
This is the part of the site where you can listen, interact, and most importantly have fun. See if you can stay in power as the Prime Minister, or check out if you have an ancestor who signed the Treaty either as a signatory or a witness. There’s something for everyone here, so what are you waiting for?
This award winning interactive CD Rom provides animated audio information about the Treaty of Waitangi and New Zealand history. It was designed with teenagers in mind, but is ideal for all visual and audio learners aged 10 years upwards.
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After the Waitangi Tribunal had been established, cartoons about the Treaty of Waitangi began to appear more regularly in publications. The cartoons on this wall use humour to explore some of the issues, events, and points of view relating to the Treaty.
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This interactive enables visitors to make an audio selection from a choice of poetry and waiata (songs). This is your opportunity to contemplate cultural identity and contemporary issues through sound.
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The Signatures interactive enables you to explore the signatures on the copies of the Treaty, including names and iwi (tribe) / hapu (sub-tribe). A map also shows the locations where Treaty copies were signed.
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What is the Treaty of Waitangi?
The Treaty of Waitangi is an agreement signed by representatives of the British Crown and by representatives of Māori tribal groups, in 1840.
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