6 Feb 2025

National Library open doors to view Te Tiriti o Waitangi

From Waitangi Day, 11:06 am on 6 February 2025

Te Tiriti o Waitangi is housed at the in the document room He Whakapapa Kōrero, at the National Library in Wellington. Director of Public Engagement, Alison McIntyre joins Susana Lei'ataua to explain how it is preserved, and to outline activities at the library open day.

Te Tiriti o Waitangi, Waitangi sheet, Sheet 1, on display at He Tohu at The National Library of New Zealand.

Te Tiriti o Waitangi, Waitangi sheet, Sheet 1, on display at He Tohu at The National Library of New Zealand. Photo: Mark Beatty

He Tohu documents room at the National Library of New Zealand. From left to right  Women's Suffrage Petition and He Whakaputanga, The Declaration of Independence of the United Tribes of New Zealand,and Te Tiriti o Waitangi, the Treaty of Waitangi.

He Tohu documents room at the National Library of New Zealand. From left to right Women's Suffrage Petition and He Whakaputanga, The Declaration of Independence of the United Tribes of New Zealand,and Te Tiriti o Waitangi, the Treaty of Waitangi. Photo: Mark Beatty