PROGRAM

Please find below an outline of the Congress program, a final program will be released in May. All days and times are displayed in NZST (New Zealand Standard Time).

Time	Session
10.00am - 5.00pm	Local marae visit (optional)

Time	Session
9.00am - 12.00pm	DHST Council Meeting #1
12.00pm - 3.00pm	Registration open (collect Congress name badge)
3.00pm - 4.00pm	Congress opening ceremony
4.00pm - 5.00pm	Plenary: He wai nō Ruawhetū \| The flow of knowledge from the stars Victoria Campbell The observation and identification of celestial bodies have been practiced since the establishment of ancient civilizations, shaping cultures, and deepening our understanding of the natural world. The application of astronomical knowledge is evident in timekeeping, seasonal changes, and navigation. Across the Pacific, celestial knowledge is widely celebrated, and in Aotearoa, the recent establishment of the Matariki public holiday highlights the value of indigenous knowledge and practices. In Aotearoa, the corpus of indigenous astronomical knowledge varies among different iwi, reflecting regional variations in its application and interpretation. This session will focus on Southern Māori astronomical knowledge, exploring its uses, significance, and contemporary relevance.
5.00 - 6.30pm	Welcome reception The Link, University of Otago

Time	Session
9.00am - 10.30am	Plenary 2
10.30am - 11.00am	Morning tea
11.00am - 12.30pm	Concurrent sessions (stand-alone papers and Symposium)
12.30pm - 1.30pm	Lunch
1.30pm - 3.00pm	Concurrent sessions (stand-alone papers and Symposium)
3.00pm - 3.30pm	Afternoon tea
3.30pm - 5.00pm	Concurrent sessions (stand-alone papers and Symposium)

Time	Session
9.00am - 10.30am	Plenary 3 (provisional)
10.30am - 11.00am	Morning tea
11.00am - 12.30pm	Concurrent sessions (stand-alone papers and Symposium)
12.30pm - 1.30pm	Lunch
1.30pm - 3.00pm	Concurrent sessions (stand-alone papers and Symposium)
3.00pm - 3.30pm	Afternoon tea
3.30pm - 5.00pm	Concurrent sessions (stand-alone papers and Symposium)
5.00pm - 6.00pm	IAHS plenary (provisional)
6.00pm - 8.00pm	Cocktail reception Otago Business School, University of Otago

Time	Session
9.00am - 10.30am	Concurrent sessions (stand-alone papers and Symposium)
10.30am - 11.00am	Morning tea
11.00am - 12.30pm	Concurrent sessions (stand-alone papers and Symposium)
12.30pm - 1.30pm	Lunch
1.30pm - 3.00pm	Concurrent sessions (stand-alone papers and Symposium)
3.00pm - 3.30pm	Afternoon tea
3.00pm - 6.00pm	DHST General Assembly #1 (online)
3.30pm - 5.00pm	Concurrent sessions (stand-alone papers and Symposium)
6.00pm - 7.30pm	Public plenary: History of Medicine in the Pacific Panel Kerri Inglis, Safua Akeli Amaama, W. Matt Cavert The three members of this panel will draw on their areas of expertise to discuss major issues involving the history of medicine and health in the Pacific region. Kerri Inglis, from the University of Hawaiʻi Hilo, specializes in research in the history of health, disease, and medicine, especially as it pertains to Hawaiʻi and the Pacific, within a global context. She has devoted her career to studying the history of leprosy in Hawaiʻi and has conducted extensive research on patients’ experience at Kalaupapa Peninsula on Molokai prior to 1900. Safua Akeli Amaama, the former Head of History and Pacific Cultures at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa who has recently taken up a new role in Germany at the Üebersee-Museum in Bremen, has a particular interest in Pacific-New Zealand relations and has also studied the development of public health care in Samoa during the twentieth century, including the colonial organization of leprosy care during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. William Cavert, from the University of Hawaiʻi West Oʻahu, is an expert on the French colonial Pacific. He has published scholarly articles on the history of the 1918 influenza pandemic in Tahiti and an outbreak of bubonic plague in New Caledonia around 1900. Cavert has also analyzed different responses to the 1918 influenza pandemic in other Pacific islands, including American Samoa, and has examined lessons learned from the 1918 pandemic for responses in different territories, including Hawaiʻi, to the recent COVID pandemic.

Time	Session
8.00am - 11.00am	DHST General Assembly #2 (online)
9.00am - 10.30am	Concurrent sessions (stand-alone papers and Symposium)
10.30am - 11.15am	Morning tea
11.15am - 12.45pm	DHST Award Ceremony
12.30pm - 1.30pm	Lunch
1.30pm - 3.00pm	TBC
3.00pm - 4.00pm	Congress closing ceremony
4.00pm - 7.00pm	DHST Council Meeting #2