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This episode of Books and Beyond is a window on Waitangi weekend. Join Alison, Ineka and Sue as they discuss the rich resources relating to our founding document Te Tiriti o Waitangi that are available from Auckland Libraries and further afield. Listen to this episode on the Auckland Libraries podcast . Ngā Pātaka Kōrero - Auckland Libraries · Books and Beyond: Waitangi Day 2021 Books mentioned on the show The Treaty of Waitangi Te Tiriti o Waitangi: An Illustrated History by Claudia Orange (new edition published 2021) What Happened at Waitangi?  by Claudia Orange New Myths and Old Politics: The Waitangi Tribunal and the Challenge of Tradition by Tipene O’Regan He Pukapuka Pātaku i Ngā Mahi a Te Rauparaha Nui / A Record of the Life of the Great Te Rauparaha  by Tamihana Te Rauparaha; translated and edited by Ross Calman Imagining Decolonisation edited by Rebecca Kiddle; authors: Bianca Elkington; Moana Jackson; Ocean Mercier; Mike Ross; Jennie Smeaton; Amanda Thomas Bridge...

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...