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The Treaty of Waitangi collection is brought to you by BWB and is the online home for Treaty scholarship. Access award-winning books anywhere, anytime and on any device. The Treaty of Waitangi Collection brings together leading thinking on this foundational document, including works by acclaimed scholars such as Claudia Orange, Judith Binney, Vincent O’Malley, Alan Ward and Aroha Harris. Designed and managed by award-winning New Zealand publisher Bridget Williams Books, the Collection is a living resource backed by a long-term vision for Treaty scholarship into the twenty-first century.
Key features
- Award-winning scholarship brought together for the first time – this is a
landmark digital resource for New Zealand. - Built on decades of acclaimed publishing on the Treaty and actively
managed by BWB’s editorial team, with new books and platform
features to be added over time. - Optimised for mobile devices - reflecting the needs of today’s students
and researchers - and viewable instantly using any modern web
browser. - A high-quality educational environment featuring hyperlinked
referencing using CrossRef, permanent web links using Perma.cc,
automatic citations using RefMe, cross-title full text search, high resolution
illustrations, and the integration of biographies from the
Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. - View multiple books at once and keep them all open even when you’ve
left the Collection – it works with your workflow. - Straight forward multi-seat access for subscribing institutions using
simple and intuitive access control. Powerful and regular analytics down
to a chapter-by-chapter level. - Importantly, previously out-of-print works from wider New Zealand
publishing will be added to the Collection over time, as shown by the
inclusion on launch of Peter Adams’s Fatal Necessity. Subscribers to
the Collection will, in this way, be supporting the long-term retention
and digitisation of out-of-print books critical to Treaty scholarship
and New Zealand.
Reading is easy – just click ‘Read Now’ and you’re away.
The responsive online reader can be adjusted to any size or shape to make it fit with
your workflow. The Collection prioritises readability and clarity throughout its design,
underpinned by a powerful publishing platform. Elegant features such as the retention
of page number markers (from the original hardcopy book) alongside the digital text
make it a resource for the real world of print and online learning and teaching.
Titles available
An Illustrated History of the Treaty of Waitangi
Claudia Orange
The history of the Treaty comes to life with a wonderful range of photographs, maps and
paintings. A companion volume to The Treaty of Waitangi, the accessible text is written for the
general reader.
An Unsettled History: Treaty Claims in New Zealand Today
Alan Ward
The history behind the claims arising from the Treaty of Waitangi. Ward’s account reveals a
Treaty made and then repeatedly breached. The impact of the past upon the present has rarely
been analysed to such immediate purpose.
Beyond the Imperial Frontier: The Contest for Colonial New Zealand
Vincent O’Malley
An exploration of the different ways Māori and Pākehā ‘fronted’ one another across the
nineteenth century.
Fatal Necessity: British Intervention in New Zealand, 1830–1847
Peter Adams
Fatal Necessity, now re-issued as an ebook, is a detailed examination of the circumstances
leading to British intervention and hence to the Treaty of Waitangi.
First Contact: Tasman’s Arrival in Taitapu, 1642
Anne Salmond
An account of the dramatic visit of Dutch ships led by Abel Tasman to Golden Bay at the top of
the South Island in 1642, and the meeting of Māori and European worlds.
New Myths and Old Politics: The Waitangi Tribunal and the Challenge of Tradition
Tipene O’Regan
Ngāi Tahu leader Sir Tipene O’Regan reflects on what happens in Treaty settlement negotiations
behind the scenes, and clashes between current ideologies and Māori identity.
The Story of a Treaty
Claudia Orange
In this short and lively history, the story of the Treaty of Waitangi comes right up to the present.
Generously illustrated, this popular book won the Best Book in Secondary Publishing at the 2013
CLNZ Educational Publishing Awards.
Tangata Whenua: A History
Atholl Anderson, Judith Binney and Aroha Harris
This landmark publication places Māori at the centre of this country’s story. It portrays the sweep
of Māori history from Pacific origins to the present. This text-only edition of the Illustrated History
offers a striking overview, grounded in specific localities and histories.
The Treaty of Waitangi
Claudia Orange
This comprehensive study is the standard work on the Treaty. The book looks at the place of the
Treaty in New Zealand history from its making in the early nineteenth century through to the
renewed engagement of the present time.
Treaty of Waitangi Settlements
Nicola R. Wheen and Janine Hayward (eds)
Settlement of iwi claims has been a feature of New Zealand’s political and legal landscape over
the last thirty years, drawing international attention. A timely discussion by leading scholars.
The Waitangi Tribunal: Te Roopu Whakamana i te Tiriti o Waitangi
Janine Hayward and Nicola R. Wheen (eds)
The Waitangi Tribunal was established in 1975 to hear claims by Māori against the Crown arising
under the Treaty. This book brings together the work of leading historians, lawyers and analysts
to review the Tribunal’s place.
What Happened at Waitangi?
Claudia Orange
Who said what to whom when the Treaty was negotiated – and what lay behind subsequent
misunderstandings about its wording?