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This course takes as its beginning point the rupture of the last 30 years and analyses the dramatic changes which New Zealand has experienced, in their historical context. It addresses big issues in New Zealand's past - returning also to the 19th century - and explores continuity and change through time, which is what history is all about.
This course examines continuity and change in New Zealand since 1940. It takes as its focus the ruptures of the late twentieth century: the revolutions in economic, defence and public policy, in Kiwi culture and in citizenship, that changed how this small country relates to the world. Settled late by Polynesians and colonised late by Europeans, New Zealand has always had to grapple with global forces and the effects of smallness and isolation. In the late twentieth century new upheavals saw governments demolish institutions that had once defined New Zealand. Economic problems challenged a country dependent on exports. How then does the recent past explain the present?
HIST108, HIST109, HIST124
Philippa Mein Smith
Rawiri Tau
Domestic fee $640.00
International fee $2,670.00
* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.
For further information see Humanities .