Organisations
Te Whāinga Aronui The Council for the Humanities
Learned Society
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The Council believes that recognising distinguished accomplishment in the humanities/aronui is a very important part of its role.
The Pou Aronui Award is an honorary title bestowed on suitable persons who have provided distinguished service to the humanities-aronui. It is an award that recognises contributory and dedicated service to the humanities-aronui over a sustained period.
Fellow of the New Zealand Academy of the Humanities (FNZAH) Te Mātanga O Te Whāinga Aronui: the award of Fellow has been established for outstanding achievement in research fields associated with the humanities-aronui.
The HUMANZ/Callen Prize is offered annually to the top student in English Literature Honours at Victoria University of Wellington.
In addition, plans are nearly complete for the offering of prizes recognising innovative research and publication to new researchers in the humanities-aronui, and discussions are underway concerning an annual essay prize for senior secondary students for an essay on a current topic in the humanities-aronui.
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FELLOW OF THE NEW ZEALAND ACADEMY OF THE HUMANITIES (FNZAH)Relevance and Activity:
The purpose of Te Whāinga Aronui The Council for the Humanities is to promote recognition of the value of the humanities/aronui in the creation, conservation and transmission of knowledge essential to personal well-being and the cultural, social and economic development of Aotearoa New Zealand.
Humanities/aronui signifies a distinctive body of cultural knowledge created from interaction between the many cultures and languages of people resident in Aotearoa New Zealand and anchored by the bilingual text of the Treaty of Waitangi. The humanities/aronui are bodies of knowledge and modes of enquiry and reflection concerning what it means to be human.
The Council also administers the Humanities Research Network (www.humanitiesresearch.net), a dynamic database of individuals, organisations and activity in the wider humanities sector, and leads the project to establish Creative Commons Aotearoa (www.creativecommons.org.nz).
