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Creating understanding about the Treaty

An image from the 1990 Commission’s Treaty of Waitangi campaign, which aimed to create a better understanding of the Treaty as the founding document of New Zealand.

This image Appears In 2 Articles:

  • Signing of the Treaty of Waitangi
    The Treaty in brief
  • The Treaty House
    The Treaty in practice

Keywords

treaty of waitangi
race relations
Credit

Alexander Turnbull Library
Evening Post Collection
Reference: EP-Ethnology-Maori Land from 1976-02
Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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'Creating understanding about the Treaty', URL: /media/photo/creating-understanding, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 3-Jul-2014

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