LibGuides: Aotearoa History kete o te wānanga: Te Tiriti o Waitangi

Mātauranga Māori Library Guide

Different tiriti translations

Read the different versions here and the Declaration of Independence.

Everyday reading

Ngā Pukapuka / Books and eBooks

Colonising myths--Maori realities : he rukuruku whakaaro by Ani Mikaere
Call Number: Online
ISBN: 9781775500223
Publication Date: 2011
Decolonizing Methodologies by Linda Tuhiwai Smith
Call Number: Online
ISBN: 9781848139503
Publication Date: 2012-05-10
The great war for New Zealand : Waikato 1800-2000 by Vincent O'Malley
Call Number: Online
ISBN: 9781927277546
Publication Date: 2016
Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
Call Number: 303.4 DIA
ISBN: 9780393038910
Publication Date: 1997-03-01
Handbook of Critical and Indigenous Methodologies by Norman K. Denzin (Editor); Yvonna S. Lincoln (Editor); Linda Tuhiwai Smith (Editor)
Call Number: 305.8001 HAN
ISBN: 9781412918039
Publication Date: 2008-05-07
Journal: Reverend Samuel Marsden's First Visit to New Zealand in December 1814 by Reverend Samuel Marsden
Call Number: Marsden Online Archive: Otago University
Publication Date: 1814
The Law of Treaties by Arnold Duncan McNair Baron McNair
Call Number: Interloan only email interloan@wintec.ac.nz
Publication Date: 1961
Maori is my name by Orbell, Margaret, 1934-2006
Call Number: Interloan only email interloan@wintec.ac.nz
Publication Date: 1976
THE MIS-EDUCATIONOF THE NEGRO by Dr. Carter G. Woodson
Call Number: Online
Publication Date: 2006
The New Zealand Wars = Ngā Pakanga o Aotearoa by Vincent O'Malley
Call Number: 993.3022 OMA
ISBN: 9781988545998
Publication Date: 2019
Pakeha Maori by Trevor Bentley
Call Number: 993.01 BEN
ISBN: 0140285407
Publication Date: 1999-01-01
Terror in Our Midst? by Danny Keenan (Editor)
Call Number: Interloan only: Not available from Wintec
ISBN: 9781869693299
Publication Date: 2009-06-30
Email interloans@wintec.ac.nz to request an interloan
The Treaty of Waitangi by Claudia Orange
Call Number: Online
ISBN: 9781927131213
Publication Date: 2013
The Treaty of Waitangi and the Control of Language by Richard Dawson
Call Number: 342.0872 DAW
ISBN: 0908935552
Publication Date: 2001-01-01
The Treaty of Waitangi in New Zealand's Law and Constitution by Matthew S.
Call Number: 342.93 PAL
ISBN: 9780864735799
Publication Date: 2009-04-30
Treaty of Waitangi Settlements by Nicola R. Wheen and Janine Hayward
Call Number: Online
ISBN: 9781927131558
Publication Date: 2015

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Bridget Williams eBook collection

Note. From Bridget Williams eBook collection, by Bridget Williams Book, 2021. (https://youtu.be/mfYlaHWfRzA). Copyright 2021 to Bridget Williams Book. Reprinted with permission (expiry date 6/03/25).

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Witi Ihimaera — He Tohu interview

Note. From "Witi Ihimaera: He Tohu interview" [video], by He Tohu: National Library of New Zealand, 2018, July 4. YouTube. (https://youtu.be/sM4tV4i-vSo). Copyright 2018 by He Tohu: National Library of New Zealand. Reprinted with permission (expiry date 9/03/25).

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And here is a link to all the other events presented and published by the National Library of New Zealand.

Legislation

Native Land Court

Note. From "The Aotearoa's history show S2: The native land court" [video], by Radio New Zealand, 2022, June 6. YouTube. (https://youtu.be/9eL5bn23LTE). Copyright 2022 by Radio New Zealand. Reprinted with permission (expiry date 14/03/25).

Audio Version

What Really Happened - Waitangi

Great television series about te Tiriti o Waitangi. What really happened at Waitangi

Te Tiriti o Waitangi

Note. From "The Aotearoa's history show: Te Tiriti o Waitangi" [video], by Radio New Zealand, 2019, October 14. YouTube. (https://youtu.be/7xc7GySsFuA). Copyright 2019 by Radio New Zealand. Reprinted with permission (expiry date 14/03/25).

Audio Version

Claudia Orange & Carwyn Jones

Note. From "The Treaty of Waitangi: Te Tiriti o Waitangi: Claudia Orange & Carwyn Jones (BWB Talks)" [video], by Radio New Zealand, 2021, January 19. YouTube. (https://youtu.be/mfYlaHWfRzA). Copyright 2022 by Bridget Williams Book. Reprinted with permission (expiry date 6/03/25).

Pae Tukutuku

About the Waitangi Tribunal
The Waitangi Tribunal is a standing commission of inquiry.
Biculturalism
From Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand
Network Waitangi Ōtautahi Resources
Network Waitangi Otautahi (NWO) supports the development of a Treaty-based, multicultural future.
Ngā Rerenga o Te Tiriti
A new resource to support community organisations in engaging with the Treaty.
NZHistory: Treaty of Waitangi
The Treaty of Waitangi section includes material originally found on www.treatyofwaitangi.govt.nz, a site developed by the Treaty Information Unit in the State Services Commission. Material from that site was combined with other topics on NZHistory to provide a range of features about the Treaty of Waitangi and Waitangi Day.
Rebooting biculturalism in Aotearoa-New Zealand
Author: Georgina Stewart is Associate Professor in Te Kura Mātauranga School of Education, Auckland University of Technology.
Story: Treaty of Waitangi
From Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand
Te Whakataunga: Celebrating Te Kēreme: Te Runanga o Ngāi Tahu
Waitaha were the first people of Te Waipounamu, journeying here aboard the Uruao waka. They were followed by the migrations of Ngāti Māmoe and finally Ngāi Tahu. By the mid-18th century, through warfare, intermarriage, and political alliances, a common allegiance was formed.
The Waitangi Tribunal and the Treaty of Waitangi/Te Tiriti o Waitangi
The Treaty of Waitangi/Te Tiriti o Waitangi is central to everything that the Waitangi Tribunal does.

