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NZAA Annual Conference 2017 – Thames
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21 June 2017 - 24 June 2017
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150th anniversary of the Thames Goldfield
The 2017 annual conference was held at The Civic, Thames. The field trip visited Te Totara Pā, the Thames School of Mines and the Goldmine Experience.
The themed paper session was dedicated to gold mining in New Zealand (or overseas), kauri logging, general early contact-period industrial archaeology, social aspects of goldfields life (including effects of mining on iwi), archaeology of the Hauraki-Coromandel region.
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Programme Outline
Wednesday 21 June 2017
Morning – Powhiri/Mihi Whakatau and Conference Opening
Afternoon – Papers
Evening – Welcome Event
Thursday 22 June 2017
Morning – Student papers and papers
Student Consultant Luncheon
Afternoon – Papers
Friday 23 June 2017
Field Trip
Saturday 24th June 2017
Morning – Papers
Lunch and Poster Session
Afternoon – Papers and AGM
Evening – Gala Dinner
Thanks to
Waati Ngamane, Craig Reidy and Dave Robson of Ngati Maru, Sharron McCaskill, Marlene Perry, Dianne Connor and Kirstin Richmond (TCDC), Jennifer Neal (Aroha Catering), Jude Henderson and Annette Bracefield (Café Uno), Karl Edmonds (The Junction Hotel), Murphies Buses, Joshua Emmitt, Abby Donaldson, Sian Canton, David Wilton, Tom Barker, Brooke Tucker, Garry Law, Matthew Campbell, and Rick McGovernWilson.
