20 November 2024
On Tuesday 19 November, members of the Catholic community in the Archdiocese attended the Hīkoi mō te Tiriti. Monsignor Gerard Burns led a short prayer time before the hikoi at the portrait of Mary Mother of God, St Mary’s of the Angels to pray for the good of Aotearoa New Zealand. The artwork includes an image of Te Tii marae, a reference to Bishop Pompallier’s presence at Waitangi in 1840. The prayer group then went to Waitangi Park to join the hīkoi.
The Archdiocesan Ecology, Justice and Peace Commission also released a list of resources for education around Te Tiriti. There’s a broad range of perspectives and knowledgeable commentary including Catholic academic writers. The list can be viewed below.
Helpful videos and articles
In light of current discussion around Te Tiriti o Waitangi the following resources might be useful. The list was very largely prepared by Sr Elizabeth Julian rsm and members of the Ecology, Justice and Peace Commission. Some of these items are written pieces and others are videos. We’ve arranged them roughly by topic and we hope that there’s some useful and interesting material. Naturally, a range of views is presented.
Te Tiriti o Waitangi – The Treaty of Waitangi
- Moana Jackson, an interview: https://natlib.govt.nz/he-tohu/korero/interview-with-moana-jackson
- Michael Stevens, A Waitangi Day Address: https://ngaitahu.iwi.nz/connect-2/connect/news-and-stories/waitangi-day-address-by-dr-michael-j-stevens-awarua-2021
- Claudia Orange, three short pieces can be found here: ‘Questions of Sovereignty’, ‘Why did Māori leaders sign Te Tiriti?’, and ‘The role of the Treaty today’. https://e-tangata.co.nz/author/corange
- Claudia Orange, ‘The Treaty of Waitangi | Te Tiriti o Waitangi’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfYlaHWfRzA
- Claudia Orange, ‘He Tohu Interview’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycumj021NE0&t=37s
- There is a very helpful video series on many themes in the history of Aotearoa New Zealand. Each video is about 15mins. https://www.rnz.co.nz/programmes/the-aotearoa-history-show
- Anne Salmond, PART ONE: Understanding the Text of Te Tiriti o Waitangi https://tuimotu.org/a/cUR4MMx
- Anne Salmond, PART TWO: Te Tiriti o Waitangi & Democracy https://tuimotu.org/a/YxBgkFg
- Anne Salmond, PART THREE: Democracy that Binds Us Together https://tuimotu.org/tui-motu-interislands-magazine/a/k2IeaFW
- Ned Fletcher, ‘There’s no clash between Te Tiriti and the Treaty’ https://e-tangata.co.nz/history/ned-fletcher-theres-no-clash-between-te-tiriti-and-the-treaty/
- Ned Fletcher, ‘The Treaty of Waitangi in Imperial Context’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btdRJtPRdsQ
- Ned Fletcher , ‘E oho! The English text of the Treaty of Waitangi’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ga6kcnxgpc8
- Alistair Reese explains the meaning of “Hobson’s pledge”. https://e-tangata.co.nz/history/waitangi-an-oral-covenant/
- Alistair Reese The Treaty of Waitangi: a Covenant of Reconciliation withhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_20eLjcJWOM&t=5s
- Alistair Reese ‘Reconciling the Treaty’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWBb4EEeftc
- Alistair Reese, ‘Too Many Prayers at Waitangi: The Treaty, Theology & the Public Square’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMRVmhjvqOc&t=40s
- Alistair Reese – Waitangi Kauhau 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4eRe0ue5OE&t=9s
- Alistair Reese, ‘Not many of us know that Waitangi began as a love story’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXYxhiacKu4
- Michael Belgrave, ‘Reconciling the Treaty’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBzSb5zsYrE
- Michael Belgrave, ‘There Was a Historical Treaty, and We Can Still Discover Things About It.’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPdb1lnvbq4&t=6s
The Treaty Principles Bill
- An interview with David Seymour: https://youtu.be/IdnXepTPzmk?si=GELjtJHOuWY6Arq5
- Melanie Nelson, ‘Treaty Principles Bill: Painting over Te Tiriti’ https://e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-analysis/treaty-principles-bill-painting-over-te-tiriti/
- Carwyn Jones: Primer on Treaty principles March 2024 https://www.metuauru.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/CJones_Primer-on-Treaty-principles.pdf
- Carwyn Jones, The Treaty Bill is an act of extreme bad faith https://e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-analysis/carwyn-jones-the-treaty-bill-is-an-act-of-extreme-bad-faith/
- Anne Salmond, Why Act’s Treaty referendum is disrespectful and arrogant https://e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-analysis/why-acts-treaty-referendum-is-disrespectful-and-arrogant/
- Anne Salmond: What’s the matter with the Treaty Principles Bill https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/08/31/anne-salmond-whats-the-matter-with-the-treaty-principles-bill/