Quiz

NZHistory: Treaty of Waitangi quiz
Answers to all these questions can be found in the Treaty of Waitangi section of NZHistory.net.nz.

The voyages of Te Tiriti o Waitangi

He Whenua Rangatira. A Māori land

Other resources

Processes of Pakeha change in response to the Treaty of Waitangi by Ingrid Huygens
Call Number: Online
ISBN: 9780473153199
Publication Date: 2009

1880 New Zealand: Education: Native Schools
A report presented to both the houses of the General Assembly by command of his Excellency.
Instructions to Captain Hobson, HM Consul to New Zealand
This extract is from "Instructions from the Secretary of State for War and Colonies, Lord Normanby, to Captain Hobson, recently appointed H.M. Consul at New Zealand, concerning his duty as Lieutenant Governor of New Zealand as a part of the Colony of New South Wales, dated 14 August 1839."
Journal Article: 'Pakeha-Style Biculturalism' and the Maori Writer
Journal Article: From both sides of the indigenous-settler hyphen in Aotearoa New Zealand.
The idea of the ‘intercultural hyphen’ is likened to a gap or bridge between ethnic groups, created from the ongoing intertwining of sociopolitical and intellectual histories.
Journal Article: The Treaty Claims Settlement Process in New Zealand and Its Impact on Māori
This article considers research conducted on the impact of the Crown’s treaty claims settlement policy on Māori in New Zealand.
Lord Normandby's Instructions to William Hobson
Snippets of letters from Lord Normanby to William Hobson regarding New Zealand.
Māori and the state: Crown-Māori relations in New Zealand report
By the beginning of 1960, publicity about social maladjustment in the cities had focused the Labour government’s attention on Maori issues.
Opening a Discourse on Race Relations in New Zealand:The Fern and the Tiki Revisited
As we enter a new millennium the intellectual legacy of David P. Ausubel still resonates in Aotearoa-New Zealand.
The passage of Māori land into Pakeha ownership : a Māori view by Betty Whaitiri Williams
Found in print on the library shelves at call number 333.323 WIL
The principles of the Treaty of Waitangi as expressed by the courts and the Waitangi Tribunal
This section of the guide elaborates principles of the Treaty expressed by the Courts and the Waitangi Tribunal in the context of particular cases and claims.
Professor Margaret Mutu: Te Tiriti o Waitangi in a Future Constitution Removing the Shackles of Colonisation 2013 Robson Lecture
Ever since April 1840, just two months after the initial signing of Te Tiriti o Waitangi, Māori have been requiring the British Crown to adhere to the solemn promises it signed up to in that treaty.
Pākehā Māori : the extraordinary story of the Europeans who lived as Māori in early New Zealand
"Main focus is on the period 1799-1840 when Pākehā Māori had significant political, economic and social importance in tribal New Zealand"--P. 9.
Report: Maori Affairs and the Hunn Report
At the beginning of 1960 Mr. J. K. Hunn, Deputy-Chairman of the Public Service Commission was attached as Acting Secretary to the Department of Maori Affairs.
The report of Matike Mai: The independent working group on constitutional transformation
The Forum respects the rangatiratanga of each Iwi while recognising both the need for a united voice on various issues and the shared goal of Mana Māori Motuhake. It seeks cooperation and the restoration of Māori control over matters affecting the lives of Māori.
Tangata tiriti = Treaty people : an interactive workbook on the Treaty of Waitangi by Marisa Maclachlan and Sarah DeSouza
The book is aimed at new migrants to Aotearoa/New Zealand and is intended to provide simple, accurate information in"plain English" about the Treaty of Waitangi.
TE WIREMU, TE PUHIPI, HE WAKAPUTANGA ME TE TIRITI HENRY WILLIAMS, JAMES BUSBY, A DECLARATION AND THE TREATY
Henry Williams wrote in January 1839 that missionary ‘fears’ were ‘much increased’ by the ‘active measures of the French Roman Catholic Bishop [Pompallier] and Priests supported as they are by the appearance of two French Men of War’.
Tihei Mauri Ora: The Human stories of Whakatu
The closure of the Hawkes Bay Farmers Meat Co-operative (HBFMC) at Whakatu in 1986 was a shock to the workforce, to their whānau, and to the wider community.
Treaty and Protest: John Miller’s Photographs by Cassandra Barnett and Jon Bywater, with an introduction by Marina Fokidis
I visited photographer John Miller’s studio in 2015, on the recommendation of friends and colleagues who reside in New Zealand. I had just met with art writer Jon Bywater in Auckland, who confirmed the idea with great enthusiasm.
Waitangi Tribunal reports
These reports range from short documents dealing with just a single claim or issue up to multi–volume documents covering many claims and a broad range of historical and/or contemporary issues.
NZ on screen: Iwi Whitiāhua: Patu!
Merata Mita’s Patu! is a startling record of the mass civil disobedience that took place throughout New Zealand during the winter of 1981, in protest against a South African rugby tour.

Aotearoa History kete o te wānanga: Te Tiriti o Waitangi