Hays NAWIC Excellence Awards 2015 submission: Category: Professional Woman…

Articles, UC QuakeStudies

An award submission nominating Paula Lock for the Hays NAWIC Excellence Awards 2015: Category: Professional Woman of the Year.

Early Christchurch women, breaking the rules: the exhibition.

Articles, Christchurch uncovered

The ideal Victorian woman In Victorian society, a woman was to be meek, mild, virtuous and peaceful (Whiteside 2007). She was expected to marry and have children. She would stay at home, looking after her children and her husband and … Continue reading →

1880s Christchurch – Dull and as Flat as a Kitchen Table

Articles, Lost Christchurch

In 1886, an English woman who called herself ‘Hopeful’, wrote of her experiences after emigrating to Christchurch, New Zealand.  She berated the agents of shipping companies who painted…

“The New Zealand Dream”

Articles, Christchurch uncovered

When Edward Gibbon Wakefield developed his theory of colonisation in c.1827 (while imprisoned for abducting a young woman) he envisioned for New Zealand the formation of an idealised English rural society, in which all hard-working labourers could aspire to rural … Continue reading →

Everything’s coming up roses (and lilies and jasmine and violets)

Articles, Christchurch uncovered

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a man or woman in possession of natural body odour is most definitely in want of something to cover it up. At least, in today’s society, it certainly seems to be considered unacceptable … Continue reading →

All Right? Pasifika: I Am... Identity Poster 12

Articles, UC QuakeStudies

An PDF copy of a poster featuring Ilam resident Lupe Manu. The poster quotes Manu: "I am excited to be a young Tongan woman living in Christchurch." The poster is from the All Right? I am ... Identity project, which sought to celebrate identity and its importance to Pacific youth and their wellbeing.