Digital Resource Library Search

These resources, from the Treaty and anti-racism movements, relate to events and actions from the 1960s to the present day. They come from a number of collections being held by TRC that are presently being digitised.

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Titlesort descending Primary author Content description Table of contents
The Treaty only second statement of rights Chadwick, Tony An opinion piece response to an article by Malcolm Bailey which questioned the legitimacy of the Waitangi Tribunal. The article details the history of the Treaty of Waitangi and outlines Maori translation and understanding of the Articles.
The Treaty Tribes Coalition Treaty Tribes Coalition This background paper is a brief on the make up and background of the Treaty Tribes Coalition, it includes a list of members, iwi affiliations and the Coalition's purpose for securing allocation of fisheries held by the Treaty of Waitangi Fisheries Commission.

Background
The Treaty under attack Warea-i-te-Rangi Smith, Cherryl

Self determination in the 90s; Economic seduction and co-opting Iwi; The Waitangi Tribunal; Treaty of Waitangi Policy unit; Treaty Settlement processes; What's wrong with the Fiscal Envelope; Fighting back; Already using the blankets and smoking the tobacco; Envisaging the Nation; Bibliography
The University Community in the Struggles of the people of Asia and the Pacific Aotearoa (New Zealand), April 1984 Arthur, Margaret An overview of the University community in the context of sexism, classism and particularly racism. Colonisation and its negative impact on Māori is explored through an analysis of contemporary statistics.

The New Zealand Context; Colonial history; Present; Health; Employment;The People's struggle; The University Community; Analysis of Racism at Auckland University; Analysis of Sexism at Auckland University; Analysis of Classism at Auckland University; how the University sees itself and how it is seen; what needs to change.
The Urgency of the Campaign against Racism Scott, Bob Bob discusses racism as opposed to prejudice and the behavior and attitudes and power of the dominant group. It includes an analysis of what institutional racism is; how it has operated in NZ; the need for Pakeha education and a response to the recent remarks by Hobson MP Ross Meurant.
The Waitangi Treaty is a Fraud - Boycott Waitangi Maori Peoples Liberation Movements of Aotearoa Newsletter of the Maori Peoples Liberation Movement of Aotearoa that includes reporting on actions, events, background information, a petition and finding of a court case.

Articles, Waitangi Pamphlet, Covering paper on Waitangi, Sam Ramsamy Tour, Housing Action Fights On, Neighbourhood Law Office, Obscene Language, Petition, Nga Tuahine Reports, Black Womin Unite, Home Base Pacific Pilgrimmage, Declaration, Trident Monster, Proposed Devonport Naval Base, Pacific Concerns Resource Centre, Report on Aboriginal Contacts in Australia
The Waitangi Treaty is a Fraud - Boycott Waitangii Maori Peoples Liberation Movements of Aotearoa Newsletter of the Maori Peoples Liberation Movement of Aotearoa that includes reporting on actions, events, background information, a petition and finding of a court case.

Articles, Waitangi Pamphlet, Covering paper on Waitangi, Sam Ramsamy Tour, Housing Action Fights On, Neighbourhood Law Office, Obscene Language, Petition, Nga Tuahine Reports, Black Womin Unite, Home Base Pacific Pilgrimmage, Declaration, Trident Monster, Proposed Devonport Naval Base, Pacific Concerns Resource Centre, Report on Aboriginal Contacts in Australia
The Waitangi Tribunal unknown A brief summary of information on the groups and the processes for making a claim under the Treaty of Waitangi.

Section One
The Claimant, The Crown, Third Parties, The Waitangi Tribunal, The Courts.
Section Two
The Claims Process.
The Waitangi Tribunal questions and answers: a resource kit for Pakeha Project Waitangi

 

