Network Waitangi Ōtautahi offers a wide range of resources focused on developing a comprehensive understanding of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and its effects on Aotearoa today. Our curated list is separated into videos, documents and audio files so that you can choose the format that best suits your needs.
Digital copies can be viewed online or downloaded for free.. We do invite koha when our resources are used for the provision of education, and can provide receipts.
Hard copies of the resources listed below can be ordered from NWŌ. Postage is an additional cost, or hard copies can be collected by arrangement from Te Whakaruruhau ki Ōtautahi | Christchurch Community House, 301 Tuam Street. Please email office@nwo.org.nz with the details of your order. Payments and koha can be made to: 03 1369 0284642 00, with your name as reference.
- NWŌ Treaty and Declaration posters (koha)
- NW Q&A Booklet ($5)
- Briefing Paper on the National Action Plan Against Racism ($5)
- United Nations of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (koha)
- Decolonisation posters (koha)
- Passage of Māori Land in Pākehā Ownership ($2)
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Documents
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What is the Treaty of Waitangi and what has it got to do with co-governance?
In the context of te Tiriti and He Wakaputanga, co-Governance can only be understood as affirming the pre-existing authority and…
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Strongly Sustainable for New Zealand
the purpose of this paper is to provide insights for people who wish to engage in thinking and debate about…
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Ki te whaiao, ki te ao Mārama
Ki te whaiao, ki te ao Mārama is a community engagement report to inform the development of a National Action…
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Maranga Mai
The impact of colonisation, racism and white supremacy on tangata whenua in Aotearoa New Zealand. Published by Te Kāhui Tika Tangata…
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The Easy Read book about the Treaty
The Easy Read book about the Treaty of Waitangi gives a concise history of Te Tiriti o Waitangi, from the…
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Te Tiriti in 15 languages
Information about Te Tiriti o Waitangi in 15 languages, produced by Tangata Tiriti – Treaty People. Order printed copies or…
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The Passage of Māori Land into Pākehā Ownership – a Māori view
Information in this document attempts to show some of the methods used to alienate Maori land rather than actual alienations,…
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United Nation Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
– bilingual version in both te reo Māori and English –
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NWO OUTLINE OF SOME PRE-TREATY HISTORY
Carbon dating of the remains of the Pacific rat, kiore exulans, has revealed that there were visitors to Aotearoa from…
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NATIONAL ACTION PLAN AGAINST RACISM
BRIEFING PAPER on the forthcoming NATIONAL ACTION PLAN AGAINST RACISM Hard copies are available from NWŌ for $5 + p&p.
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Why are there differences between Te Tiriti o Waitangi and the Crown’s English-language version and what did Māori intend in entering into the Treaty agreement?
Note: We use ‘the Treaty of Waitangi’ and ‘te Tiriti o Waitangi’ interchangeably to signify the reo Maori text. We…
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Which document is the Treaty?
Note: We use ‘the Treaty of Waitangi’ and ‘te Tiriti o Waitangi’ interchangeably to signify the reo Maori text. We…
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What are the similarities and differences between Te Tiriti o Waitangi and the Crown’s English language version?
Note: We use ‘the Treaty of Waitangi’ and ‘te Tiriti o Waitangi’ interchangeably to signify the reo Maori text. We…
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Who wrote Te Tiriti o Waitangi?
In the first decade of the 19th century northern Rangatira established Te Wakaminenga o Ngā Hapū o Nu Tīreni The…
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Re-imagining the future
NWO’s contribution to the Iwi Chairs Forum 2020 call encouraging people to share their vision in re-imagining the future for…
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What is the “Māori Option”?
The Māori Option was introduced in 1975 to permit Māori to choose – for a few months after every five-yearly…
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Why are there separate parliamentary seats for Māori?
British voting restrictions were included in the 1852 Constitution Act, i.e. only adult male property owners with individual land titles…
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What is the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples?
The UN Declaration brings indigenous peoples’ rights, both collective and individual, together into one international human rights instrument. It establishes…
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What was British policy towards NZ before 1840?
Until the 1830s the British policy towards New Zealand was one of reluctance to intervene formally. Britain was having problems…
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What led to the Treaty?
Before the Treaty, Māori had long been concerned about the lawlessness of numbers of Pākehā. Their hope was that James…
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2014 – 2023 Changes in the Social Context
These changes give hope for a multicultural Treaty-based future where there is a shift from decision-making that relies on majoritarianism…
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Who are Tangata Tiriti?
At Waitangi in 1989 when he was chair of the Waitangi Tribunal, Sir Edward Taihakurei Durie, current chair of the…
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MYTH: The Treaty can’t be enforced because there are two different versions
There are definitely conflicts in the two documents: The Treaty in te reo (including its expression into English), and the…
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Decolonisation Posters
These posters, produced by Tamaki Treaty workers have been developed as part of the Tiriti-based futures + Anti-racism 2020 programme.…
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The Waitangi Tribunal: a brief summary
The Waitangi Tribunal was established by the Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975. It was set up to investigate claims of…
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What was Te Wakaminenga / the Confederation of Chiefs?
