Treaty Of Waitangi
Dunne defends $3 million bill for finding new home for Treaty
The Internal Affairs Minister, Peter Dunne, is defending spending more than three-million dollars discussing where the Treaty of Waitangi should be displayed. Audio
Moving the Treaty of Waitangi
A project to move the original Treaty of Waitangi document is still in the planning stage, four years after it was announced and having already cost more than three million dollars. In 2011 the… Audio
Ngāpuhi authority Tūhoronuku claims more support
Tāmaki Makaurau MP Peeni Henare says he is heartened to hear that more hapu are ready to negotiate a treaty settlement in the north.
Waitangi Tribunal to consider TPP inquiry
The Waitangi Tribunal has asked to hear further argument on whether it should hold an urgent inquiry into the Trans Pacific Partnership.
Consents a sore point for Northland Māori
Māori from around Te Taitokerau have told the Northland Regional Council it must find better ways to involve tāngata whenua in vetting resource consents.
Crown apologises for breaches of Treaty
After decades of suffering, Ngâti Hineuru says it's retrieved some of its lost mana with recognition by the Crown of its breaches of the Treaty of Waitangi. Audio
Maori Wards - Partnership or Separatism?
Robin Martin looks at whether Maori council wards will provoke partnership or separatism. Audio
Dame Claudia Orange - The Treaty
28 years since the release of the first comprehensive study of the Treaty in her book The Treaty of Waitangi, historian and Te Papa's Head of Research Dame Claudia Orange speaks to Wallace Chapman… Audio
Waitangi Rua Rautau Lecture 2015
Rt Hon Dame Jenny Shipley and Bishop Te Kitohi Pikaahu provide political and religious perspectives on the different responses of the Government and the Anglican Church to the Treaty of Waitangi, with… Audio
Focus on Politics for 5 February 2015
It's been 175 years since the Treaty of Waitangi was signed, and the Crown and Maori are still grappling with what it means and how the agreement should be honoured. Audio
2015 Treaty Debate: Healing the Past, Building a Future
This year's Treaty Debate, recorded at Soundings Theatre, Te Papa discusses the Treaty Settlement process and how iwi move forward in a post-settlement phase. The panel is Matiu Rei, Executive… Audio
I am the river, the river is me
Dame Anne Salmond explores the radical nature of the settlement between the Whanganui River iwi and the Government signed in August 2014, recognising the river as a legal person in its own right. This… Audio
How d’ye do, Mr King George?
Opening with the encounter between Hongi Hika and King George IV in London in 1820, Dame Anne Salmond traces the themes of rangatiratanga and sovereignty from then through the Declaration of… Audio
Crown's found in breach of the Waitangi Tribunal
The Waitangi Tribunal has ruled the crown's refusal to pay to use Lake Waikaremoana for hydro-power generation breached of the Treaty of Waitangi. Audio
Report finds Crown breached Treaty of Waitangi
The iwi guardians of Lake Waikaremoana say a Waitangi Tribunal report paves the way to compensate for decades of Crown mis-use of the lake. Audio
European settlers brought heavy philosophical baggage here
Dame Anne Salmond's exploration of how different Maori and European ideas about land have played out over 200 years begins with the first European settlement in the Bay of Islands and the… Audio
We got it wrong on Maori Wardens - Crown
The government has acknowledged the Crown has breached the Treaty of Waitangi in its treatment of Maori Wardens. In a 600-page report, the Waitangi Tribunal has found the Ministry for Maori… Audio
Captain Cook’s naval charts embody Enlightenment imperialism
Dame Anne Salmond discusses Maori relations with the ocean, comparing Te Whanau a Apanui's opposition to the oil company Petrobras' drilling ship to the time 250 years earlier when canoes headed out… Audio
Waitangi decision important for New Zealanders: Te Rarawa
An iwi leader says Maori claims to water, oil and mineral rights have been strengthened ten fold by a landmark finding today. Audio
Christopher Finlayson on Waitangi finding
The Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations, Christopher Finlayson, speaks with Mary Wilson Audio
