Free museum entry for New Zealanders and people living in New Zealand

Te Tiriti o WaitangiThe Treaty of Waitangi

It is celebrated and argued over. It contains contradictions, and yet it offers clarity. It has a rocky past, but it is providing New Zealanders with new ways forward. It is the Treaty of Waitangi – this nation’s founding agreement.

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Kei te whakanuia kei te tautohetia. Ōna tika, ōna hē, heoi kei te tuku whakamārama. Hē uaua ōna wā ki muri, engari, he tohu ‘hīkoi whakamua’ mō Aotearoa. Kō te Tiriti ō Waitangi te tuhinga matua mō tēnei whenua.

  • A space in a museum with tall poles and two walls with text on them.

    Treaty of Waitangi: Signs of a Nation

    Discover how the Treaty has shaped relationships between the peoples of Aotearoa New Zealand.

    On now

    Permanent exhibition

    Exhibition Ngā whakaaturanga

  • View of a beach and bay from above with waka sailing

    Māori and the British

    Learn how relationships between Māori and the British developed and led to the signing of the Treaty in 1840.

  • A large black and white building on the corner of a street. There are street lights on the corner

    See the original Treaty of Waitangi

    Visit the original Treaty of Waitangi at the National Library of New Zealand, explore the stories of Te Tiriti, and get to know the people who signed the document.

  • A woman wearing a hei tiki (pounamu pendant) is standing looking at the camera. Beside her is a stylised rendering of the Crown symbol with the words Treat Talks, Aotearoa, and smaller words saying "hosted by" and her name, Kara Rickard.

    Treaty Talks – a visual podcast

    Treaty Talks is a visual podcast hosted by Kara Rickard that dives deep into the history and impact of Aotearoa New Zealand’s founding document, Te Tiriti o Waitangi. The series aims to cover the essentials of this crucial agreement between Māori and the Crown.
    This series is hosted on the RNZ website.

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