This web feature was originally written by Steve Watters and produced by the NZHistory team. In 2017 the content was updated and a database of signatories added by Jared Davidson.
The biographical information for the signatory pages has come from a range of sources, including: whānau information; genealogical research; official records; newspapers; Waitangi Tribunal reports and Briefs of Evidence; and published accounts including biographies and other information on Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand and the Treaty of Waitangi signatory database and other information on the New Zealand History website. Download this pdf for a more comprehensive list of sources.
Links
Books
Department of Internal Affairs, He Whakaputanga/The Declaration of Independence, 1835, Bridget Williams Books, Wellington, 2017.
Waitangi Tribunal, He Whakaputanga me te Tiriti: The Declaration and the Treaty: The Report on Stage 1 of the Te Paparahi o Te Raki Inquiry, Legislation Direct, Lower Hutt, 2014.
Susan Healy, Ingrid Huygens and Takawai Murphy, Ngāpuhi Speaks: He Wakaputanga o te Rangatiratanga o Nu Tireni and Te Tiriti o Waitangi: Independent Report, Ngāpuhi Nui Tonu, Te Kawariki and Network Waitangi Whangarei, Kaitāia, 2012.
Manuka A. Henare, ‘The Changing Images of Nineteenth Century Māori Society – From Tribes to Nation’, PhD thesis, Victoria University of Wellington, 2003.
Alison Jones and Kuni Jenkins, He Kōrero/Words Between Us: First Māori–Pākehā Conversations on Paper, Huia, Wellington, 2011.
Vincent O’Malley, The Meeting Place: Māori and Pākehā Encounters, 1642–1840, Auckland University Press, Auckland, 2012.
Claudia Orange, The Treaty of Waitangi (first published 1987), rev. ed., Bridget Williams Books, Wellington, 2011.
