Journey of the Treaty of Waitangi

The journey of Te Tiriti o Waitangi | The Treaty of Waitangi and its signatories is as important as Te Tiriti itself. This topic includes the events that followed the signing, and the impacts and shifting attitudes towards Te Tiriti over the years. SCIS no. 1970223

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The Maori Queen, and her husband, in the public gallery of Parliament, Wellington, to witness the enactment of the Waikato Tainui land settlement - Photograph taken by Craig Simcox
The Maori Queen, and her husband, in the public gallery of Parliament, Wellington, to witness the enactment of the Waikato Tainui land settlement - Photograph taken by Craig Simcox
The Maori Queen, Dame Te Atairangikaahu, and her husband Whatumoana Paki, in the public gallery of Parliament, Wellington, to witness the enactment of the Waikato Tainui land settlement. Photogra...
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The Waikato-Tainui claim - The Treaty in practice
The Waikato-Tainui people and the Crown signed a Deed of Settlement in 1995. It included a formal apology for Crown actions in the wars of the 1860s that had brought devastation to the iwi.
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Te Tiriti ki Waikato-Manukau | Waikato-Manukau sheet
Te Tiriti ki Waikato-Manukau | Waikato-Manukau sheet
This is the Waikato-Manukau Sheet, the only sheet to be written in English. It is a neatly written copy on paper bearing William Hobson’s seal and signature. The signature was very shaky owing to h...
Websites
WWW
Te Taiwhakaea Treaty settlement stories (Te Tai)
Te tai – Connecting Aotearoa New Zealand with Treaty settlement stories.
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Waitangi Tribunal, 2010
Waitangi Tribunal, 2010
In May 2010 the Waitangi Tribunal began hearing the Ngāpuhi Treaty of Waitangi claim on the site where the treaty itself was first signed 170 years earlier. Here the panel of tribunal members, made...
Websites
WWW
1975 – Setting up of the Waitangi Tribuna
The Waitangi Tribunal was set up to make recommendations on claims brought by Māori relating to Crown actions.
Articles
Treaty events since 1950
Treaty related events from 1953 to 2004.
Articles
The Treaty today – what went wrong and what are we doing about it?
Auckland journalist Ted Reynolds digs into 150 years of treaty history and tries to make sense of the whole messy, complicated story.
Videos
Lost in Translation 4 - The Manukau-Kāwhia Sheet (episode four)
Lost in Translation 4 - The Manukau-Kāwhia Sheet (episode four)
After Governor William Hobson was sidelined by a stroke, Colonial Secretary Willoughby Shortland stepped in and sent the Treaty of Waitangi south, in the hope of finding more signatures. The fourth...
Images
Te Tiriti o Waitangi | Waitangi sheet
Te Tiriti o Waitangi | Waitangi sheet
This is the Waitangi Sheet of te Tiriti o Waitangi, signed at various places around Aotearoa New Zealand in 1840. The document itself was drawn up on the night of 5 February by Richard Taylor, who ...
Articles
Making the Treaty of Waitangi - Treaty signatories and signing locations
New Zealand's founding document, the Treaty of Waitangi, was prepared over just a few days in February 1840. Several versions of the treaty were taken around the country for signing. Find out how t...
Videos
Lost in Translation 6 - The Tauranga Sheet (episode six)
Lost in Translation 6 - The Tauranga Sheet (episode six)
This sixth episode of Mike King's exploration of the original journey of the Treaty travels to Tauranga, where the comedian finds tales of murder, cannibalism, inter-tribal conflict — and a missing...
Manuscripts
Printed treaty copy
The Waikato copy is the only surviving printed copy of the Treaty of Waitangi.
Images
Te Tiriti ki Te Moana o Toi Huatahi | Bay of Plenty (Fedarb) sheet
Te Tiriti ki Te Moana o Toi Huatahi | Bay of Plenty (Fedarb) sheet
After arriving in Tauranga on 11 May 1840, Major Thomas Bunbury had missionary James Stack produce two copies of te Tiriti o Waitangi. One of these was this Bay of Plenty (Fedarb) Sheet, given to t...
