Treaty of Waitangi Links

This is only a selection of web pages relating to the Treaty. The focus is on sites that deal with historical matters, with some modern treaty-related sites also included.

Historical Accounts

Waitangi Day: A History - a chronological account of the day's troubled history by well known treaty historian, Claudia Orange.
The trail of Waitangi: Short eye witness accounts of people and circumstances prior to the Treaty being signed, including Henry Williams's personal view of the Treaty. Site developed by Gary Williams.
Order published works relating to the Treaty online at www.amazon.com, including Claudia Orange's seminal work The Treaty of Waitangi (1996 edition).
Waitangi National Trust - includes some historical background information and a virtual tour of the Trust's estate.

The Treaty Document

Read the text of the Treaty of Waitangi - includes English and Maori translations and other information. Site run by NZ Government Online.
A copy of the Treaty of Waitangi is on display in the Constitution Room at Archives New Zealand, Wellington, and can be viewed online at this site. Information regarding the background and context within which the Treaty was signed is included.
Signatories to the Treaty of Waitangi - exhibition on this site including lists of signatories to each of the nine copies of the Treaty that are known about. Each list includes tribal affiliations of the signatory (where known) and images of the original signatures. An introduction to the Treaty of Waitangi and information about the holdings of the original sheets are also provided.

Modern Treaty Claims

Useful information about the Treaty, Treaty Claims and the Waitangi Tribunal. A site run by Knowledge Basket, updated regularly with the latest developments re- TOW claims. Contains a reports database, including an online copy of the Whanganui River Report and chapters 1 and 11 of the Muriwhenua Report. The site also contains excellent online resource kits for schools on the Orakei Claim (includes information on the relationship between Ngati Whatua and the founding of Auckland and on the Bastion Point protests of the 1970s), and on the Motonui-Waitara, Kaituna River and Te Roroa claims.
For issues relating to the Treaty and other legal matters concerning Maori see the Maori Law Review (includes a free download of the Garamond Maori font - allows macrons).
Te Ohu Kai Moana Treaty of Waitangi Fisheries Commission site.
Maori Land and Law index section of the excellent Maori Organisations of New Zealand site.
Ngati Awa website - excellent Iwi website containing considerable historical information