professor James Belich
University of Oxford

He wai kei aku kamo: sung history and conflict in Aotearoa
Dr Arini Loader
Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington 

‍Teaching Scarred Histories: Remembering Rangiaowhia
Dr Liana MacDonald
Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington

Scarred City: Tāmaki Makaurau and the New Zealand Wars
Dr Vincent O’Malley
HistoryWorks

Chair:
‍Professor Joanna Kidman
Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington
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Difficult histories 1: How museums are reassessing their engagement with the New Zealand Wars

Panel discussion including key people involved in the Auckland Museum exhibition redevelopment: concepts, content, etc., with Museum staff, iwi, and other consultants/experts. Could include tour of gallery (existing or new) by museum and other experts to illustrate the discussion.

Panel:
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Dr Rowan Light
University of Auckland Waipapa Taumata Rau | Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira

Nigel Borell
Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira

Tereora Crane
National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa

Chair:
David Reeves
Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira
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Difficult histories 2: How artists are engaging with these histories

Artist panel:
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Dr Brett Graham

Euan Robertson 
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Thomas Slade 
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Professor Huhana Smith

Chair:
Nigel Borell
Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira
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Public lecture / keynote address
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Unsettling Histories: The Scars of Engagement‍
Professor James Belich
Beit Professor of Imperial and Commonwealth History, Balliol College, University of Oxford

Chair:
Professor Giselle Byrnes
Massey University Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa
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DAY 2 Aotearoa New Zealand: Peace, Reconciliation and Justice –International contributions

Friday 21 April 2023

Summary of Day 1 and introduction to Day 2
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Neill Atkinson
Ministry for Culture and Heritage Manatū Taonga
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Keynote Address
Subjugation, Liberation and Stabilisation in East Timor

This presentation bridges the gap between history and its relevance to international interventions, and draws on the experience of New Zealand engagement in East Timor.  It looks at some questions for the history of colonial conflict in East Timor, which has some parallels with New Zealand, and considers some of the issues that were relevant, but little-known, in the international interventions in East Timor in 1999 and 2006. 

Dr Ruth Nuttall
Australian National University. New Zealand Ambassador to Timor Leste, 2005-2008
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International relations and security panel with a focus on Asia-Pacific region

Panel:

Professor Robert Patman
University of Otago Te Whare Wānanga o Ōtākou

Dr Anna Powles
Massey University Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa

Dr Jim Rolfe
Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington

Professor Claire Breen
The University of Waikato Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato 

Chair:
Professor Alexander Gillespie
The University of Waikato Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato
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New Zealand’s strategic defence interests, policy, and operational implementation

Panel:

Recent developments in New Zealand’s defence policy
New Zealand now faces a substantially more challenging and complex strategic environment than it has for decades.   This presentation will outline developments in New Zealand’s defence policy in response to this changing environment, starting(roughly) in 2018, and will include an overview of the Defence Policy Review process currently underway.
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Dr Adam Norrie
Ministry of Defence Manatū Kaupapa Waonga 

From Peace Keeping to Peace Making: The New Zealand Defence Force Experience in Offshore Intrastate Conflict since 1945
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Lieutenant Colonel Peter Wood
New Zealand Defence Force Te Ope Kātua o Aotearoa 

Lieutenant Colonel Martin Dransfield
New Zealand Defence Force Te Ope Kātua o Aotearoa 

Chair:
John Crawford
Historian New Zealand Defence Force
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Symposium Summary / Poroporoaki

David Reeves
Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira
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