The 6th of February marks Waitangi Day in Aotearoa New Zealand 🇳🇿 On this day in 1840, over 500 Māori Chiefs and the British Crown signed Te Tiriti ō Waitangi, The Treaty of Waitangi – New Zealand’s founding document. 📜 #NZStoryteller #WaitangiDay | Study with New Zealand

The Waitangi Treaty ground has a timeless voice. It says something immensely hopeful happened here and we must live up to it — but it's obvious, in the past, we haven't. So should we be celebrating today? | nzherald.co.nz

An introduction to The Treaty of Waitangi, Te Tiriti o Waitangi, will give participants a basic understanding of some of the key concepts of Aotearoa New Zealand history. The course will cover the following moments in time: 1) Te Ao Māori / The Māori world 2) Maori and settler relationships 3) The musket wars and key issues leading up to the Declaration of Independence & the Treaty of Waitangi 4) Key figures involved in the drafting of the documents 5) The content and journey of Te Tiriti o Wait