Samuel D Carpenter

Category: AotearoaNZhistories

  • Conference paper: Henry Williams’ intellectual formation in English Dissent

    … and his views on the Waitara controversy, c. 1860. The slides and recording below represent a conference paper given at the New Zealand Historical Association Conference last week, at the University of Auckland. (The NZHA conference is the main conference of Aotearoa-NZ historians held biennially.) Abstract of paper: The Church Missionary Society (CMS) missionary…

  • Published article on reconciling the Māori and English language texts of the Treaty-te Tiriti

    Citation: Samuel D. Carpenter, “Reconciling the Treaty/te Tiriti Through the Discourse of Civil Government/Kāwanatanga,” Journal of New Zealand Studies 39 (2025): 44-64, https://doi.org/10.26686/jnzs.iNS39.9892. Link also here: Reconciling the Treaty/te Tiriti Through the Discourse of Civil Government/Kāwanatanga | The Journal of New Zealand Studies Abstract:This essay charts a middle course between the old, basically Pākehā orthodoxy…

  • Marianne Williams and the Missionary Impulse

    In this postcolonial age, many things are said and written concerning missionaries to foreign/ indigenous lands. I have just been reading a source which reveals that in its purest, Christian form, the missionary impulse was, well, pure and Christian. It would also, doubtless, have seemed reckless and ridiculous to many contemporary observers, not to mention…

  • Talk at National Library on Henry Williams + Te Tiriti

    I was invited by the National Library, “E Oho! Waitangi!” series, to share my research and insights into Henry Williams’ translation of the Treaty of Waitangi. I append below my text from this talk for download. (Please cite to this page if using for research purposes.) The Event page at National Library is here: E…

  • Submission on Treaty Principles Bill – January 2025

    Below is the Laidlaw College submission on the Bill, prepared by myself, Bradford Haami and Roshan Allpress. (Can be downloaded below.)

  • Treaty Principles Bill: The principles need to remain tied to the historical Treaty

    Published in the New Zealand Herald last week: online 19 November 2024, print 20 November 2024 Treaty Principles Bill: The principles need to remain tied to the historical Treaty – Dr Samuel Carpenter – NZ Herald

  • Translating the Scriptures into te reo Māori in Aotearoa-New Zealand in the 1830s

    RECENTLY PUBLISHED: Samuel D. Carpenter, “A Historical–Contextual Analysis of the Use of “Tapu”, “Utu” and “Muru” in the Māori New Testament and Book of Common Prayer,” Religions 15, no. 9, art. 1109 (2024). Link to open access article here: https://doi.org/10.3390/rel15091109 ABSTRACT: Building on Wittgenstein’s theory of ordinary language use and Lamin Sanneh’s insights into the…

  • treaty stories #5 – Renika Siciliano

    I had the privilege of speaking with lawyer, Renika Siciliano (Waikato/ Maniapoto), about her experience of working in treaty settlements for a range of hapū and iwi groups. Renika is Executive Director of McCaw Lewis in Kirikiriroa/ Hamilton: Renika Siciliano | McCaw Lewis. I met Renika when she was representing Rangitane and I was an…

  • treaty stories #4 – Claudia Orange

    Dame Claudia Orange rose to prominence when she published The Treaty of Waitangi in 1987, which quickly became a best seller. The book has now gone through several editions, including illustrated versions. I had the privilege and pleasure of speaking with her about her story and the history of te Tiriti-the Treaty in this country.…

  • Treaty Principles – A Guide

    Video 1 in a mini-series explaining Treaty Principles, what they are and why they were developed. For other videos in this series, go to my YouTube page, https://youtube.com/HistoryisNow READ: Prof. Janine Hayward’s article: Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi – ngā mātāpono o te Tiriti o Waitangi – Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand READ:…