Te kākahu huruhuru o te Tiriti
Join kaimahi from the Ngāi Tahu Archive and Network Waitangi Ōtautahi for a workshop exploring the largely unknown story of the Ngāi Tahu signing of Te Tiriti.
“Mā te kākahu huruhuru o te Tiriti tātau katoa e whakarākei, e whakamahana! The feathered kākahu of the Treaty must adorn us and warm us all.”
– Tā Tipene O’Regan in the Foreword to Kō Kai Tahu me Te Tiriti, 2024.
Join kaimahi from the Ngāi Tahu Archive and Network Waitangi Ōtautahi for a special workshop where we will explore the largely unknown story of the Ngāi Tahu signing of Te Tiriti o Waitangi in Te Waipounamu and consider how Tangata Whenua and Tāngata Tiriti can work together toward Te Tiriti as a framework for the future.
Te Tiriti o Waitangi was signed at Ōnuku in Akaroa harbour on 30 May 1840. Three months later a symbolic flag-raising and court sitting took place at Takapūneke. This event was the first effective demonstration of British sovereignty in Te Waipounamu.
A re-enactment of the flag-raising was held during the official National South Island Centennial Commemorations of the signing of Te Tiriti at
Akaroa in April 1940.
Green and Hahn, 1940. Collection of Akaroa Museum, Photo:163.
Presented by the Ngāi Tahu Archive, Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu and Network Waitangi Ōtautahi.
“Mā te kākahu huruhuru o te Tiriti tātau katoa e whakarākei, e whakamahana! The feathered kākahu of the Treaty must adorn us and warm us all.”
– Tā Tipene O’Regan in the Foreword to Kō Kai Tahu me Te Tiriti, 2024.
Join kaimahi from the Ngāi Tahu Archive and Network Waitangi Ōtautahi for a special workshop where we will explore the largely unknown story of the Ngāi Tahu signing of Te Tiriti o Waitangi in Te Waipounamu and consider how Tangata Whenua and Tāngata Tiriti can work together toward Te Tiriti as a framework for the future.
Te Tiriti o Waitangi was signed at Ōnuku in Akaroa harbour on 30 May 1840. Three months later a symbolic flag-raising and court sitting took place at Takapūneke. This event was the first effective demonstration of British sovereignty in Te Waipounamu.
A re-enactment of the flag-raising was held during the official National South Island Centennial Commemorations of the signing of Te Tiriti at
Akaroa in April 1940.
Green and Hahn, 1940. Collection of Akaroa Museum, Photo:163.
Presented by the Ngāi Tahu Archive, Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu and Network Waitangi Ōtautahi.
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