2021 edition of The Treaty of Waitangi / Te Tiriti o Waitangi: an illustrated history

Our top pick for Waitangi Day 2021 is the updated edition of Dame Claudia Orange's illustrated history of the Treaty of Waitangi / Te Tiriti o Waitangi - available now online as part of the Bridget Williams Books Treaty of Waitangi Collection and in print.  

Claudia Orange's writing on Te Tiriti has contributed to New Zealanders' understanding of the Treaty for decades. In this new edition of her popular illustrated history, she brings the narrative up to date, covering major developments in iwi claims and Treaty settlements – including the establishment of "personhood" for the Whanganui River and Te Urewera, applications for customary title in the foreshore and seabed and critical matters of intellectual property, language and political partnership.

In full colour and including illustrations, photographs, maps, copies and translations of founding documents, biographies and recent research into the Treaty documents and those who signed, this is a valuable update to one of the most important scholarly texts in Aotearoa. 

Access the Treaty of Waitangi Collection from Bridget Williams Books by logging in with your library card or browse and request the print book via the Auckland Libraries catalogue.

For those wanting to know more about the history of the Treaty and its continuing relevance, search “Treaty of Waitangi Collection” in our catalogue for digital copies of this title and other important texts including Tangata Whenua: A History by Atholl Anderson, Judith Binney & Aroha Harris, and facsimiles of the nine sheets of the Treaty/Te Tiriti and He Whakaputanga/The Declaration of Independence, 1835. 

You can also check out our booklist: Our nation's birthplace - Waitangi - Te Pitowhenua.

E kore e ngaro ngā tapuwae i ngā wā o mua,
he arahina kē tātou ki te huarahi nei,
me hangaia tātou e tātou anō 

“We can never erase the footprints of our past,
for they lead us to the paths of the future we carve for ourselves.”