Treaty Of Waitangi

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

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

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

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

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

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

An iwi leader says Maori claims to water, oil and mineral rights have been strengthened ten fold by a landmark finding today. Audio

The Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations, Christopher Finlayson, speaks with Mary Wilson Audio

The Waitangi Tribunal has found that the northern chiefs who signed the Treaty of Waitangi in February 1840 did not cede sovereignty to the British Crown. Audio

New Zealanders will, once again, have to pay to get onto the historic Waitangi Treaty grounds. The Waitangi National Trust made visits free in 2008 but says now it can no longer make ends meet because… Audio

Manuka Henare (Ngapuhi, Te Aupouri, Te Rarawa, Ngati Kuri) discusses the 1835 Ngapuhi-led Declaration of Independence (He Whakaputanga o te Rangatiratanga o Nu Tireni) - a declaration of sovereignty… Audio

This year's Treaty Debate, recorded at Te Papa, is a discussion of water rights in Aotearoa New Zealand. The panel features Jacinta Ruru (University of Otago, Ngati Raukawa, Ngati Maniapoto), Donald… Audio

Brent Edwards examines the place of the Treaty of Waitangi in a written constitution. Audio

The Waitangi Tribunal is granting the New Zealand Maori Council an urgent hearing for two claims relating to the Crown's proposal to sell a minority shareholding in four energy SOEs; and Maori rights… Audio

The Maori Party is threatening to walk away from its deal with the National Party over the removal of a Treaty of Waitangi clause as part of the state asset sales' plans. Joining Kathryn is Richard… Audio

Peter Wells has written a new biography on William Colenso, an ill-starred printer who stood up in the tent at Waitangi and told the promoters of the treaty that they were on the wrong track. Audio

Kennedy Warne discusses the Wai 262 claim report. Audio

Lois Williams looks at the main Treaty claim of Northland's Ngapuhi people and their arguement for Maori sovereignty Audio