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The Waitangi Rua Rau Tau Lectures

Since 2001, Radio New Zealand has broadcast on Waitangi Day an annual Waitangi Rua Rau Tau lecture in a series looking forward to the Waitangi bicentenary in 2040.

The series was launched by the New Zealand Māori Council and the Foundation for Indigenous Research in Society and Technology.

2003

The inaugural lecture ‘Encounters and Responses’ is given by retired High Court Judge Sir Rodney Gallen. Using examples drawn from history and his own experience, Sir Rodney argues that the presence together of two peoples in the one land has led to compromise and the exchange of ideas.

(Replay Radio NRP 609)

Download: MP3 (duration: 55′53″)

2004

In 2004 retired anthropologist Dr Dame Joan Metge, gives an address entitled ‘Rope Works — He Taura Whiri’. Using the metaphor of the taura whiri, or plaited rope, Dame Joan argues that a collective vision for the future can only be achieved if people work together. ‘Nation-building, like rope-making, involves skill, co-operation and continuous hard work.’

(Replay Radio NRP 657

Download: MP3 (duration: 55′01″)

2005

The venue for the 2005 lecture is the historic Rangiatea Church in Otaki. The lecturer is Professor Whatarangi Winiata, the tumuaki or Chief Executive of the Māori tertiary institution Te Wānanga o Raukawa, and the President of the Māori Party. Professor Winiata’s address looks at the reconciliation of two key words in the Treaty of Waitangi: Kawanatanga (or government) and Tino Rangatiratanga (or chieftainship).

(Replay Radio NRP 710)

Download: MP3 (duration: 51′13″)

2006

Sir Howard Morrison presents the fourth annual lecture in a series aimed at monitoring progress towards a truly celebratory national bicentenary in 2040. The title of his lecture is 'Seek Ye From The Fountain of Knowledge, So the People May Thrive and Prosper'.

(Replay Radio TBA)

Download: MP3 (duration: 48′22″)

2008

Prof. Dame Ann Salmond traces over two hundred years of New Zealand history, including early contact between Maori and European, and the story of the Treaty of Waitangi.

She goes on to survey the Land Wars, the collapse of the Maori population during the 1880s, and the resurgence of Maori culture during the twentieth century.

(Replay Radio TBA)

Download: MP3 (duration: 47′36″)

2009

Recorded at Parliament House, the 2009 Waitangi Rua Rau Tau lecture is delivered by historian Dr Alan Ward.

His lecture is subtitled "a social democrat's perspective on the Treaty of Waitangi", and Dr Ward argues that identifying and redressing the historical, political and economic causes of Maori disadvantage was a necessary first step, and how in the future, the ideals of the Treaty could enable us all to move forward together.

(Replay Radio TBA)

Download: MP3 (duration: 44′34″)

Waitangi Rua Rau Tau Lecture 2010

Dr Ihakara Puketapu explores in a very informal session different perspectives on Maori self-determination, focusing on his Waiwhetu Marae in Lower Hutt. Along with the discussion of big ideas such as the establishment of a Treaty of Waitangi Congress, a new website is launched. It aims to provide a Maori version of the social networking site Facebook.

Download: MP3 (duration: 46′10″)