Videos
The New Zealand Wars
The New Zealand Wars
Five-part series The New Zealand Wars took a new look at the history of Māori vs Pākehā armed conflict. It was presented by historian James Belich, who with his arm-waving zeal proved a persuasive ...
Articles
Waitangi Treaty: Letters shed light on Māori plight for sovereignty
Tomorrow the country marks nearly 180 years since Te Tiriti o Waitangi was signed, but letters from that era show that some issues for Māori remain the same.
Articles
Descendant of Treaty signatory bemoans lack of consultation
The Government is being accused of mistreating Maori by not holding widespread consultation with iwi about plans to relocate the Treaty of Waitangi document.
Videos
One hundred crowded years
One hundred crowded years
In 1940 the Government Film Studios made a film to commemorate the centennial of the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, and the first century of New Zealand as a nation. The film featured this high...
Images
First Waitangi Day celebrations, February 1934
First Waitangi Day celebrations, February 1934
Image taken on the first Waitangi Day, held in February 1934. A day of celebrations after Lord Bledisloe donated and dedicated the Treaty House and grounds to the nation. He and his wife attended t...
Articles
Waitangi Day 1960s - Waitangi Day
The Waitangi Day Act 1960 declared 6 February to be Waitangi Day; a national day of thanksgiving in commemoration of the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi.
Articles
NEW ZEALAND'S NATIONAL DAY - (Te Ao Hou - No. 35 June 1961)
NEW ZEALAND'S NATIONAL DAY - (Te Ao Hou - No. 35 June 1961)
Feb. 6th . The day was perfect. Eight naval ships rode at anchor in the Bay as we drove through Paihia; uncertain of the exact route to the Treaty House, we asked a resident of Paihia the way. He t...
Images
Resource Management Act and treaty principles
Resource Management Act and treaty principles
The Resource Management Act 1991 required those seeking consent to exploit economic resources under the act to ‘take into account the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi’. This 2003 cartoon reflec...
Videos
Treaty of Waitangi now on public display
Treaty of Waitangi now on public display
The Treaty of Waitangi, the Declaration of Independence and the Women's Suffrage Petition will now permanently be on display at He Tohu - an exhibition inside Wellington's National Library.
Images
Slane, Christopher, 1957- :'I really think you need these Treaty bungs'. 10 February 2012
Slane, Christopher, 1957- :'I really think you need these Treaty bungs'. 10 February 2012
Prime Minister John Key paddles a canoe that represents 'state asset sales'. Inthe foundering stern are Co-leaders of the Maori Party, Tariana Turia and Pita Sharples. Context: Refers to news that ...
Articles
Waitangi honoured with heritage classification
Waitangi has become the first wāhi tūpuna to be included on the New Zealand Heritage List.
Articles
1800 to 1993 – Treaty timeline
A timeline covering events leading to the signing of the treaty and developments that followed.
Articles
1000 Treaty claims received
The Waitangi Tribunal says it received up to 1000 Treaty submissions on Monday, leading up to its midnight deadline for claims. Only five arrived after the deadline.
Images
Protests
Protests
Waitangi Day is also an occasion for some to protest against breaches of the treaty. Sometimes disorder overtakes the celebrations, especially at Waitangi itself. This protest took place on Waitang...
Images
Treaty protest posters: ‘The treaty is a fraud’
Treaty protest posters: ‘The treaty is a fraud’
This poster from the late 1970s expresses the frustration and impatience of the Māori land-rights movement in that period. The Waitangi Tribunal had been formed in 1975 to investigate Māori claims ...
Images
badge, protest
badge, protest
protest badge, 'THE TREATY IS A FRAUD' badge, illustration of human figure with upraised arm with forest, seas and mountains behind and text "THE TREATY IS A FRAUD", safety pin fastening
Images
The Treaty
The Treaty
Images
Protesters with 'Why Celebrate Broken Promises' banner, Waitangi protest
Protesters with 'Why Celebrate Broken Promises' banner, Waitangi protest
Images
The Treaties
The Treaties
Here, Emily Karaka uses the concept of sacrifice to explore three key agreements in New Zealand’s history. Three panels each feature a crucified figure and one of the three deeds: the 1840 Treaty o...
