Heritage Talks | Jean Johnston

This winter, Heritage Tairāwhiti’s Centre for Heritage invites you in from the cold for a Sunday afternoon series diving deep into stories that have shaped our region and beyond.

On 29 June, researcher Jane Luiten traces the colonial takeover of Tūranga and Ōpōtiki, revealing the contrasting ways government policy played out after military invasion and land confiscation.

On 13 July, visiting Cambridge scholar Dr Edwin Rose shares how 18th-century botanists Solander and Banks leaned heavily on Māori knowledge to identify and describe Pacific plants, many of which still carry the imprints of those early indigenous contributions.

And on 27 July, Gisborne historian Jean Johnston shines a light on the Women’s Indignation Protest of 1915 and the women who demanded a say in public life, paving the way for trailblazers like Agnes Scott, the first Gisborne woman elected to a public board.

All talks begin at 2 pm (finishing time unconfirmed)

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