Questions and answers about the Treaty of Waitangi (What contact did Maori and Pakeha have before 1840? ; What foreign powers were interested in New Zealand? ; What was British policy before 1840? ; What was theDeclaration of Independence? ; Who controlled the country? ; Why was a treay necessary? ; What is the Treaty of Waitangi? ; Who wrote the Treaty? ; There are two texts one in Maori and one in English, are they both thesame? ; Which Treaty si the right one? ; Didn't Maori sign away their sovereignty to Queen Victoria? ; So what did Maori cede under the Treaty of Waitangi? ; Why are there differences in the two versions? ; How does theTreaty recognise Maori as tangata whenua (people of the land, the indigenous people of Aotearoa)? ; What about lands that were unoccupied by Maori tribes? ; What is the 'fourth article' of the Treaty? The Treaty is called a covenant. What does that mean? ; Where was the Treaty signed? ; Was any notice taken of the Treaty by the Crown? ; By war or by law? ; How can a document nearly 150 years old ave relevance for today? ; Maori people haven't anything before - they're just jumping on a bandwagon ; Why is there so much trouble about theTreaty now? ; Why can't we throw it out and start again? ; Why can't we just get on with living like one people? ; What about separate or parallel development? Isn't that apartheid? ; What does the Treaty have to do with Pakeha and tauiwi?
The war that Hone Heke won Belich, James "New Zealand children are taught that Governor Grey won the Flagstaff War of 1845-46 by beating Hone Heke at the battle of Ruapekapeka. That was a myth. In the second extract from the New Zealand Wars, published next week, historian James Belich argues that in fact the Maori chief got the better of Britain."
The West Coast Partnership. Community and Maori Partnership in terms of the Treaty of Waitangi West Coast Regional Council

Background to development o f the model; a model for the past or the future? ; a model for unity not division ; The answer is in partnership ; Working towards attaining the partnership ; Treading gently (Peter Allan, Senior Policy & Planning Officer, The West Coast Regional Council - September 1990) ; Tiriti o Waitangi - The West Coast - Te Tai Poutini model of Community Partnership undet the Treaty of Waitangi ; West Coast United Council effors to understand the implications of the Treaty For West Coast People, summary of steps ; West Coast Maori position ; Partnershipon the West Coast in terms of the Treaty of Waitangi ; Recommendation ; Map - The Maori tribes about 1840 ; Partnership relationship proposed fro the West Coast ; The West Coast Regional Council 1990/91 Corporate Plan ; The Treaty of Waitangi issues and Iwi Partnership committee ; Council Mission Statement ; Regional Policy, Planning and Advocacy ; 12 June 19991, Letter to Lousie Prendagast, Taranaki Regional Council - regarding their interest in the Partnership with Tai Poutini ;  26 June 1991 letter to Susan da Silva to use the West Coast Partnership Model for a presentation to a St Johns Course.
The white warp A multi-cultural society needs a multi-cultural education system - but staff writer Pamela Stirling finds that the New Zealand system is having enough problems just trying to be bi-cultural
Thinking big and Te Atiawa's Fisheries rights Rata, Hon. Matiu For Aila Taylor, a member of the Te Atiawa Tribe, his application to the Waitangi tribunal was one of simply stopping the Crown and others from dumping sewerage and industrial effluent into the sea along the Taranaki coast
Third Early Childhood Convention 1983 Early Childhood Convention Proceeding publications of papers following the Convention gathering in Ngaruawahia 1983.
Third year students Kawantanga workshop Department of Social Policy and Social Work, Massey University

Some liberation theory; Decolonisation - consientisation of colonised people; Decolonisation - Conscientisation of colonisers; The faces of racism, Puao te ata tu, 1996; Culture; The PCS Model; Commitment ot combat racism; Some personal anti-racism strategies; Cultural safety; Map of North and South Island; Polyesian islands and Island groups in Oceania; The flag of the independent tribes, 1834; He whakaputanga o Te Rangatirataga o Nu Tirene - The Declaration of Independence; Te Tiriti o Waitangi; One Translation of the Maori text; Definition of terms in relation to Aotearoa; What can i do?; Institutional Racism.
Thoughts on Maori sovereignty Broadbent, Carol Discusses Maori Sovereignty since theTreaty of Waitangi
Tikanga Treaty Resource Centre Provides an explanation of Tikanga
Tikanga Youth Exchange — Protocol for each Tikanga Tikanga Youth Exchange Wellington Leaflet outlining cultural protocols for Māori, Pākehā and Pacifica compiled by the Anglican Church for youth gatherings

Tikanga Pākehā protocol; Tikanga Polynesian protocol; Tikanga Māori protocol
Time-line of settlement to 1840 Te Tari Matauranga Maori: MIT Treaty Unit Handout taken from pages 7 and 8 of Claudia Oranges book "An illustrated history of the Treaty of Waitangi
Timeline - Resource for Constitutional Reform Conference of Churches in Aotearoa New Zealand Starting in 1835 with the Declaration of Independence through to the 1990 Runanga call to boycott elections, this timeline highlights notable events related to constitutional issues in Aotearoa.

Timeline, Date, Event, Notes

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