Peter Adds Explained

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 Ati Awa descent. With a background in anthropology and archaeology,^[2] he has interests in Treaty of Waitangi settlements, 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

• Contested Ground: Te Whenua I Tohea, the Taranaki Wars 1860–1881, chapter Te Muru me te Raupatu: The Aftermath (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, . (shortlisted for the Montana Book Awards 2008) ^[9]
• First Footprints: People, Land and Resources in Aotearoa. Auckland. Pearsons, 2006. ^[10]

External links

• Staff page at Victoria University of Wellington

Notes and References

1. Web site: Peter Adds | MASS . Mass.maori.nz . 3 June 2014.
2. Web site: Peter Adds – Te Kawa a Māui – School of Māori Studies – Victoria University of Wellington . Victoria.ac.nz . 16 April 2014 . 3 June 2014.
3. Web site: Associate Professor Peter Adds | MAI Journal . Journal.mai.ac.nz . 3 June 2014.
4. Web site: Taunton . Esther . Lecturer claims history lessons are one-sided . Stuff.co.nz . 31 May 2010 . 3 June 2014.
5. Web site: History is vital to identity – Sharples . beehive.govt.nz . 24 June 2010 . 3 June 2014.
6. Web site: New Zealand Parliament – 3. Schools—History Curriculum . Parliament.nz . 2 June 2010 . 3 June 2014.
7. Web site: Hei tiki: He whakamārama hōu. 2014. Austin. Dougal Rex.
8. Web site: Huia Publishers – Huia Books . Huia.co.nz . 3 June 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111204015457/http://www.huia.co.nz/shop%26item_id%3D2867 . 4 December 2011 . dead .
9. Web site: Awa Press Non-Fiction Publishing New Zealand : Transit of Venus: How a Rare Astronomical Alignment Changed the World . Awapress.com . 3 June 2014.
10. Web site: Tangata Whenua: First Footprints: People, Land and Resources in Aotearoa, 2, Adds P & Wood B . Pearsoned.co.nz . 23 September 2010 . 3 June 2014.