why the Treaty of Waitangi remains such a ‘bloody difficult subject’
- Written by: Bain Munro Attwood, Professor of History, Monash University
Artist's impression of the signing of te Tiriti o Waitangi in 1840.Getty ImagesThe Treaty of Waitangi, the influential historian Ruth Ross (1920-1982) remarked in 1972, is “a bloody difficult subject”. She should have known – she devoted most of her working life to trying to make sense of it, especially the text in te reo...
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