Samuel D Carpenter

Tag: Treaty of Waitangi

  • 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:…

  • Some brief notes on Christianity and te Tiriti o Waitangi

    3 February 2023 Christian (Protestant Evangelical) missions to New Zealand began with Samuel Marsden and chief Ruatara in 1814. By the late 1830s, Europeans were trying to purchase large tracts of land, and colonization companies were sending ships of settlers to the country. The British Government stepped in, with James Stephen at the Colonial Office…