Samuel D Carpenter

Tag: Te Tiriti o Waitangi

  • 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…

  • 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 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:…

  • Commentary on Waitangi Tribunal urgent report on Treaty Principles Bill

    I gave an interview on Newstalk ZB on Friday 16 August 2024 about the Waitangi Tribunal’s report, released at midday, on the proposed Coalition Govt’s Treaty Principles Bill. The report is around 200 pages, and it contains some great summaries of existing treaty principles frameworks and a fair, even-handed examination of the implications of such…

  • treaty stories #3 – Jane Fletcher

    This is the third in a series of conversations with colleagues and friends from the treaty sector in which we discuss treaty settlements and their significance. This time I speak with Jane Fletcher, a former Deputy-Director at the Office of Treaty Settlements (now part of Te Arawhiti: The Office for Māori Crown Relations), and a…

  • Do we need the English text of the treaty too?

    An imagined conversation: Yes, we need the English text, because the Māori text came from the English text… Hang on, the English text says Māori ceded sovereignty – but they didn’t! This confuses people visiting Te Papa museum. They didn’t cede their hapū rangatiratanga, yes, but they ceded to the Crown the kāwanantanga (government) of…