Photo: Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries, AWNS-19050119-1-2
NZAA Annual Conference 2017 – Thames
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21 June 2017 - 24 June 2017
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The 2017 annual conference was held 21st – 24th June at The Civic, Thames. The field trip visited Te Totara Pā, the Thames School of Mines and the Goldmine Experience.
The conference theme commemorated the 150th anniversary of the Thames Goldfield. 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), and archaeology of the Hauraki-Coromandel region.
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Acknowledgments
Thank you to the following people who assisted with the organisation of this years conference – 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.
The New Zealand Archaeological Association gratefully acknowledges the support of the following sponsors:
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