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New series Artefact, hosted by Dame Anne Salmond, premieres Monday 7 May on Māori TV

Artefact is a new, 6-part television series hosted by Dame Professor Anne Salmond that tells stories about Aotearoa's past through artefacts and taonga. The series, funded by NZ on Air, will screen on Māori Television at 8.30pm from Monday 7 May to Monday 11 June. Episodes will also be available on demand on Māori Television.

Call for papers - Feral: A nearly carbon-neutral conference

The Massey University Political Ecology Research Centre (PERC) and Wageningen University Centre for Space, Place and Society (CSPS) are co-hosting Feral: A nearly carbon-neutral conference in November 2018. The call for papers is now open, with abstracts due by 30 June 2018.

Permanent, full-time position available in Social Anthropology at Massey University (Albany campus)

Applications are invited for a lectureship in Social Anthropology to be located at Massey University's Albany Campus in Auckland. The appointee will possess a doctorate in Social or Cultural Anthropology and will have relevant research expertise in the anthropology of religion. Applications close 30 April 2018.

Call for proposals for new Routledge book series: Anthropology and Cultural History in Asia and the Indo-Pacific

Pamela Stewart and Andrew Strathern are calling for book proposals for their new Routledge series, Anthropology and Cultural History in Asia and the Indo-Pacific. 

Public lecture: A reflection on Parihaka and resolution of Māori-Crown grievances in the settlement era

Vaughan Park and Massey University are pleased to invite you to this free public lecture, to be held on 9 August 2017 at Massey University's Albany Campus. Judge Sarah Reeves and Puna Wano-Bryant will speak on the topic, 'Restoration, Redress, Reconciliation: A reflection on Parihaka and resolution of Māori-Crown grievances in the settlement era.'

Pacific Interest Group of the American Anthropological Association

Do you work in/on issues relating to Oceania? Are you planning to attend the 2017 Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association? If so, you could consider joining the AAA's Pacific Interest Group (formerly Melanesia Interest Group).

Anthropology in Aotearoa Symposium at Victoria University of Wellington

On Thursday 11 May, the Cultural Anthropology Programme at Victoria University of Wellington is hosting a full-day Anthropology in Aotearoa Symposium (registrations required).