What the Treaty means to me

Hear a kōrero from the He Tohu exhibition about Te Tiriti with Tame Iti, Mihingarangi Forbes, Rt Rev Justin Duckworth, Witi Ihimaera and Katie Woolfe.

"When I think of the Treaty of Waitangi I think of the wharenui and the treaty being the poutokomanawa - being the strongest foundation of our whare or our nation."

Find out more at https://natlib.govt.nz/he-tohu

He Tohu is a permanent exhibition of 3 iconic constitutional documents that shape Aotearoa New Zealand.

The documents are:

1835 He Whakaputanga o te Rangatiratanga o Nu Tireni – Declaration of Independence of the United Tribes of New Zealand

1840 Te Tiriti o Waitangi – Treaty of Waitangi

1893 Women’s Suffrage Petition – Te Petihana Whakamana Pōti Wahine

He Tohu is presented by Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga and the National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, both of which are part of the Department of Internal Affairs.