{"id":267,"date":"2013-03-11T20:09:09","date_gmt":"2013-03-11T07:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/crocc\/?p=267"},"modified":"2015-02-11T21:17:29","modified_gmt":"2015-02-11T08:17:29","slug":"colonial-origins-of-nz-politics-and-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/crocc\/colonial-origins-of-nz-politics-and-government\/","title":{"rendered":"Colonial Origins of NZ Politics and Government"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>On Friday March 8th, members of the Centre gave presentations on aspects of the colonial \u00a0 origins of New Zealand politics and government. \u00a0This was our contribution to the “conversation” with the Constitutional Advisory Panel, a body established by the government to canvass public views on the constitution. \u00a0This was a public event, held at the Otago Museum, and attended by a variety of people throughout the day. \u00a0Present were two panel members, Peter Chin and Sir Tipene O’Regan, and the panel’s administrative organiser, Lison Harris.<\/p>\n

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John Stenhouse gave a paper on ‘The Secular State?’<\/p><\/div>\n

Professor Tony Ballantyne, the Centre director, welcomed those attending, and this was followed by talks on theimpact of religion (Assoc Prof John Stenhouse); the political aspirations of early colonists (Prof Ballantyne); how rangatiratanga<\/em> was understood in the colonial period (Dr Lachy Paterson); M\u0101ori voting patterns (Dr Paerau Warbrick-Anderson); iwi<\/em> and the state (Dr Michael Stevens); the making of modern politics (Prof Tom Brooking); and the relationship between art and politics (Assoc Prof Mark Stocker). \u00a0To round off the day, Sir Tipene O’Regan and Prof Erik Olssen offered their thoughts on the day’s events.<\/p>\n

Check out more images here<\/a>\u00a0on the Department of History and Art History Facebook page.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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