Images
Where the Treaty of Waitangi was signed
Where the Treaty of Waitangi was signed
Videos
Pūmuka’s Flag: The mending of many hands
Pūmuka’s Flag: The mending of many hands
Explore the darning and patches added to chief Pūmuka’s flag over many generations since the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi. Te Papa website - https://www.tepapa.govt.nz Te Papa collections - ht...
Images
Te Tiriti o Waitangi : The Cook Strait Sheet.
Te Tiriti o Waitangi : The Cook Strait Sheet.
Articles
Without He Whakaputanga, there might have been no Treaty of Waitangi | E-Tangata
Without He Whakaputanga, there might have been no Treaty of Waitangi | E-Tangata
Articles
New Zealand before the Treaty of Waitangi was signed
Events leading up to the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi.
Articles
Dr Thomas Hocken
The curiosity of Dr Thomas Hocken who found the Treaty documents in the basement of a Government building in Wellington.
Articles
Preserving the documents
Journey of the document from Auckland in 1842 to Wellington’s National Library in 2017.
Videos
1842 – The Treaty survives a fire in Auckland
George Elliot is woken from this sleep to save the Treaty from a fire.
Articles
What happened after the Treaty was signed?
The Government did not do what it said it would do in the Treaty of Waitangi.
Articles
Timeline of the New Zealand Wars
A timeline of the New Zealand Wars fought after the signing of the Treaty.
Articles
Journey of the Treaty
A pdf from NZHistory tracing the journey of the Treaty and the signings of the sheets around New Zealand.
Articles
1877 – Chief Justice declares the treaty as worthless
Chief Justice Sir James Prendergast’s statements influenced decision-making on the Treaty.
Videos
The voyages of Te Tiriti o Waitangi
The voyage of the 9 sheets of the Treaty over 8 months in 1840 across New Zealand.
Articles
Waitangi Day Act 1976
Waitangi Day Act 1976 reinstates 6 February as Waitangi Day.
Websites
WWW
2016 – the Treaty times thirty
The Treaty of Waitangi gets translated into 30 different languages.
Images
The Treaty of Waitangi in art
The Treaty of Waitangi in art
When Britain finally decided to annex New Zealand, it took possession of the country not on the grounds of discovery or by force of arms, but by signing a treaty with the Māori people. Under the Tr...
Audio
Matthew Wright, author of Waitangi: a Living Treaty
Matthew Wright talks about his book that deals with how the Treaty has been viewed over time.
Articles
Talking Waitangi Day
A talking Waitangi panel hash out their thoughts on Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
Articles
Treaty survey
A 2003 survey finds New Zealanders are tired of Treaty of Waitangi issues, and many have little or no understanding of the document that shaped our national history, latest Human Rights Commission ...
Articles
What changed for five iwi after the Treaty of Waitangi?
The Treaty of Waitangi was messy from the get-go.
Articles
Treaty of Waitangi
The Treaty of Waitangi: What was lost.
Articles
The Treaty
What the Treaty means today.
Articles
A dark tale of dispossession and greed | E-Tangata
A dark tale of dispossession and greed | E-Tangata
Videos
Canvassing the Treaty
A thought-provoking documentary following six New Zealand artists as they gain deeper insights into the Treaty of Waitangi and create cross-cultural collaborative artworks.
Articles
How cartoonists framed Waitangi Day
Cartoons about Waitangi Day and the Treaty down the years also serve as a snapshot of the past - and recent history too.
Articles
1964 – Speech by Sir Bernard Fergusson
The Speech made by the Governor-General, Sir Bernard Fergusson, on Waitangi Day, 6 February 1964.
Articles
First New Zealand Day At Waitangi - (Te Ao Hou - No. 75 March 1974)
First New Zealand Day at Waitangi
The Waitangi Day Act 1960 declared that 6 February would be known as Waitangi Day in commemoration of the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi. Prime Minister Norman Kirk in this article answers crit...
