A Different Light tells a story of how photography became a critical part of the social, economic and political fabric of Aotearoa. Join Professor of History Angela Wanhalla (Kāi Tahu, Kāti Māmoe) and co-curator of A Different Light Shaun Higgins for this kōrero exploring the production and reception of photographic images both of and for tāngata whenua in the context of settler- colonialism in Aotearoa.

Angela Wanhalla (Ngāi Te Ruahikihiki, Ngāi Tahu, Pākehā) is a professor of history at the University of Otago. She has published on Māori history, as well as on the history of photography in Aotearoa. Her publications include Matters of the Heart: A History of Interracial Marriage in New Zealand (Auckland University Press, 2013) and, with Lachy Paterson, He Reo Wāhine: Māori Women’s Voices from the Nineteenth Century (Auckland University Press, 2017). She has coedited a number of essay collections, including The Lives of Colonial Objects (Otago University Press, 2015) with Annabel Cooper and Lachy Paterson, and Early New Zealand Photography: Images and Essays (Otago University Press, 2011) with Erika Wolf.