Hear a kōrero with Vincent O'Malley about He Whakaputanga and the Treaty of Waitangi.
"Well, even today people debate what the Crown is."
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He Tohu is a permanent exhibition of 3 iconic constitutional documents that shape Aotearoa New Zealand.
The documents are:
* 1835 He Whakaputanga o te Rangatiratanga o Nu Tireni - Declaration of Independence of the United Tribes of New Zealand
* 1840 Te Tiriti o Waitangi - Treaty of Waitangi
* 1893 Women’s Suffrage Petition - Te Petihana Whakamana Pōti Wahine
He Tohu is presented by Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga and the National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, both of which are part of the Department of Internal Affairs.