NZHTA Pānui Week 7 Term 3

NZHTA Pānui Term 3, Week 7, 2025

 

Tēnā koutou katoa,

 

Good luck to all those who are off to support our ākonga at winter tournament sports around the motu. Please look through these items when you get a chance.

 

In this pānui:

 

·      Reminder: NZHTA Survey on the Government proposal to replace NCEA

·      Reminder: Online scholarship sessions for students start this week

·      Term 3 drop-in derived grade Q&A sessions

·      Opportunity for university students

 

Ngā mihi

 

Nick Fitness

nzhtaexec@gmail.com

 

Reminder: NZHTA Survey on the Government proposal to replace NCEA

 

This survey will be collated and sent as a submission on behalf of NZHTA as part of the Ministry of Education consultation process on the proposal to replace NCEA as announced by the Government.

 

More info at: https://www.education.govt.nz/consultation-ncea.This survey will close at noon this Friday 29 August. Your voice counts!!

 

Online Scholarship sessions for students

 

The below sessions have been organised for students. Teachers are also welcome obviously! We have an amazing line-up. Each speaker will speak for 10-15 mins. Please send these zoom links to your students and encourage them to come along. Get your students to plan some questions they would like to ask our speakers.

 

 

 

Wednesday 27 August,3.30pm-4.30pm

 

 

Wednesday 3 September,3.30pm-4.30pm

 

 

 

Miranda Johnson - The problem of individual ‘voice’ in primary sources.

 

 

Michael Belgrave - Re-examining George Grey as a 'colossus' of NZ's colonial history.

 

 

Toby Harper - Individual Acts, Deep Consequences: Animals, People and the Land.

 

 

 

 

 

Zoom link:

 

 

 

 

David Williams - Wiremu Tamihana Tarapipipi Te Waharoa and Donald McLean.

 

Sam Iti Prendergast -Tūpuna Archives: Oriori and Intergenerational Guidance

 

 

 

Hazel Petrie - Rangitira te Ao Hurihuri: Challenges & Responses' (Māori leadership in a changing world)

 

Buddy Mikaere - TBA

 

 

Zoom link:

 

There is also this F2F session coming up in Te Whanganui-a-Tara:

 

Te Whanganui-a-Tara – Tuesday 2nd September 4pm-5.30pm, Pipitea Campus Vic Uni, RHLT3, E: Karen Brightwell karen.brightwell@wgc.school.nz with any questions.

 

Term 3 drop-in derived grade Q&A sessions

 

Need a hand with giving some feedback about your derived grades? Want to just double-check something with the marking schedule? Not sure if it’s an Achieved or a Merit? Then pop along to one of the sessions below to ask your pātai:

 

SESSIONS – CLICK ON LINK:

 

Thursday 4 September: 3.30pm-4pm

 

Monday 8 September: 3.30pm-4pm

 

Wednesday 10 September: 3.30pm-4pm

 

Monday 15 September: 3.30pm-4pm

 

Wednesday 17 September: 3.30pm-4pm

 

 

Opportunity for university students

 

The Korean Ministry for Patriots and Veterans Affairs are seeking eight New Zealand university students who are interested in attending the upcoming Korean War Legacy Conference in Queenstown and Auckland in October. It runs from Thu 9 Oct – Mon 13 Oct. The students will be flown to Queenstown for 3 nights and then to Auckland for 1 night. All flights, accommodation and food are covered. If you know of any of your recent graduates, ex-history students who may be keen please get in touch with them or get them to email me at nzhtaexec@gmail.com.

 
4/06/2024 9:32AM
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