Images
Dominion Museum and Carillon, Buckle Street, Wellington
Dominion Museum
The Treaty documents that Thomas Hocken discovered in 1908 in the basement of Government Buildings in Wellington were water damaged and partially eaten by rats. In 1913 the documents were sent by I...
Images
Dr Guy Scholefield
Dr G H Scholefield
Dr G H Scholefield was a parliamentary librarian at the General Assembly from May 1926 to March 1948. He was also controller of the Dominion Archives in 1931 when the Hawkes Bay earthquake took pla...
Images
Rangi Topeora
Rangi Topeora
oil on canvas 770 x 665 x 68 mm - G. Lindauer (l.r.) (reverse) Topeora, Sister of Rangihaeata - Te Rauparaha's niece Rangi Topeora was undeniably a major figure of her time, as evidenced by her bei...
Images
Pohaturoa Rock at Whakatane, showing the memorial to Te Hurinui Apanui.
Pohaturoa Rock at Whakatane
This is Pōhaturoa rock in Whakatāne where Ngāti Awa gathers for a dawn ceremony every year on 16 June to celebrate the signing of the Bay of Plenty Sheet by 12 rangatira on 16 June 1840. The sheet ...
Images
Rev William Williams
Rev William Williams
This is a portrait of Rev William Williams, the brother of Henry Williams, a senior Church Missionary Society missionary who translated the Treaty of Waitangi into Māori. William Williams was given...
Images
Tribunal site visit, Wairau
Tribunal site visit, Wairau
During district inquiries, members of the Waitangi Tribunal often make visits to sites of significance to claimants. These photos show a site visit to the Wairau Bar, near Blenheim, during the nort...
Articles
Where do Pasifika fit in the Treaty of Waitangi?
Waitangi Day conjures up different things for different people, but what does it mean for the thousands of Pasifika who live in Aotearoa?
Images
Waitangi Tribunal meets at Ōrākei
Waitangi Tribunal meets at Ōrākei
This is a hearing of the Waitangi Tribunal in the wharenui at Ōrākei marae, Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland), in 2007. As with most tribunal hearings, members of the tribunal are seated at rear centre, w...
Images
HMS Herald at Stewart Island, 1840
HMS Herald at Stewart Island, 1840
H.M.S Herald in Sylvan Cove, Stewart Island, 1840
Images
The Maori Queen, and her husband, in the public gallery of Parliament, Wellington, to witness the enactment of the Waikato Tainui land settlement - Photograph taken by Craig Simcox
The Maori Queen, and her husband, in the public gallery of Parliament, Wellington, to witness the enactment of the Waikato Tainui land settlement - Photograph taken by Craig Simcox
The Maori Queen, Dame Te Atairangikaahu, and her husband Whatumoana Paki, in the public gallery of Parliament, Wellington, to witness the enactment of the Waikato Tainui land settlement. Photogra...
Articles
The Waikato-Tainui claim - The Treaty in practice
The Waikato-Tainui people and the Crown signed a Deed of Settlement in 1995. It included a formal apology for Crown actions in the wars of the 1860s that had brought devastation to the iwi.
Images
Te Tiriti ki Waikato-Manukau | Waikato-Manukau sheet
Te Tiriti ki Waikato-Manukau | Waikato-Manukau sheet
This is the Waikato-Manukau Sheet, the only sheet to be written in English. It is a neatly written copy on paper bearing William Hobson’s seal and signature. The signature was very shaky owing to h...
Websites
WWW
Te Taiwhakaea Treaty settlement stories (Te Tai)
Te tai – Connecting Aotearoa New Zealand with Treaty settlement stories.
Images
Waitangi Tribunal, 2010
Waitangi Tribunal, 2010
In May 2010 the Waitangi Tribunal began hearing the Ngāpuhi Treaty of Waitangi claim on the site where the treaty itself was first signed 170 years earlier. Here the panel of tribunal members, made...
Websites
WWW
1975 – Setting up of the Waitangi Tribuna
The Waitangi Tribunal was set up to make recommendations on claims brought by Māori relating to Crown actions.
Articles
Treaty events since 1950
Treaty related events from 1953 to 2004.
Articles
The Treaty today – what went wrong and what are we doing about it?
