Waitangi Day 2010: Treaty of Waitangi is a Living
Document
“As we mark the 170th anniversary of the
signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, the hope is that New
Zealanders continue to consider the Treaty as a living
document,” says NZ National Commission for UNESCO
chairman, Bryan Gould.
“New Zealanders should continue
to learn about the Treaty and what it means for our country
and future.”
Last year the commission launched a Treaty
of Waitangi web resource that has been a popular resource
for New Zealanders.
The commission’s Social Science sub
commission works closely with the Human Rights Commission to
explore and document connections between international human
rights agendas and issues raised by the Treaty – including
the relevance of the Treaty for people of different
ethnicities – in Aotearoa New Zealand.
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