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Distinguished historian Claudia Orange says recent Treaty settlements form a revolutionary pathway towards true partnership in Aotearoa. In an extract from the up-to-date edition of her award-winning book
The Treaty of Waitangi / Te Tiriti o Waitangi: An Illustrated History, she vividly describes the gathering and debate at Waitangi on the day before rangatira began to sign the Treaty.
OPINION: Letters, reports and diaries left by officials and missionaries provide a good record of the events of 5 and 6 February. From early on the 5th, Māori groups began to arrive. The waters of the Bay of Islands came alive with waka converging from all directions, each with thirty or more paddlers keeping time to the stroke. Settlers’ boats joined the stream, and the ships anchored offshore had all their flags flying.