Auckland journalist Ted Reynolds digs into 150 years of treaty history and tries to make sense of the whole messy, complicated story.
Videos
Lost in Translation 4 - The Manukau-Kāwhia Sheet (episode four)
Lost in Translation 4 - The Manukau-Kāwhia Sheet (episode four)
After Governor William Hobson was sidelined by a stroke, Colonial Secretary Willoughby Shortland stepped in and sent the Treaty of Waitangi south, in the hope of finding more signatures. The fourth...
Images
Te Tiriti o Waitangi | Waitangi sheet
Te Tiriti o Waitangi | Waitangi sheet
This is the Waitangi Sheet of te Tiriti o Waitangi, signed at various places around Aotearoa New Zealand in 1840. The document itself was drawn up on the night of 5 February by Richard Taylor, who ...
Articles
Making the Treaty of Waitangi - Treaty signatories and signing locations
New Zealand's founding document, the Treaty of Waitangi, was prepared over just a few days in February 1840. Several versions of the treaty were taken around the country for signing. Find out how t...
Videos
Lost in Translation 6 - The Tauranga Sheet (episode six)
Lost in Translation 6 - The Tauranga Sheet (episode six)
This sixth episode of Mike King's exploration of the original journey of the Treaty travels to Tauranga, where the comedian finds tales of murder, cannibalism, inter-tribal conflict — and a missing...
Manuscripts
Printed treaty copy
The Waikato copy is the only surviving printed copy of the Treaty of Waitangi.
Images
Te Tiriti ki Te Moana o Toi Huatahi | Bay of Plenty (Fedarb) sheet
Te Tiriti ki Te Moana o Toi Huatahi | Bay of Plenty (Fedarb) sheet
After arriving in Tauranga on 11 May 1840, Major Thomas Bunbury had missionary James Stack produce two copies of te Tiriti o Waitangi. One of these was this Bay of Plenty (Fedarb) Sheet, given to t...
Videos
The New Zealand Wars
The New Zealand Wars
Five-part series The New Zealand Wars took a new look at the history of Māori vs Pākehā armed conflict. It was presented by historian James Belich, who with his arm-waving zeal proved a persuasive ...
Articles
Waitangi Treaty: Letters shed light on Māori plight for sovereignty
Tomorrow the country marks nearly 180 years since Te Tiriti o Waitangi was signed, but letters from that era show that some issues for Māori remain the same.
Articles
Descendant of Treaty signatory bemoans lack of consultation
The Government is being accused of mistreating Maori by not holding widespread consultation with iwi about plans to relocate the Treaty of Waitangi document.
Videos
One hundred crowded years
One hundred crowded years
In 1940 the Government Film Studios made a film to commemorate the centennial of the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, and the first century of New Zealand as a nation. The film featured this high...
Images
First Waitangi Day celebrations, February 1934
First Waitangi Day celebrations, February 1934
Image taken on the first Waitangi Day, held in February 1934. A day of celebrations after Lord Bledisloe donated and dedicated the Treaty House and grounds to the nation. He and his wife attended t...
Articles
Waitangi Day 1960s - Waitangi Day
The Waitangi Day Act 1960 declared 6 February to be Waitangi Day; a national day of thanksgiving in commemoration of the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi.
Articles
NEW ZEALAND'S NATIONAL DAY - (Te Ao Hou - No. 35 June 1961)
NEW ZEALAND'S NATIONAL DAY - (Te Ao Hou - No. 35 June 1961)
Feb. 6th . The day was perfect. Eight naval ships rode at anchor in the Bay as we drove through Paihia; uncertain of the exact route to the Treaty House, we asked a resident of Paihia the way. He t...
Images
Resource Management Act and treaty principles
Resource Management Act and treaty principles
The Resource Management Act 1991 required those seeking consent to exploit economic resources under the act to ‘take into account the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi’. This 2003 cartoon reflec...
Videos
Treaty of Waitangi now on public display
Treaty of Waitangi now on public display
The Treaty of Waitangi, the Declaration of Independence and the Women's Suffrage Petition will now permanently be on display at He Tohu - an exhibition inside Wellington's National Library.
