Treaty of Waitangi

This section of the NZHistory website includes several features on Te Tiriti o Waitangi, its history and people who were involved.

Treaty 2U

The website of a travelling exhibition about Te Tiriti o Waitangi.

Treaty of Waitangi – Te Tiriti o Waitangi

This section of the Archives New Zealand website includes information about the treaty and images of some of the copies of the treaty.

Waitangi National Trust

The website of the trust that manages the Waitangi Treaty Grounds – the site where Te Tiriti o Waitangi was initially signed in 1840.

Te Tai Treaty Settlement Stories

This part of the Te Ara website explores what treaty settlements are, and features a multimedia web story and links to an educational documentary in te reo Māori on the Ngāti Awa settlement. Ngāti Awa were the first iwi to share their story on Te Tai.

Hill, Richard S. State authority, indigenous autonomy: Crown–Maori relations in New Zealand/Aotearoa 1900–1950. Wellington: Victoria University Press, 2004.

Hill, Richard S. Maori and the state: Crown–Maori relations in New Zealand/Aotearoa, 1950–2000. Wellington: Victoria University Press, 2009.

Orange, Claudia. The Treaty of Waitangi. Rev ed. Wellington: Bridget Williams Books, 2011.

Orange, Claudia. An illustrated history of the Treaty of Waitangi. Rev ed. Wellington: Bridget Williams Books, 2020.

Palmer, Matthew S. R. The Treaty of Waitangi in New Zealand’s law and constitution. Wellington: Victoria University Press, 2008.

Ward, Alan. An unsettled history: treaty claims in New Zealand today. Wellington: Bridget Williams Books, 1999.