The Treaty in brief

Page 3 – Further information

Links 

  • Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand entry
  • Christchurch City Libraries' Treaty section
  • Listen to audio features about the Treaty at Radio New Zealand
  • The 1966 Encyclopaedia’s discussion of the Treaty of Waitangi
  • Treaty 2 U website – includes both historical and contemporary claim information, as well as interactives within the cool stuff tab

A series of booklets about the Treaty and a children’s book, The tree house Treaty, were published by the State Services Commission, along with an educational CD-Rom and posters. Unfortunately these are now out of print and are no longer available.

Below are links to pdfs of the booklets, which you are free to use:

Publications

  • Claudia Orange, The story of a treaty and An illustrated history of the Treaty of Waitangi, both Bridget Williams Books, Wellington, 2004 (brief historical overviews of the Treaty)
  • Michael Belgrave, Merata Kawharu and David Williams (eds), Waitangi revisited: perspectives on the Treaty of Waitangi, Oxford University Press, Auckland, 2005
  • Department of Justice, Principles for Crown action on the Treaty of Waitangi, Wellington, 1989
  • I.H. Kawharu, Waitangi: Maori and Pakeha perspectives of the Treaty of Waitangi, Oxford University Press, Auckland, 1989
  • Paul Moon, Te ara ki te Tiriti = The path to the Treaty of Waitangi, David Ling, Auckland, 2002
How to cite this page

'Further information', URL: /politics/treaty/treaty-in-brief/further-info, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 5-Jan-2015