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The first Waitangi Day

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Lord Bledisloe's gift and the 1934 celebrations

In 1932 Governor-General Lord Bledisloe gifted the Treaty House and grounds at Waitangi to the nation. He hoped that the site would become a national memorial, symbolising that the Treaty of Waitangi had initiated a unique relationship between the indigenous and the colonising peoples.

Bledisloe and Empire Day

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Lord Bledisloe and Empire Day

'There is no part of the British Commonwealth to which separatism is more fatal or familiarity more essential than this sun-kissed Dominion of sturdy Britons and loyal natives, which finds a market for its exports almost exclusively in the Motherland'.

Lord Bledisloe, 'Empire Readjustment', in Ideals of Nationhood, 1935.

The Treaty House - Waitangi Day

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The Treaty House at Waitangi

James Busby's house

Student guard of honour for Lord Bledisloe

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Lord Bledisloe

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Lord Bledisloe speaking on his 90th birthday, 1957

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Lord and Lady Bledisloe (1930–35). Lord Bledisloe encouraged New Zealanders to buy locally made garments but privately confessed that they were not the best.

James Busby's house

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The Treaty House at Waitangi in the early 20th century. When the Bledisloes gifted it to the nation it underwent extensive renovation.

Alexander Turnbull Library,
Reference: F18070
Russell Duncan Album
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Lord Bledisloe and personal staff

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