Toi Rau
Find out about the history of The University of Auckland's Waipapa Marae. This video features interviews with Professor Margaret Mutu - Department of Māori Studies, Dr Deidre Brown - School of Architecture and Planning and architect Ivan Mercep. Filmed by students of The University of Auckland. Music - Āio, composed by Tuirina Wehi and Tuwhiti Happy, from the School of Music album Magnificat.
Covering the symbolic systems and worldviews of the Indigenous peoples of Aotearoa, New Zealand, this book is a concise introduction to Maori philosophy. It addresses core philosophical issues including Maori notions of the self, the world, epistemology, the form in which Maori philosophy is conveyed, and whether or not Maori philosophy has a teleological agenda.
A modern parable looking at the relationship between Māori, the Indigenous peoples of New Zealand, and the British colonisers. Set in a modern house, Hone invites his friend to stay when things go bad. He then finds his home taken over and his rights suddenly removed. How will he deal with this?
This graphic novel provides a fresh approach to the story of Te Tiriti o Waitangi, New Zealand’s founding document. It covers a wide time span, from the arrival of Polynesian explorers to the signing of Te Tiriti, to the New Zealand Wars, and through to the modern-day Treaty settlement process. A special emphasis is put on unpacking the two versions of Te Tiriti and exploring their ongoing significance.
An interactive story illustrating the voyage of Ngāpuhi ancestor, Nukutawhiti, to Aotearoa.
Background and resources pertaining to the Te Tiriti component of the He Tohu exhibition.
Te Tiriti links and resources provide some answers to the questions: Who signed? Where? When? Why? What happened next?
[https://natlib.govt.nz/he-tohu/about/te-tiriti-o-waitangi}
This docudrama follows an imaginary news reporter who travels back in time to cover the days leading up to the Treaty of Waitangi’s signing on 6 February 1840.
Discover the history of New Zealand’s landscape, its people, events, places, identity and cultures from sites like Te Ara, Te Papa, DigitalNZ and NZ History.
He Whakaputanga o te Rangatiratanga o Nu Tireni – the Declaration of Independence of the United Tribes of New Zealand.
Māori history encompasses the complete history of peoples in Aotearoa New Zealand, from the earliest Polynesian navigators, to those who interacted with English colonists, to the occupiers of land and the settlers of grievances, through to the movers, the shakers, and the everyday people of our communities today.