Waitangi Day 2024 for Monday 6 February 2023
Hiwa - A five year old's view on the Treaty of Waitangi
Five year old Hiwa talks about the Treaty of Waitangi.
Maori Battalion battle honours recognised
The 28 Maori Battalion's Battle Honours Memorial flag with the Battalions 42 Campaign and Battle Honours are being presented to be recognised for the first time in 76 years. They're being presented by the New Zealand Army to Ta Robert aka BOM Gillies, 28 (Maori) Battalion's the last surviving member.
Te Rau Aroha museum
Te Rau Aroha was a much loved canteen truck, riddled with bullet holes, that crossed the battlefields of North Africa and Italy in World War Two alongside the 28th Maori Battalion. It's also the name of a museum here at the Waitangi Treaty Grounds which honours those Maori who fought in Aotearoa and overseas. The curator of Te Rau Aroha, Chanel Clarke.
Indigenous Australians push for constitutional recognition
It is 183 years since the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi but across the Tasman indigenous Australians have been waiting a lot longer for a treaty or some sort of constitutional recognition. Australia is the only one of Britian's former colonies that doesn't have a treaty with its indigenous people but 2023 could be a year of historic change. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has promised to hold a referendum later this year asking Australians to "support an alteration to the constitution that establishes an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander voice". One of those campaigning for this change is veteran activist Pat Anderson, an elder of the Alyawarre people in the Northern Territory and Queensland.
Rangatahi panel give their perspective on the Treaty
Mukai Duder-Hura is former Youth MP for Te Tai Tokerau, and so is Capone Heremaia Kuri. We also speak to Kelsey Lee, a senior campaigner at the JustSpeak who has also been heavily involved in the Greens youth movement.
Wai 262 claim enters new phase
One of the largest, most complex, and longest-running Treaty of Waitangi claims is entering a new phase this year. The flora and fauna claim -- more commonly known as Wai 262 -- was lodged in 1991 by a group of concerned kuia from the North. It deals with cultural and intellectual property rights - and calls for protection and authority over indigenous species, traditional knowledge, Maori symbols, designs, and other cultural property.
What sort of sovereign will King Charles III be?
On February 6 1952 a young Princess Elizabeth was in Kenya when word reached her of the death of her father, King Charles VI. In that instant she became Queen, although her coronation came the following year. So today marks the first time since 1951 that Waitangi Day dawns without Queen Elizabeth II as our head of state. Now her son, King Charles III, is sovereign for the first time on our national day. What can we expect from him in the years ahead, especially as countries like Barbados abandon the monarchy to become a republic?
Panel discussion on Ngapuhi's treaty claim
Aotearoa's largest iwi, Ngapuhi, is behind one of the biggest Waitangi Tribunal claims ever heard and its findings could permanently alter the country's constitutional arrangements. Last December the Tribunal presented an 18-hundred page report detailing treaty breaches against Ngapuhi in the 19th century, including land loss and an erosion of rangatiratanga. We host a panel discussion featuring Alana Thomas, Dallas King and Hinerangi Himiona
Otakou Marae's Waitangi festival
Each year the Ngai Tahu Treaty Festival altenates between the three papatipu marae closest to the three places where Ngai Tahu rangatira signed Te Tiriti. Te Rau Aroha Marae in Motupohue, Bluff. Otakou Marae near Dunedin, and Onuku Marae on Banks Peninsula. Today it will host the Ngai Tahu treaty festival, Edward Ellison is the Upoko of Te Runanga o Otakou.
Far North District Mayor Moko Tepania
The Far North has one of six newly elected Maori mayors across the country's 78 districts. He's Moko Tepania - the 31 year old kura kaupapa teacher who's also the first Maori, and youngest-ever mayor of the Far North.
National leader Christopher Luxon
A little experiment was how the National Party leader Christopher Luxon described the signing of the Treaty here at Waitangi 183 years ago - the comment was described as belittling and patronising. But he defended the statement and said he meant to convey New Zealand set an example that hadn't been done elsewhere before.
Prime Minister Chris Hipkins at Waitangi
The Prime Minister Chris Hipkins talks about the dawn service to mark the 183rd anniversary of the signing of Te Tiriti o Waitangi.