The Treaty Principles Bill & its Context - Values & Action

New Zealand's prosperous and harmonious future relies on positive relationships, including the relationship between partners to The Treaty of Waitangi / Te Tiriti o Waitangi.

'The Treaty & Me' is a series of lectures presented by Network Waitangi Whangārei. In this series, four respected voices will speak from their own experience and research, each giving a lunchtime and an evening lecture over four consecutive Thursdays. Attendees are encouraged to submit questions for a Q&A style interview with the speaker and the MC, which will directly follow each talk.

Speaker Max Harris will explain what Te Tiriti o Waitangi is, what the Treaty principles are, and why we should be concerned about the Treaty Principles Bill. He'll explore his personal experiences of engagement with te ao Māori and Te Tiriti o Waitangi, and talk about how that engagement has enriched his life.

Max is a Barrister & campaigner with a PhD in constitutional law, former United Nations Development Programme consultant and author of The New Zealand Project.

MC Ngaire Rae is a Whangārei-based Tiriti Educator.

A NZ Sign language interpreter will be interpreting this session.

This session will be repeated from 7-9pm on 14 November at 116 Bank St, Whangārei.


The speakers and topics on other dates in this series are:

24 Oct: ‘Becoming Tangata Tiriti' – What Does it Mean?
Speaker: Avril Bell - Honorary Associate Professor in Sociology, University of Auckland, Author of Becoming Tangata Tiriti and Relating Indigenous and Settler Identities: Beyond Domination, Co-editor of A Land of Milk and Honey? Making Sense of Aotearoa New Zealand
MC: Sheryl Mai – former Mayor of Whangārei

31 Oct: From 'The Treaty and Me' to 'Te Tiriti and We' – Becoming a Pākehā Tiriti Ally in the Workplace
Speaker: Ngaire Rae – PhD, local Treaty / Anti-racism educator & Health promoter, Chair of Waka Ama NZ, Deputy Chair of Foundation North & former Deputy Chair of Northland DHB
MC: Sir Chris Farrelly, Health & Community Development advocate

7 Nov: The Treaty of Waitangi – Confessions of a Middle-Aged White Guy
Speaker: Paul Barlow – Social media influencer with 25,000 followers, former columnist for the Waikato Times and Stuff, media theory & communications expert, known for ‘letting the truth ruin a good story.’
MC: Damian Pullen, Counsellor at Pompallier Catholic College