Story: Classical and foreign-language studies

More links and websites

• Alliance Française in New Zealand

  Information about the Alliance Française, which teaches French language and promotes French culture.

• Classics, Victoria University of Wellington

  Victoria University’s classics department.

• Department of Classics and Ancient History, University of Auckland

  The Department of Classics and Ancient History at the University of Auckland.

• Goethe-Institut in New Zealand

  The Goethe-Institut teaches German and promotes German culture in New Zealand.

• New Zealand Association of Classical Teachers

  The association supports the work of classics and Latin teachers in New Zealand schools.

More suggestions and sources

• Alston, Charlotte. Russia’s greatest enemy? Harold Williams and the Russian revolutions. London: Tauris Academic Studies, 2007.

• Barrowman, Rachel. Victoria University of Wellington, 1899–1999: a history. Wellington: Victoria University Press, 1999.

• Lovich, Sean D. German and Swedish at Auckland: a history of Germanic languages and literature at the University. Auckland: Department of Germanic Languages and Literature, 1983.

• Miles, Geoffrey, John Davidson and Paul Millar. The snake-haired muse: James K. Baxter and classical myth. Wellington: Victoria University Press, 2011.

• Oettli, Peter. ‘German studies in New Zealand.’ In Out of the shadow of war: the German connection with New Zealand in the twentieth century, edited by James N. Bade, 264–274. Auckland: Oxford University Press New Zealand, 1998.

• Perris, Simon. 'Classical references in the work of Witi Ihimaera: an annotated commentary.' Journal of New Zealand Studies 16 (2013): 19–51.

• Richardson, W. F., and L. W. A. Crawley. Classics in Auckland: a centennial history of the Department of Classics and Ancient History in the University of Auckland. Auckland: Department of Classics and Ancient History, University of Auckland, 1983.