Dr Michael John Schimdt: Institutions of Apartheid

The University of Auckland in New Zealand was founded in 1883 as Auckland University College, initially serving as a constituent college of the University of New Zealand. Its humble beginnings were in a disused courthouse and jail, where it started with 95 students and 4 teaching staff. Regretfully amongst these early educators, there was not a historian(1). Even today Auckland University does not have a “History Department” though it does have ‘study options’ for history(2) and the current (2023) situation of ‘segregated study areas’(3) provides ample opportunity for a history lesson, a whole thesis. We don’t have to go back too far in New Zealand history.

NZCPR Weekly: Unity or Division?

Dear NZCPR Reader,   

In this week’s NZCPR newsletter we reflect on the division within New Zealand that was caused by Apartheid in South Africa and we expose the false assumptions being used to justify dividing our country by race; our NZCPR Guest Commentator Ross Meurant shares his experience as a Commander of the 1981 Red Squad Springbok team protection unit and warns that by elevating Maori culture, the Government is introducing Apartheid into New Zealand; and our poll asks whether you believe the Ardern Government is taking New Zealand down the path of unity or division?

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