NZHTA Term 3, Week 8 Pānui, 2026

Tēnā koutou katoa,

In this pānui:

• NZHTA Draft Phase 5 History | Te Takanga o te Wā Survey

• NZHTA Term 4 Workshop Series - sign up today!!!

• NZHTA 2026 Scholarship Series

Ngā mihi

Nick Fitness, NZHTA Kaiārahi

nzhtaexec@gmail.com

NZHTA Draft Phase 5 History | Te Takanga o te Wā Survey

This survey is open until 20 September 2026 when consultation closes. It is critical that we provide a collective voice on this draft curriculum document. We have had 10 responses so far. Thanks for making the time to provide your valuable feedback which will be passed through to the Ministry.

NZHTA SURVEY LINK

A link to the Phase 5 History | Te Takanga o te Wā curriculum document can be found here. 

And this is the Ministry link for individual submissions.

Drop-in sessions

NZHTA will continue running drop-in sessions over the next few weeks. These are informal sessions and are intended to support you and your kura with any questions and pātai that you may have when unpacking the document. If these times don’t work please just email me to schedule another time.

Tuesday 8 September, 4pm-4.30pm - ZOOM LINK

Monday 14 September, 4.30pm-5pm - ZOOM LINK 

Wednesday 16 September, 10am-11am- ZOOM LINK

SIGN UP TODAY!

Monday 9 November - Te Tai Tokerau / Northland - Kerikeri High School https://forms.gle/BatzZ5STtqxnCWnFA

Tuesday 10 November - Tāmaki Makaurau / North Auckland – Northcote College
https://forms.gle/L2q9FDvVt371FW64A

Wednesday 11 November - Tāmaki Makaurau / South Auckland – Manurewa High School
https://forms.gle/7Q6xyoHn1QXaT5RD8

Monday 16 November - Whakatū / Nelson – Nelson College for Girls
https://forms.gle/67nshreULfdXBVaF9

Tuesday 17 November - Ōtautahi / Christchurch – Rangi Ruru Girls’ School
https://forms.gle/W8B3YV73yELveZfL7

Wednesday 18 November - Ōtepoti / Dunedin – Venue TBC
https://forms.gle/RS24cuCNyCRXttQY6

Monday 23 November - Te Matau-a-Māui / Hawke’s Bay – Venue TBC
https://forms.gle/utqZrChSyMjXcM6R9

Tuesday 24 November - Te Whanganui-a-Tara / Wellington – St Patrick’s College
https://forms.gle/oXcpWpQpK6Rk4KxcA

Thursday 26 November - Waikato / Rotorua – Waikato Diocesan School for Girls
https://forms.gle/PZN1KpCagdYDwMT69

NZHTA 2026 Scholarship Series 2026

This year’s theme is relationships between workers, employers, and the state, with a specific focus on Aotearoa New Zealand from the beginning of the 1870s to the end of the 1940s. All sessions are recorded and shared here and are for teachers and/or students.

Our three remaining sessions are:

Thursday 10 September @4.30pm - Guosheng Xie - A current PhD student looking at Chinese labour and enterprise, 1860s-1920s.

Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89578963982?pwd=8SJxvFqcZO6NuHVMBaUQfFSUVgRfFO.1

Thursday 17 September @4.30pm - Ross Webb - He has a PhD from Victoria University of Wellington and is a historian with an interest in organised labour and oral history. He is a principal researcher analyst in the Research Team at the Waitangi Tribunal Unit.

Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83595193080?pwd=zjEOrQED1lIKtva1fHHsvn9qUUj3SW.1

Thursday 24 September @4.30pm - Melanie Nolan - Historian and university academic from New Zealand, specialising in labour and gender history. She is the director of the National Centre of Biography at the Australian National University, and general editor of the Australian Dictionary of Biography.

Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86801688907?pwd=zuCf3ZsNynec21YL6TRvxhweZFaNqj.1

Missed a pānui?

You can find all our previous pānui on our website: https://nzhta.org.nz/

Ā kō ake nei | Coming up soon

Term 4 NZHTA Workshop Series 2026

Kōrero Mai | We'd love to hear from you!

At NZHTA, fostering connections with our history community is at the heart of what we do. Your input helps us continue to support educators, enhance our resources, and advocate for quality history education across Aotearoa New Zealand. Reach out to us and let’s keep building a strong, supportive network together.