From 'The Treaty & Me' to 'Te Tiriti & We'

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 Ngaire Rae will talk about becoming a Pākehā Tiriti Ally in the Workplace, with reference to her recently submitted PhD thesis. In her study, Ngaire interviewed seven Pākehā leaders working in the health system about their experiences advocating for and implementing Te Tiriti-based action.

Ngaire is a Whangārei local and long-time educator with Network Waitangi Whangārei. She is currently secretary for STIR: Stop Institutional Racism, deputy chair of Foundation North, and chair of Waka Ama NZ, a sport she is passionate about.

MC Sir Chris Farrelly is a well-known local Health & Community Development advocate

This session will also run from 12-2pm on 31 October at Whangārei Library. A NZ Sign language interpreter will be interpreting the lunchtime session only.


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

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

14 Nov: The Treaty Principles Bill and its Context - Values and Action
Speaker: Max Harris – Barrister, campaigner, with a PhD in constitutional law, former United Nations Development Programme consultant and author of The New Zealand Project.
MC: Ngaire Rae, Whangārei-based Tiriti Educator