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Tēnā koutou katoa,
I hope you all enjoy a well-earned long weekend break this King’s Birthday weekend. As we approach Matariki, a time for remembrance, we celebrate the present and make plans for the year to come. The theme for 2025 is Matariki mā Puanga, which acknowledges and respects the iwi and hapū who observe Puanga as the beginning of the Māori New Year. We can all play a part in learning and sharing mātauranga so that regional Matariki or Puanga traditions thrive for generations. The Puanganui website shares kōrero tuku iho about Puanga from the perspective of Te Taiuru – the iwi of Taranaki, Whanganui and Rangitīkei.
Thanks to those who made it along to our Term 2 marking drop-ins over the past four weeks. It was great to connect with many of you and help out with your questions. Remember if you still need access to the NZHTA website, please check that your kura has paid the subs.
In this pānui:
- Queenstown conference in October - applications extended to June 18th
- NZHTA 2025 Scholarship workshop series
- Scholarship materials
- Resources: New NCEA Teaching units
- Navigating AI in the history classroom
- Questions about L2-3 internals
- NZQA History Webinar Recording - Unpacking Level 1 History Standards
- External moderation
- New L1 source packs
- He Rau Ringa e Oti ai: Many Hands Make History NZHA Conference in November
Ngā mihi
Nick Fitness
NZHTA Kaiārahi
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Queenstown conference in October - applications extended to June 18th
The New Zealand History Teachers Association is honoured to partner with the Korean War Legacy Foundation to host the 2025 World Congress of Teachers in Queenstown, New Zealand from 9-12 October 2025. Teachers from New Zealand and the Republic of Korea will join teachers from 22 United Nations member countries that participated in the Korean War to share ideas on how the war and its legacy can be taught in the classroom. A special area of focus will be on the NZHTA new Korean War curriculum book that will be launched at this event.
More info at: https://koreanwarlegacy.org/6th-annual-world-congress-of-teachers-of-the-korean-war-new-zealand/
Upon acceptance to the conference, a $75 USD payment is required and you will receive three nights of hotel accommodations, most meals, and travel costs reimbursed up to $275USD. Spaces are very limited.
If you have any questions or for more information, please just contact me.
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NZHTA 2025 Scholarship workshop series
NZHTA will host two initial scholarship online lecture sessions which will be run by Michael Belgrave, New Zealand historian and Emeritus Professor at Massey University. The dates of these sessions are below. These sessions will be recorded and shared.
Tuesday June 3, 3.30-4.30pm Session 1: Introductory session on scholarship, and Aotearoa New Zealand in the years 1852 to 1873. Session 1: Zoom link
Monday June 9, 3.30-4.30pm Session 2: The role of the individual in shaping historical events. Session 2: Zoom link
These first two sessions are teacher focused, and Michael would love teachers to interact in these sessions and ask questions! We are planning further sessions for Term 3 which will be student focused.
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Resources: New NCEA Teaching units
Three new units of work are now available on He Waka Eka Noa/Teaching Units here. They are most suitable for:
3.5/3.6 – Hawaii: The development of colonisation and corresponding loss of Hawaiian independence.
3.5/3.6 – LGBT: The advancement of LGBT Civil Rights in Aotearoa NZ
2.5/2.6 – The Second Wave of Feminism in Aotearoa NZ
There are also units in the folder on 9/11, Sophie Scholl, and the Springbok Tour.
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Navigating AI in the history classroom
I recently read this article published by EuroClio (European Association of History Educators) about the impact of AI on History Education. As the author notes, ‘Generative AI such as ChatGPT in history teaching is poised to be the latest chapter in this ongoing narrative of progress, offering new ways to engage and educate, while also presenting its own set of challenges and opportunities for critical engagement.’ With Victoria University announcing the decision to go back to handwritten exams, we have had the first resource released from the Ministry as a starting point for teachers to integrate learning about artificial intelligence confidently into their local curriculum.
Expressions of interest – We would like to hear from you about how you are approaching AI in your history classroom. Please get in touch at nzhtaexec@gmail.com so we can share with others and fill our kete with a range of strategies and best practice.
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Questions about L2-3 internals
There have been a number of queries recently about the L2-3 internals. Most have been related to the changes to certain standards for 2025. Here is the link to the RAMP presentation and webinar from earlier in the year. These history clarifications are also super useful. A reminder too that 91229 and 91434 exemplars are now live. These annotated exemplars are extracts of student evidence, with commentary, that explain key parts of a standard. These help teachers make assessment judgements at the grade boundaries. You can also can find free resources on the NZQA Learning Management System, Pūtake. New content is added regularly.
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NZQA History Webinar Recording - Unpacking Level 1 History Standards
Here is the webinar recording from March which has now been released. Have a listen when you have time!
https://vimeo.com/1075158241/e1943db60a
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External moderation
If you have marked internals recently and it is a standard that is on the External moderation plan for your school, then the NAA would encourage you to send them in as soon as you can manage rather than wait until October. This is valuable practice, because it means as a community the more of us who have reports back the better placed we are to help one another. It also means that if the NAA sees some samples that could replace existing exemplars or be added to the APT she can get working on these. If common issues are evident in the external moderation work the NAA will work with NZHTA to offer webinars or targeted assessor support, and better still you are likely to get a much more timely turnaround if you do not wait until the ‘bottleneck’ of October 20th. She is always there to help, and the assessor support form, ‘Request for Clarification’ is the best way to contact her for this support.
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New L1 Source Packs
Two new L1 source packs on Gallipoli and the Dawn Raids have been added to the NZHTA collection here. There are now 15 L1 source packs available for use!
The Holocaust Centre also has a 1.1 task and Resource book on Kristallnacht and a 1.2 Significance assessment with resources available. Credit to Jacqui Christie-Cumming for all her mahi on this!
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He Rau Ringa e Oti ai: Many Hands Make History NZHA Conference in November
To tell the many and varied stories of our past we need many and varied storytellers in the present. Histories are made and told in multiple ways in Aotearoa today: by and within whānau; families, marae; kura; schools; libraries; museums; archives; public service agencies; wānanga; universities and other communities and institutions. Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato and Waipapa Taumata Rau are excited to be hosting the 2025 Biennial NZHA Conference in Tāmaki Makaurau at Waipapa Taumata Rau. This year the theme of our conference celebrates the many different people, organisations, modes, topics and approaches of history-telling in Aotearoa, and aims to foster connection across our history community. Here is the link to the conference page.
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