Aotearoa NZ Histories

External link: “This episode of award-winning te reo series Whare Taonga visits Parihaka in Taranaki, a Māori spiritual community who were raided by British colonial troops in 1881 and suffered…

See major Crown acquisitions since 1840, including confiscations after the New Zealand Wars and peak Native Land Court era.

See the settlements of longstanding Treaty grievances between iwi and the Crown since the early 1990s to today.

See the history of Māori arrivals from 1200, European arrivals from 1642 and the signing of He Whakaputanga from 1835 to 1839.

See the voyage of the 9 sheets of the Treaty over 8 months in 1840 across New Zealand. The sheets went to 45 locations and gathered 542 signatures.

See the places across New Zealand that sheets of the Women’s Suffrage Petition were sent to gather signatures. The sheets were then sent back to Kate Sheppard in Christchurch. The…

Ki te kore He Whakaputanga, tērā pea kāore i puta mai te Tiriti o Waitangi. Haere mai ki te ako kōrero anō, ki He Tohu.

I pūkākā te ahi puta noa i te tāone. Ka peke ngā muramura atu i tētahi whare ki tētahi, me te horopuku i ngā whare… Ka ahatia Te Tiriti?

Fire raged through the town. Tongues of flame danced from house to house, devouring buildings whole… What would happen to Te Tiriti? You can see the original Treaty of Waitangi…

Here’s the story of the writing of He Whakaputanga. You can see the original He Whakaputanga document at the He Tohu exhibition.

Here’s the story of the Women’s Suffrage Petition being presented to Parliament. You can see the original Women’s Suffrage Petition at the He Tohu exhibition.

Here’s the story of the Women’s Suffrage Petition being presented to Parliament. You can see the original Women’s Suffrage Petition at the He Tohu exhibition.

In 1991 six tribes took a major claim to the Waitangi Tribunal, encompassing everything from intellectual rights to management of indigenous fauna…

This docudrama follows an imaginary news reporter who travels back in time to cover the days leading up to the Treaty of Waitangi’s signing on 6 February 1840.

In September 1893 New Zealand became the first country to grant all women the right to vote in parliamentary elections. This fly-on-the-wall docudrama reimagines this major achievement, following Kate Sheppard…

External Link: “Take a voyage through the history of New Zealand with The Aotearoa History Show from RNZ – a part-animated web-series that travels all the way through from 100…

External Link: “Inspired by an epiphany at the Waitangi Treaty grounds in 2000, and after learning New Zealand’s founding document was actually several pieces of paper, comedian Mike King…”

This multi award-winning TV drama follows a whānau taking a claim to the Waitangi tribunal, over plans by a Pākehā neighbour to build a resort on disputed land.

External Link: “With Māori Language Week in full swing, how fitting is the confirmation that our very own history will be compulsory in all schools within three years.”

External Link: “Time travel and delve into taonga both famous and obscure with Dame Anne Salmond, telling tremendous stories about our Aotearoa. Made with the support of NZ On Air.”

A potent artwork created in response to a formative period in the history of the Pacific, Lisa Reihana’s stunning 26-metre wide, 32-minute long installation animates and reimagines the famous 19th-century…