scholarly journals Mainmast Speaks: The paintings of Pauline Thompson

2020 ◽  
pp. 49-68
Author(s):  
Emma Kelly
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Adult Life ◽  
Pop Art ◽  
Aotearoa New Zealand ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
Art Critics

This paper explores the work of Pauline Thompson (1942-2012), an Auckland based artist who painted throughout her adult life. Although she received local critical acclaim for her work in a ‘Pop Art Idiom’ in the 1960s, as Pauline’s work shifted to a more ‘metaphysical’ style she arguably became less fashionable. This paper considers the reception of her work by art critics, the context in which she was creating her work, and the general discourse of art critics in Aotearoa over the period of her career. Pauline’s own writings and discourse on her practice are interpolated into the discussion. This paper was first presented at the conference of PHANZA (Professional Historians Aotearoa New Zealand Association) in 2019, and following feedback, has been developed into this article. The author knew Pauline Thompson personally, and interweaves informal discussions she had with the painter into this narrative.

Reclaiming the Past, Building a Future: Māori Identity in the Plays of Hone Kouka

2001 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
William Peterson
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
World War I ◽  
The Other ◽  
World War ◽  
The Past ◽  
Aotearoa New Zealand ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
The Future ◽  
The 1960S

Hone Kouka's historical plays Nga Tangata Toa and Waiora, created and produced in Aotearoa/New Zealand, one set in the immediate aftermath of World War I, and the other during the great Māori urban migrations of the 1960s, provide fresh insights into the way in which individual Māori responded to the tremendous social disruptions they experienced during the twentieth century. Much like the Māori orator who prefaces his formal interactions with a statement of his whakapapa (genealogy), Kouka reassembles the bones of both his ancestors, and those of other Māori, by demonstrating how the present is constructed by the past, offering a view of contemporary Māori identity that is traditional and modern, rural and urban, respectful of the past and open to the future.

scholarly journals Opening a Discourse on Race Relations in New Zealand: The Fern and the Tiki Revisited

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harry A. Kersey
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Civil Rights ◽  
Race Relations ◽  
Seminal Work ◽  
Aotearoa New Zealand ◽  
1960S And 1970S ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
Intellectual Legacy ◽  
New Zealanders

This article discusses the intellectual legacy of David P. Ausubel in Aotearoa-New Zealand. Some forty years after the American academic's provocative work The Fern and the Tiki first appeared in print it still evokes strong and mixed reactions from Pakeha and Maori alike. It certainly had a searing impact among a generation of New Zealanders who were in universities during the tumultuous civil rights dominated era of the 1960s and 1970s. Even those who have never read the book recognize the title, can name its author, and generally accord it some deference as a seminal work that should be read or reread.

scholarly journals Tiromoana and Taranaki House: A tale of their times

2015 ◽  
Vol 27 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 5-23
Author(s):  
Barbara Staniforth
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Historical Record ◽  
Aotearoa New Zealand ◽  
Social Work Training ◽  
Work Training ◽  
History Of ◽  
Set Up ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
Work Education

The overall history of social work education in Aotearoa New Zealand has been well documented by authors such as McCreary (1971a,b), Nash (1998) and Cranna (1989). Tiromoana and Taranaki House social work residential training institutions were set up by the Education Department, Child Welfare Division to meet a gap in social work training in the country in the 1960s and 70s. These programmes, which were at times contentious, appeared to be unique and particular to their time, place and context in Aotearoa New Zealand. This article provides some history and participant recollections about Tiromoana (Porirua) and Taranaki House (Auckland) for social work’s historical record. This article attempts to piece together various sources, including recent interviews, and to weave together some of the facts and stories of these two institutions. 

Book Review: Feminist Judgments of Aotearoa New Zealand – Te Rino: A Two-Stranded Rope

2018 ◽  
Vol 49 (3) ◽  
pp. 413
Author(s):  
Suzanne Robertson
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Aotearoa New Zealand

Book review of Elisabeth McDonald, Rhonda Powell, Māmari Stephens and Rosemary Hunter (eds) Feminist Judgments of Aotearoa New Zealand – Te Rino: A Two-Stranded Rope (Hart Publishing, Portland, 2017).

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