E oho! Waitangi 2021

Make your own treaty! What agreement would you make with your whānau and visitors?

A day of celebration or a day of mourning? What could it look like to mark Waitangi Day meaningfully?

Join us for Waitangi day we have lots of activities to help you learn and reflect on the ways in which the signing of the Treaty has shaped our nation’s history. See the original Treaty of Waitangi, watch a bilingual puppet show, take a guided He Tohu tour, Watch a compilation of historical footage of Waitangi Day commemorations and lots more. There’s something for all the whānau.

A conversation about James Cook’s legacy in Aotearoa and the Pacific with Associate Professor Alice Te Punga Somerville and Emalani Case.

Join a walking tour through Wellington led by tangata whenua, on the anniversary of the signing of the Raukawa Moana/Cook Strait sheet of the Treaty of Waitangi in Pōneke/Port Nicholson.

Learn about the history, present and future of the Waitangi Tribunal and bring the questions you always wanted to ask.

The name, Te Arawhiti, means ‘the bridge’ and symbolises the bridge between Māori and the Crown, the past and the future, and the journey from grievance to partnership. Hear more about their mahi and take the opportunity to ask questions.

Ngāti Toa tribal historian Te Waari Carkeek shares about the past, present and future of Ngāti Toa Rangatira.

Māori rights defenders have shaped Aotearoa New Zealand in the past with campaigns taking many forms. We will hear from prominent Māori rights defenders on what recent threats have rallied acts of resistance, what justice campaigns look and feel like at the coalface, and what the responses or outcomes have been.

From scary fairies to Ihumātao solidarity and Kiwi QAnon anti-vaxers: Dylan Owen shares images and stories from his years as a protest photographer.

A panel discussion for learners of te reo Māori and ones who would like to learn te reo Māori but don’t know where to start or how to do it in a way that is respectful to Māori.

Join us as Jani K. T. Wilson explores contemporary kaititonga (composition) for kapahaka. This kaititonga pivots on the combination of old names and words from oral historical research, with new melodies and ‘hooks’ as mnemonic tools.

Leah Bell and Zak Henry were only high school students when they submitted a petition to Parliament to remember the New Zealand Land Wars, together with other Ōtorohanga College students.

See the original He Whakaputanga o te Rangatiratanga o Nu Tireni, commemorating its signing in 1835.

Rangatiratanga in the Age of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

Hear Ruakere Hond reflect on the invasion of Parihaka in 1881 and how it has impacted the Parihaka community.

What does the Treaty of Waitangi have to do with children? Hear Glenis Philip-Barbara, mother of seven, connect her work as Assistant Māori Children's Commissioner with Te Tiriti o Waitangi.