Peter Adds is Wellington-based academic, treaty negotiator and former head of Victoria University of Wellington's Te Kawa a Māui/School of Māori Studies.[1] He is of Te Āti Awa descent. With a background in anthropology and archaeology,[2] he has interests in Treaty of Waitangi settlements,[3] indigenous astronomy, Māori development, and international indigenous issues.[2]
Adds is the founding head of the Māori Association of Social Science,[3] and has campaigned for a less government-sided view of New Zealand history to be taught in schools.[4][5][6]
A 2014 thesis by Dougal Austin, supervised by Adds and based on a survey of the collection of hei-tiki at Te Papa Tongarewa and early-contact examples in foreign collections, found that the mana of hei tiki is derived from the "agency of prolonged ancestral use" and stylistically was "highly developed [...] from the outset to conform to adze-shaped pieces of pounamu."[7]
Selected works
edit- Contested Ground: Te Whenua I Tohea, the Taranaki Wars 1860–1881, chapter Te Muru me te Raupatu: The Aftermath ISBN 9781869694111 (won the Nga Kupu Ora Maori Book Awards)[8]
- A Brilliant Civilisation in The transit of Venus: how a rare astronomical alignment changed the world. Wellington, Awa Press, 2007, ISBN 9780958262972. (shortlisted for the Montana Book Awards 2008) [9]
- First Footprints: People, Land and Resources in Aotearoa. Auckland. Pearsons, 2006. ISBN 9781442541993[10]
References
edit- ^ "Peter Adds | MASS". Mass.maori.nz. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
- ^ a b "Peter Adds – Te Kawa a Māui – School of Māori Studies – Victoria University of Wellington". Victoria.ac.nz. 16 April 2014. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
- ^ a b "Associate Professor Peter Adds | MAI Journal". Journal.mai.ac.nz. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
- ^ Taunton, Esther (31 May 2010). "Lecturer claims history lessons are one-sided". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
- ^ "History is vital to identity – Sharples". beehive.govt.nz. 24 June 2010. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
- ^ "New Zealand Parliament – 3. Schools—History Curriculum". Parliament.nz. 2 June 2010. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
- ^ Austin, Dougal Rex (2014). Hei tiki: He whakamārama hōu (Thesis). Open Access Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington. doi:10.26686/wgtn.17007937.v1.
- ^ "Huia Publishers – Huia Books". Huia.co.nz. Archived from the original on 4 December 2011. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
- ^ "Awa Press Non-Fiction Publishing New Zealand : Transit of Venus: How a Rare Astronomical Alignment Changed the World". Awapress.com. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
- ^ "Tangata Whenua: First Footprints: People, Land and Resources in Aotearoa, 2, Adds P & Wood B". Pearsoned.co.nz. 23 September 2010. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
External links
edit- Staff page at Victoria University of Wellington