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Waitangi Day: Protest, 1990

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Waitangi Day: Protest, 1990

Since the 1970s Waitangi Day celebrations have often been attended by protesters who want to draw attention to breaches of the Treaty of Waitangi by the Crown. This photograph from 6 February 1990 shows protesters at Te Tii marae, Waitangi, wading into the water with their banner so the official party approaching by launch can read it more clearly.

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Reference: Claudia Orange, An illustrated history of the Treaty of Waitangi. Wellington: Bridget Williams Books, 2004, p. 202

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Nancy Swarbrick, Public holidays – New Zealand’s special national holidays, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/32478/waitangi-day-protest-1990 (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Nancy Swarbrick, i tāngia i te 14 March 2012.

Comments

Gill Dowson
26 March 2016
That's our banner! Project Waitangi was a Pakeha Treaty education group. We were only a small group and we travelled by minivan up from Hamilton (Kirikiriroa) for the day.