Waitangi Rua Rautau Lectures

In this second talk for 2018, June Northcroft Grant traces the story of two of the notable personalities associated with guiding at Whakarewarewa Village (where the lecture is being given) in the 19th… Read more Audio

Dr Kim Workman explores the historical background to why Maori imprisonment rates are high and still rising, and considers what the alternatives to our current approaches are. Read more Audio

The Honourable Dame Tariana Turia, former Cabinet Minister and founder of the Maori Party, and Dr Gareth Morgan, economist and founder of the Opportunities Party, present the 2017 Waitangi Rua Rautau… Read more Audio

The 2017 Waitangi Rua Rautau lecturers  delivered by the former Cabinet Minister and founder of the Maori Party Dame Tariana Turia  and Dr Gareth Morgan, economist and Founder of the Opportunities… Read more Audio

The Hon. Mrs Steve Chadwick, Mayor of Rotorua presents the 13th annual Waitangi Rua Rautau lecture. Audio

Rt Hon Dame Jenny Shipley and Bishop Te Kitohi Pikaahu provide political and religious perspectives on the different responses of the Government and the Anglican Church to the Treaty of Waitangi, with… Read more Audio

The Waitangi Rua Rautau lecture 2014 delivered by Law commissioner and former Cabinet Minister, the Hon. Dr Wayne Mapp. He's introduced by another former MP, Luamanuvao Winnie Laban. Dr. Mapp review… Read more Audio

Ian McKinnon explores the role of education in creating a society comfortable with cross-cultural difference; and Dame Iritana Tawhiwhirangi provides a personal survey of the evolution of the Maori… Read more Audio

In the 2012 instalment of the annual Waitangi Rua Rautau Lecture series, Professor Sir Paul Callaghan and Associate Professor Hon. Luamanuvao Winnie Laban explore Pakeha and Samoan perspectives about… Read more Audio

In this most recent instalment in the annual Waitangi Rua Rautau Lecture series, Sir Douglas Kidd explores the change in the way the legal profession has viewed the Treaty of Waitangi, and proposes a… Read more Audio

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… Read more Audio

The 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… Read more Audio

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… Read more Audio

Sir Howard Morrison  draws on the whakatauki of  Ngati Tarawhai and Ngati Whakaue orator, linguist, soldier and historian Kepa Ehau as he presents the fourth lecture in the series aimed at monitoring… Read more

Sir Howard Morrison presents the 2006 Waitangi Rua Rautau lecture. Audio

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… Read more Audio