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  • The Treaty of Waitangi Te Tiriti o Waitangi

    An Illustrated History

    The Treaty of Waitangi/Te Tiriti o Waitangi is a foundational document for New Zealand. Signed in 1840 by more than 540 rangatira and representatives of the British Crown, the Treaty set out an agreement between Māori and the European newcomers that remains central to this country’s cultural and political life.Claudia Orange’s writing on the Treaty has contributed to New Zealanders’ understanding ... Read more

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  • An Illustrated History of the Treaty of Waitangi

    This book builds on Claudia Orange’s award-winning Treaty of Waitangi, using a wonderful range of photographs, maps and paintings to bring the Treaty’s history to life.Depictions of key players and moments sit alongside a clear and informative text that helps explain the history of this key document. Two peoples meeting, agreements made and broken, claims and protests: all are a part of the story ... Read more

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  • The Treaty of Waitangi

    Since its publication in 1987, Claudia Orange’s book has become the standard guide to one of the key documents in New Zealand history, selling over 40,000 copies.The complexities of the Treaty, which have done so much to shape New Zealand history for nearly 200 years, are thoughtfully explored as Orange examines the meanings the document has held for Māori and Pākehā.A new introduction brings it ... Read more

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  • The Story of a Treaty

    The Treaty of Waitangi is a central document in New Zealand history. This lively account tells the story of the Treaty from its signing in 1840 through the debates and struggles of the nineteenth century to the gathering political momentum of recent decades.The second edition of this popular book brings the story up to the present. New illustrations enrich the history, giving life to the events as ... Read more

    $13.09 USD

  • What Happened at Waitangi?

    Series series BWB Texts
    Who said what to whom when the Treaty was negotiated - and what lay behind subsequent misunderstandings about its wording?In this extract from her bestselling book The Treaty of Waitangi, Claudia Orange reports in detail on the dramatic events that led to the signing of the Treaty on 6 February 1940. ... Read more

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  • BWB Texts: Turning Points

    Series series BWB Texts
    Award-winning writers Geoff Chapple, Claudia Orange, Anne Salmond and Dick Scott explore pivotal moments in New Zealand’s history in this bundle of BWB Texts. These four works are combined into one easy-to-read e-book, available direct and DRM-free from our website or from international e-book retailers. In When the Tour Came to Auckland Geoff Chapple describes the startling scenes as the ... Read more

    $7.09 USD

  • Te Tiriti o Waitangi

    The Treaty of Waitangi, 1840

    In May 2017 the exhibition He Tohu opened at the National Library in Wellington. This celebrates three founding documents in New Zealand’s history He Whakaputanga: The Declaration of Independence (1835), the Treaty of Waitangi: Te Tiriti o Waitangi (1840) and the Women’s Suffrage Petition (1893). The originals of these documents are on display at the National Library, in a wonderful exhibition ... Read more

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