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#WeekendRead: The treaty you didn't know about...
Every New Zealander has heard of the Treaty of Waitangi. Many even have a rough idea what it says, in its English translation, at least. But perhaps only one in a thousand has heard of the Declaration of Independence. The majority of New Zealanders would be surprised to learn what it is. This is why.
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Founding Document
Readers may be familiar with the eight-metrehigh facsimile of the Treaty of Waitangi enshrined in glass and on permanent display at Te Papa, but the original treaty is made up of nine documents kept in the Constitution Room at Wellington’s National Archives.
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Flag Day
Our first official flag, based on the St George’s Cross, came to be known as the flag of the United Tribes of New Zealand. On 20 March 1834, a large and oddly mixed group of people gathered at the modest Waitangi home of James Busby to choose a national flag from three designs he laid out.
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Listen...
The Treaty of Waitangi: A panel discussion from the Auckland Museum chaired by the famous comedian Te Radar features the social entrepreneur Kiritapu Allan, Professor Paul Spoonley from Massey University, the fibre artist Suzanne Tamaki, and Leilani Tamu, a poet, social commentator and Pacific historian. Together they are exploring fresh perspectives on the Treaty of Waitangi in a session recorded in March 2015.
Listen to the 40-minutes programme at nzgeo.com
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#SundayDoco
There are a few places in the world where it’s possible to see a whale out your window. From a remote cabin at North-West Bay on Campbell Island in the remote sub-Antarctic Ocean, it is possible to experience the wonder and joy of whale courtship and mating.
Maori naturalist Ramari Stewart shares a privileged and unique view of the intimate love life of a pod of whales of the Subantarctic Ocean.
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