- Anne Salmond: A Cabinet of principles? https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/09/09/anne-salmond-a-cabinet-of-principles/
- Caren Fox: Waitangi Tribunal: Treaty bill should be abandoned ‘Waitangi Tribunal: Treaty bill should be abandoned’
- Jane Kelsey: Rewriting history: how the Treaty ‘principles’ evolved and why they don’t stand up to scrutiny https://theconversation.com/rewriting-history-how-the-treaty-principles-evolved-and-why-they-dont-stand-up-to-scrutiny-238406
- Ngā Toki Whakarururanga https://e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-analysis/a-crown-without-principles/
- Catherine Delahunty: Treaty bill plays on ignorance https://e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-analysis/treaty-bill-plays-on-ignorance/
- How to Have a Conversation about the Treaty Principles Bill https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2lxtAz5IhA&t=1693s
- Tai Ahu and Natalie Coates : ‘An act of bad faith and deep dishonour’ https://e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-analysis/an-act-of-bad-faith-and-deep-dishonour/
- Frequently-asked questions Treaty Principles Bill https://togetherfortetiriti.nz/faqs/treaty-principles-bill
- Neil Curtis: The neoliberal attack on the Treaty of Waitangi https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/09/17/the-neoliberal-attack-on-the-treaty-of-waitangi/
- Lillian Hanly:Treaty Principles Bill: What you need to know https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/528821/treaty-principles-bill-what-you-need-to-know?cid=newsletter
- Siena Yates: Debating David Seymour https://e-tangata.co.nz/korero/debating-david-seymour/
- Geoffrey Palmer:The dubious politics of the Treaty Principles Bill https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/09/24/the-dubious-politics-of-the-treaty-principles-bill/
- Geoffrey Palmer: A democratic way to address Treaty principles issues https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/09/25/a-democratic-way-to-address-treaty-principles-issues/
- Siena Yates: Debating David Seymour https://e-tangata.co.nz/korero/debating-david-seymour/
- Why does Caritas disagree with the proposed Treaty Principles Bill? https://www.caritas.org.nz/advocacy/treaty-principles-bill
Kīngitanga – history and the present
- Vincent O’Malley: The origins of the Kīngitanga. https://e-tangata.co.nz/history/vincent-omalley-the-origins-of-the-kingitanga/
- Vincent O’Malley A defining and transformative conflict. https://e-tangata.co.nz/history/a-defining-and-transformative-conflict/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=30Sep2024
- Vincent O’Malley. https://nzhistory.govt.nz/keyword/kingitanga
- Michael Belgrave The kīngitanga movement: 160 years of Māori monarchy. https://theconversation.com/the-kingitanga-movement-160-years-of-maori-monarchy-102029
- The Origins of the Maori King Movement – An Insider’s Account. https://www.meetingplace.nz/2013/10/the-origins-of-maori-king-movement.html
- Trent Hohaia: Kiingitanga: Our most unique political institution. https://e-tangata.co.nz/history/kiingitanga-our-most-unique-political-institution/
- Story: Kīngitanga – the Māori King movement. https://teara.govt.nz/en/kingitanga-the-maori-king-movement
- Kiingi Tuheitia’s 20th January address. https://e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-analysis/be-maori-all-day-every-day/
- Jamie Tahana on Kiingi Tuheitia. https://e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-analysis/a-particularly-wretched-blow-for-te-ao-maori/
- Dominic O’Sullivan. https://theconversation.com/room-for-everyone-how-kingi-tuheitias-message-of-unity-offered-an-alternative-to-divisive-treaty-politics-237852
- Tom Roa: Nga wai hono i te po is ‘the right woman for the job’. https://e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-analysis/nga-wai-hono-i-te-po-is-the-right-woman-for-the-job/
- New Zealand Wars (Part 1) | RNZ. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJwRVOKm8gA
- NZ Wars: Stories of Tainui | Documentary | RNZ. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgZT0_8Hpw0
NZ Wars: Stories of Tainui is the third compelling chapter in RNZ’s award-winning documentary project on the New Zealand Wars. The 1863 invasion of the Waikato was the defining conflict of New Zealand, reinforcing the Crown’s power, entrenching one of Aotearoa’s oldest political institutions (the Kiingitanga) and resulting in land confiscations that continue to shape New Zealand today. Once again, Great Southern Television and Aotearoa Media Collective bring this important chapter of our nation’s story to life, teaming up with RNZ to create a digital documentary project that vividly illustrates how these battles looked, sounded and felt. Presented by Mihingaarangi Forbes and featuring Dr Vincent O’Malley alongside esteemed iwi historians Rahui Papa, Brad Totorewa, Tom Roa, Mamae Takerei and Kawhia Muraahi, NZ Wars: Stories of Tainui examines the events that continue to influence contemporary Aotearoa.
