TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wright,Matthew
TI  - Waitangi: a living treaty 
SN  - 9781869539962 
PY  - 2019///
CY  - Auckland, New Zealand
PB  - Bateman Books
KW  - Treaty of Waitangi
KW  - (1840 February 6)
KW  - Māori (New Zealand people)
KW  - History
KW  - Government relations
KW  - Legal status, laws, etc
KW  - Land tenure
KW  - Crown lands
KW  - New Zealand
KW  - Tiriti o Waitangi
KW  - reo
KW  - Tino rangatiratanga
KW  - Kāwanatanga
KW  - Kōtahitanga
KW  - Whenua tautohetohe
KW  - Mana whenua
KW  - Race relations
KW  - Colonization
KW  - To 1840
KW  - 19th century
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Foreword / by Paul Moon -- Introduction : the Treaty as a shared idea -- Deep history -- Worlds in collision -- Imperialism and its leakage -- A declaration of independence -- The 'artful humbug' and others at work -- Signing the Treaty -- Spreading the word -- 'Little more than a legal fiction' -- Shadows on the land -- Assertions of empire -- Maoriland -- 'Look to the sun' -- 'The Treaty is a fraud!' -- A revolution from below -- Judgements of history
N2  - Acclaimed historian Matthew Wright explores the evolution of New Zealand's most historically significant document, the Treaty of Waitangi, from its origins to its place in the present day. From the early cultural collisions between Maori and Pakeha that led to this landmark agreement, to the many reinterpretations that have followed, Waitangi: A Living Treaty brings the story and concepts of the Treaty to life in this revealing and thought-provoking read
ER  -