TREATY 2 U

From July through to October the Museum of Wellington will be home to TREATY 2 U, a touring exhibition that tells the stories of our nation’s founding document, the Treaty of Waitangi.

TREATY 2 U explores the events that led up to the Treaty, from first contact between Maori and Pakeha, to the lengthy debate that occurred the night before signing. The exhibition explains what is written in the documents and the crucial differences between the Maori and English versions. Visitors to the exhibition will be able to view replicas of the original nine Treaty documents and follow the documents’ journeys during1840 as more signatures were sought. At the Museum of Wellington visitors will learn about the Wellington area claims and uncover ‘the price of Wellington’.

TREATY 2 U aims to show that despite controversy over the years, the Treaty of Waitangi continues to help New Zealanders understand the past, make sense of the present, and build for the future.

TREATY 2 U Touring Exhibition created by the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o Te Käwanatanga, and the National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Mätauranga o Aotearoa.