Images
Slane, Christopher, 1957- :'I really think you need these Treaty bungs'. 10 February 2012
Slane, Christopher, 1957- :'I really think you need these Treaty bungs'. 10 February 2012
Prime Minister John Key paddles a canoe that represents 'state asset sales'. Inthe foundering stern are Co-leaders of the Maori Party, Tariana Turia and Pita Sharples. Context: Refers to news that ...
Articles
Waitangi honoured with heritage classification
Waitangi has become the first wāhi tūpuna to be included on the New Zealand Heritage List.
Articles
1800 to 1993 – Treaty timeline
A timeline covering events leading to the signing of the treaty and developments that followed.
Articles
1000 Treaty claims received
The Waitangi Tribunal says it received up to 1000 Treaty submissions on Monday, leading up to its midnight deadline for claims. Only five arrived after the deadline.
Images
Protests
Protests
Waitangi Day is also an occasion for some to protest against breaches of the treaty. Sometimes disorder overtakes the celebrations, especially at Waitangi itself. This protest took place on Waitang...
Images
Treaty protest posters: ‘The treaty is a fraud’
Treaty protest posters: ‘The treaty is a fraud’
This poster from the late 1970s expresses the frustration and impatience of the Māori land-rights movement in that period. The Waitangi Tribunal had been formed in 1975 to investigate Māori claims ...
Images
badge, protest
badge, protest
protest badge, 'THE TREATY IS A FRAUD' badge, illustration of human figure with upraised arm with forest, seas and mountains behind and text "THE TREATY IS A FRAUD", safety pin fastening
Images
The Treaty
The Treaty
Images
Protesters with 'Why Celebrate Broken Promises' banner, Waitangi protest
Protesters with 'Why Celebrate Broken Promises' banner, Waitangi protest
Images
The Treaties
The Treaties
Here, Emily Karaka uses the concept of sacrifice to explore three key agreements in New Zealand’s history. Three panels each feature a crucified figure and one of the three deeds: the 1840 Treaty o...
Images
Where the Treaty of Waitangi was signed
Where the Treaty of Waitangi was signed
Videos
Pūmuka’s Flag: The mending of many hands
Pūmuka’s Flag: The mending of many hands
Explore the darning and patches added to chief Pūmuka’s flag over many generations since the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi. Te Papa website - https://www.tepapa.govt.nz Te Papa collections - ht...
Images
Te Tiriti o Waitangi : The Cook Strait Sheet.
Te Tiriti o Waitangi : The Cook Strait Sheet.
Articles
Without He Whakaputanga, there might have been no Treaty of Waitangi | E-Tangata
Without He Whakaputanga, there might have been no Treaty of Waitangi | E-Tangata
Articles
New Zealand before the Treaty of Waitangi was signed
Events leading up to the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi.
Articles
Dr Thomas Hocken
The curiosity of Dr Thomas Hocken who found the Treaty documents in the basement of a Government building in Wellington.
Articles
Preserving the documents
Journey of the document from Auckland in 1842 to Wellington’s National Library in 2017.
Videos
1842 – The Treaty survives a fire in Auckland
George Elliot is woken from this sleep to save the Treaty from a fire.
Articles
What happened after the Treaty was signed?
The Government did not do what it said it would do in the Treaty of Waitangi.
Articles
Timeline of the New Zealand Wars
A timeline of the New Zealand Wars fought after the signing of the Treaty.
Articles
Journey of the Treaty
A pdf from NZHistory tracing the journey of the Treaty and the signings of the sheets around New Zealand.
Articles
1877 – Chief Justice declares the treaty as worthless
Chief Justice Sir James Prendergast’s statements influenced decision-making on the Treaty.
Videos
The voyages of Te Tiriti o Waitangi
The voyage of the 9 sheets of the Treaty over 8 months in 1840 across New Zealand.
Articles
Waitangi Day Act 1976
Waitangi Day Act 1976 reinstates 6 February as Waitangi Day.
Websites
WWW
2016 – the Treaty times thirty
The Treaty of Waitangi gets translated into 30 different languages.