Stimulated by the rangatira Te Pahi, northern leaders began meeting from about 1808 in formal assembly to agree on law…
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The Report of Matike Mai Aotearoa – The Independent Working Group on Constitutional Transformation
Matike Mai Aotearoa, the Independent Working Group on Constitutional Transformation, was first promoted at a meeting of the Iwi Chairs’…
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He Wakaputanga o te Rangatiratanga o Nu Tireni / The Declaration of Independence of New Zealand, 28 October 1835
What is the Declaration of Independence? Is an international declaration of sovereignty Was made by Te Wakaminenga (Confederation of Chiefs)…
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What is the Treaty of Waitangi?
A treaty is a legally binding international instrument agreed to and signed by two or more sovereign nations. All parties…
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NWŌ Treaty Implementation Chart
In our NWŌ approach we refer to the way that all five aspects of the Treaty need to be taken…
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Understanding the Treaty with everyone who does not have a Maori ancestor
The affirmation in 2010 by the New Zealand Government of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples…
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Strong Sustainability for New Zealand: Principles and Scenarios
The booklet ‘Strong Sustainability for New Zealand: Principles and Scenarios’ seeks to answer two questions: What does true sustainability look…
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The Relevance of the Treaty Today
The Treaty was signed in 1840, but what has it got to do with today?
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UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples i Te Reo (02 October 2007)
In Te reo and English.
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Who Owns the Water?, by Mark Solomon
Presentation to Engineers for Social Responsibility (09 October 2007).
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Sustaining Our Communities
New Zealanders spend more time on unpaid work than on paid work. Contributions of paid and unpaid work and the…
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Treaty is about rights of all NZers
In The Press (Thursday 11 October 2007). Non-Maori need to recognise that the Treaty of Waitangi is about their rights…
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Te Mana i Waitangi: Human Rights and the Treaty of Waitangi, by Bill Hamilton
At the NWO ‘Indigenous Rights – A Win-Win?’ event on the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples…
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NWO submission to the Foreshore and Seabed Act Ministerial Review, 21 April 2009
The NWO oral submission to the Foreshore and Seabed Act Ministerial Review meeting in Christchurch on 21 April 2009.
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Earth Charter
The Earth Charter pays special attention to indigenous peoples (Principle 3, item 12).
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Justice Durie (DVD)
This documentary looks at the influential factors in Justice Durie’s life as well as the surrounding historical and political factors…
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Developing a vision for the future of Aotearoa, by Mark Solomon
The Treaty of Waitangi is a partnership document that lets Ngai Tahu become engaged in important issues to advance the…
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A Treaty-Based Multicultural Future
This statement was prepared for the NZ Federation of Multicultural Councils’ workshop at the Human Rights Commission Diversity Forum, Wellington,…
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Brief of Evidence of Moana Jackson to WAI1040
This is the brief of evidence presented by Moana Jackson to the Waitangi Tribunal in the matter of the Treaty…
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Linguistic Evidence of Patu Hohepa to WAI1040
This is the evidence presented by Patu Hohepa to the Waitangi Tribunal in the matter of the Treaty of Waitangi…
Videos
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Te Tiriti Based Futures 2022 Presentations
Transcripts and videos from an incredible line up of speakers and leaders discussing topics including institutional racism and anti-racism, decolonisation,…
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Ani Mikaere – Keynote speaker at the Community Waikato Conference, ‘Strengthening through stories’
Ani Mikaere (Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Porou) is a barrister and solicitor and teaches Māori law and philosophy. Listen to her…
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Videos from the He Tohu exhibition (created by contributors and vistors)
He Tohu is a permanent exhibition at the National Library of three iconic constitutional documents that shape Aotearoa New Zealand.
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Te Whare, The House (film)
This film was written as a historical parable to engage people with te Tiriti o Waitangi, the Treaty of Waitangi.
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How New Zealand was Colonised
Antoine Frere, one of the French film makers of this recent documentary on Te Tiriti o Waitangi, has given permission…
Audio
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Rourou Conversations – Becoming Tangata Tiriti
Becoming Tangata Tiriti – Conversations with Gwyn John and Fi Deehan on Plains FM
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Indigenous Rights – Professor Claire Charters
Indigenous Rights presentation by Professor Claire Charters to NWO AGM on 22 June 2023
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Te Tiriti o Waitangi and human rights legislation podcast episode – Speak Up Kōrerotia
Speak-up Kōrerotia Podcast Episode Guests: Paul Hunt (Chief Commissioner, Human Rights Commission), Katherine Peet (Network Waitangi Ōtautahi) and Richard Tankersley…
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Refreshing Human Rights for our times : The role of Te Tiriti o Waitangi
HRC Chief Commissioner Paul Hunt’s engaging talk on ‘Refreshing Human Rights for our times : The role of Te Tiriti…
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The Treaty of Waitangi:Speaking to a Treaty worker in Aotearoa
3CR 855 AM’s Emma Kefford interviews Katherine Peet on the significance of the Treaty of Waitangi.
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5 Minute Pre-Treaty Stories
PODCASTS NOW AVAILABLE! A collection of short stories about encounters between between Maori and European prior to the signing of…