{"id":704,"date":"2014-11-09T11:26:59","date_gmt":"2014-11-08T22:26:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/crocc\/?p=704"},"modified":"2015-02-11T20:58:43","modified_gmt":"2015-02-11T07:58:43","slug":"704","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/crocc\/704\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating Marsden"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s been a busy few days at the Hocken Collections with the events around the Marsden Online Archive launch and opening of the associated “Whakapono, Faith and Foundations” exhibition, timed to coincide with the bicentennial of the arrival of missionaries in New Zealand.<\/p>\n

Considerable publicity had led\u00a0to these events. \u00a0For example:<\/p>\n

Tony Ballantyne interview on National Radio<\/a><\/p>\n

Otago Bulletin report<\/a><\/p>\n

Television One News coverage<\/a> (watch from 17.37)<\/p>\n

Te Karere coverage<\/a> (i roto i te reo M\u0101ori – in M\u0101ori)<\/p>\n

For all the links see the Marsden Online Archive Storify page<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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On Thursday afternoon K\u0101i Tahu and locally-based Northland M\u0101ori welcomed Hongi Hika, a self-portrait sculpture by the illustrious Ng\u0101 Puhi warrior. Bernard Makoare and Hinerangi Himiona of Ng\u0101puhi and Chanel Clarke, M\u0101ori Curator of the Auckland War Memorial Museum, accompanied this taonga\u00a0who was installed in the Whakapono exhibition upstairs in the Hocken Gallery. \u00a0Click here for the full story.<\/a><\/p>\n

In the evening a good crowd assembled in the Hocken foyer for both the opening of the exhibition and the official launch of the online archive. The event was opened by David Ellison of the Puketeraki R\u016bnanka of K\u0101i Tahu, Bernard Makoare, and Kelvin Wright, Anglican Bishop of Dunedin. Particular praise was given to Gordon Parsonson, present in the front row of the audience, whose painstaking work transcribing the Marsden archives over many decades made the creation of the online archive possible.<\/p>\n

The Marsden Online Archive<\/a> was created by the University Library and Hocken Library, with considerable input from Professor Tony Ballantyne and the Centre for Research on Colonial Culture. \u00a0This will be of great use to researchers interested in early missionary work, M\u0101ori-P\u0101keh\u0101 interactions, and M\u0101ori culture.<\/p>\n

The “Whakapono: Faith and Foundations”<\/a> exhibition runs till 7 February, 2015.<\/p>\n

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Charlotte Brown, University Library<\/p><\/div>\n

The following two days were given over to \u201cDialogues\u201d, a symposium on New Zealand\u2019s early missionary history, held in the Hocken Seminar Room organised by the Centre and the Hocken Collections. This was kicked off with Cate Bardwell and Charlotte Brown of the University Library telling the story of how the Online Archive was created, followed with a demonstration of how to get the most out of the collection.<\/p>\n

Three well-known religious historians, Allan Davidson (St Johns), Peter Lineham (Massey) and John Stenhouse (Otago) made up the next session. Allan talked on the \u201cdialogue or disputation\u201d in the first Wesleyan mission at Whangaroa; Peter discussed the Anglican moves into the Bay of Plenty\/Waikato district in the 1830s, and how this lead to the sacking of the Matamata Mission Station in 1836; and John focused on Octavius Hadfield, his relationship with his M\u0101ori parishoners, and how this influenced his opposition to the Crown\u2019s military actions.<\/p>\n

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Alison Jones (University of Auckland) and Kuni Jenkins (Te Whare Wananga o Awanuiarangi)<\/p><\/div>\n

After lunch Angela Middleton (Otago) gave an account of\u00a0the powerful and influential Hariata, Hongi Hika\u2019s daughter, informed by both historical and archaeological sources. Kuni Jenkins (Awanuiarangi) and Alison Jones followed on with a discussion their interpretation of the encounter at Hohi between Ng\u0101 Puhi and missionaries in December 1814. \u00a0In the afternoon Donald Kerr gave an account of Dr Hocken\u2019s collecting, and how he managed to amass so much of the original missionary papers, now housed in the Hocken Collections. Anna Blackman, the Archives Curator at the Hocken, then gave a talk on exploring the Marsden Collection, and earlier archival practice.<\/p>\n

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Manuka Henare (University of Auckland) launching Angela Middleton’s new book P\u0113whairangi.<\/p><\/div>\n

In the evening more people assembled for the launch of Angela Middleton\u2019s new book, P\u0113whairangi: Bay of Islands Missions and M\u0101ori 1814 to 1845<\/em>. Manuka Henare (Auckland) formally launched the book, along with speeches by the Rachel Scott, Otago University Press publisher, Sharon Dell, the Hocken Librarian, and Paul Diamond, Curator M\u0101ori at the Alexander Turnbull Library.<\/p>\n

Listen here to Angela’s Radio New Zealand interview<\/a>, 4 November 2014.<\/p>\n

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Ian Smith (university of Otago) discussing the site of the Hohi Mission Station.<\/p><\/div>\n

Saturday was a shorter day. Ian Smith (Otago) gave an account of the archaeological dig and Hohi and how this informs our understanding of this first mission site and its inhabitants. Chanel Clarke and Rose Young (Auckland War Memorial Museum) discussed \u201cTaonga Tuku Iho \u2013 Objects in Dialogue\u201d, objects from their collection that spoke to the early interactions between missionaries and M\u0101ori.<\/p>\n

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Paul Diamond (Alexander Turnbull Library)<\/p><\/div>\n

After morning tea, Lachy Paterson (Otago) discussed Thomas Kendall\u2019s dialogues with Marsden and the CMS on developing a working orthography for the M\u0101ori language. \u00a0Paul Diamond (Turnbull) followed on, bringing to light a M\u0101ori vocabulary created by the Wesleyan missionary, Rev James Buller, in the 1830s and what this can tell us the M\u0101ori language of that time. After lunch, Tony Ballantyne (Otago) rounded off the symposium with a discussion on how applying new techniques from the field of digital humanities can give new historical perspectives, particularly when working with large collections.<\/p>\n

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As usual, these events create opportunities for conversation. Chanel Clarke (Auckland Museum) and Allan Davidson (St Johns).<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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