Images
The Treaty of Waitangi in art
The Treaty of Waitangi in art
When Britain finally decided to annex New Zealand, it took possession of the country not on the grounds of discovery or by force of arms, but by signing a treaty with the Māori people. Under the Tr...
Audio
Matthew Wright, author of Waitangi: a Living Treaty
Matthew Wright talks about his book that deals with how the Treaty has been viewed over time.
Articles
Talking Waitangi Day
A talking Waitangi panel hash out their thoughts on Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
Articles
Treaty survey
A 2003 survey finds New Zealanders are tired of Treaty of Waitangi issues, and many have little or no understanding of the document that shaped our national history, latest Human Rights Commission ...
Articles
What changed for five iwi after the Treaty of Waitangi?
The Treaty of Waitangi was messy from the get-go.
Articles
Treaty of Waitangi
The Treaty of Waitangi: What was lost.
Articles
The Treaty
What the Treaty means today.
Articles
A dark tale of dispossession and greed | E-Tangata
A dark tale of dispossession and greed | E-Tangata
Videos
Canvassing the Treaty
A thought-provoking documentary following six New Zealand artists as they gain deeper insights into the Treaty of Waitangi and create cross-cultural collaborative artworks.
Articles
How cartoonists framed Waitangi Day
Cartoons about Waitangi Day and the Treaty down the years also serve as a snapshot of the past - and recent history too.
Articles
1964 – Speech by Sir Bernard Fergusson
The Speech made by the Governor-General, Sir Bernard Fergusson, on Waitangi Day, 6 February 1964.
Articles
First New Zealand Day At Waitangi - (Te Ao Hou - No. 75 March 1974)
First New Zealand Day at Waitangi
The Waitangi Day Act 1960 declared that 6 February would be known as Waitangi Day in commemoration of the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi. Prime Minister Norman Kirk in this article answers crit...
Images
Dominion Museum and Carillon, Buckle Street, Wellington
Dominion Museum
The Treaty documents that Thomas Hocken discovered in 1908 in the basement of Government Buildings in Wellington were water damaged and partially eaten by rats. In 1913 the documents were sent by I...
Images
Dr Guy Scholefield
Dr G H Scholefield
Dr G H Scholefield was a parliamentary librarian at the General Assembly from May 1926 to March 1948. He was also controller of the Dominion Archives in 1931 when the Hawkes Bay earthquake took pla...
Images
Rangi Topeora
Rangi Topeora
oil on canvas 770 x 665 x 68 mm - G. Lindauer (l.r.) (reverse) Topeora, Sister of Rangihaeata - Te Rauparaha's niece Rangi Topeora was undeniably a major figure of her time, as evidenced by her bei...
Images
Pohaturoa Rock at Whakatane, showing the memorial to Te Hurinui Apanui.
Pohaturoa Rock at Whakatane
This is Pōhaturoa rock in Whakatāne where Ngāti Awa gathers for a dawn ceremony every year on 16 June to celebrate the signing of the Bay of Plenty Sheet by 12 rangatira on 16 June 1840. The sheet ...
Images
Rev William Williams
Rev William Williams
This is a portrait of Rev William Williams, the brother of Henry Williams, a senior Church Missionary Society missionary who translated the Treaty of Waitangi into Māori. William Williams was given...
Images
Tribunal site visit, Wairau
Tribunal site visit, Wairau
During district inquiries, members of the Waitangi Tribunal often make visits to sites of significance to claimants. These photos show a site visit to the Wairau Bar, near Blenheim, during the nort...
Articles
Where do Pasifika fit in the Treaty of Waitangi?
Waitangi Day conjures up different things for different people, but what does it mean for the thousands of Pasifika who live in Aotearoa?
Images
Waitangi Tribunal meets at Ōrākei
Waitangi Tribunal meets at Ōrākei
This is a hearing of the Waitangi Tribunal in the wharenui at Ōrākei marae, Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland), in 2007. As with most tribunal hearings, members of the tribunal are seated at rear centre, w...
Images
HMS Herald at Stewart Island, 1840
HMS Herald at Stewart Island, 1840
H.M.S Herald in Sylvan Cove, Stewart Island, 1840

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