Some other thoughts
- Sarah Hopkinson, ‘Our history is your history’: Lessons from Parihaka for Pākehā. https://e-tangata.co.nz/history/our-history-is-your-history-lessons-from-parihaka-for-pakeha/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=01Jul2024
- Bain Attwood, E oho! Ruth Ross, history, law and te Tiriti o Waitangi. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnQU1lG-IGU
- Lara Greaves on language. https://e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-analysis/time-to-retire-the-term-race-relations/
- Why New Zealand can’t agree on its founding document | 1News Explains. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRV34m8FovU
https://youtu.be/B4TO1ZbDsh8?si=Pjz5sjr8MHi6k-Gk - Alistair Reese. Pākehā Identity and the Treaty’
- Jen Margaret. ‘Becoming Really Pākehā’
- Peter Cullinane: Eucharist and te Tiriti o Waitangi. https://tuimotu.org/a/ijzLxCT
- Andrew Judd, a ‘recovering racist.’ https://www.rarangamatihiko.com/resources/andrew-judd-lessons-from-a-recovering-racist
https://e-tangata.co.nz/korero/andrew-judd-an-upbringing-too-white-by-far/ - Nikki Mandow: Co-governance: it’s nothing like you think. https://newsroom.co.nz/2023/02/14/co-governance-its-nothing-like-you-think/
- Carwyn Jones and Max Harris on principles, te Tiriti, and legislation. Facebook Live | Facebook
- On TVNZ+: Tangata Whenua
- Considered groundbreaking for its intimate portrayal of Māori life and viewpoints, this 1974 documentary series has been digitally restored in partnership with Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision, reuniting whānau and all New Zealanders with this unique taonga.
- Kay Benseman: Te reo is not a Pākehā asset. https://e-tangata.co.nz/reflections/te-reo-is-not-a-pakeha-asset/
- Anne Salmond: How to split a society. https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/01/13/dame-anne-salmond-how-to-split-a-society/
- Anne Salmond: Arrogance laced with ignorance. https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/10/12/anne-salmond-arrogance-laced-with-ignorance/
https://nwo.org.nz/ - Kassie Hartendorp: Five things I didn’t know about Te Tiriti o Waitangi. https://e-tangata.co.nz/reflections/five-things-i-didnt-know-about-te-tiriti-o-waitangi/
- Jonathan Boston & Anne Salmond: Divisiveness and Democracy (audio only starts about 5minutes in). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvO2rwWoiIM
- Fleeced – the raw injustice of perpetual leases on Māori land. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5vDQk6uSqM&t=14s
- Dominic O’Sullivan, ‘Christianity, te Tiriti and Justice Beyond the Bicultural State’. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsMg1NmwbDM
- Natalie Coates, ‘175 Years of Interpreting the Treaty of Waitangi’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuuoiYmIOfk
Related posts
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- Photos: Ko Te Tiriti Mai Rānō: The Treaty is Always Speaking. A Covenant for the Generations. Read more.
- A discerning hui. Bernard Kernot WelCom article. Read more.
- Archbishop Paul Martin SM Homily for Waitangi Day Mass 2024. Read more.