Waitangi Revisited: Perspectives on the Treaty of Waitangi

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Michael Belgrave, Merata Kawharu, David Vernon Williams
Oxford University Press, 2005 - History - 402 pages
The Treaty is as controversial today as it was in 1989 when "Waitangi: Māori and Pākehā Perspectives of the Treaty of Waitangi" was published. It remains central to debates about New Zealand society and its future. Among new issues to emerge in the last fifteen years are the inclusion of the Treaty in a large range of legislation, greater recognition by the Crown of its duty to recognise the Treaty, and the transformation of the claims process. The contributing authors provide a range of perspectives on the social, legal, and historical impact of the Treaty, and address the issues that have emerged over the 1990s and into the twenty-first century.

About the author (2005)

Michael Belgrave is a professor of history at Massey University, since 1993. He previously worked as research manager of the Waitangi Tribunal and has continued to work on Treaty of Waitangi research and settlements. He is the author of Historical Frictions: Maori Claims and Reinvented Histories (2005), From Empire's Servant to Global Citizen: A History of Massey University (2016), co-author of Social policy in Aotearoa New Zealand (2008), co-editor of The Treaty on the Ground: Where We Are Headed, and Why It Matters (2017). His book, Dancing with the King: The Rise and Fall of the King Country, 1864-1885(2017), won him the 2018 Ernest Scott Prize for history.