Waitangi Day Events At The National Library

The National Library is hosting a range of events to commemorate Waitangi Day this year.

Commemorate this Waitangi Day by visiting He Tohu. The He Tohu exhibition, on the ground floor of the library on Molesworth Street in Wellington, will be open from 9am to 5pm on Monday 6 February 2023. He Tohu houses Te Tiriti o Waitangi, He Whakaputanga – the 1835 Declaration of Independence and the 1893 Women’s Suffrage Petition.

He Tohu is a joint exhibition by Archives New Zealand and the National Library. Entry is free.

On Waitangi Day, you can also take part in a te reo Māori pronunciation workshop (12 midday), go on a bilingual tour (11am and 1pm), dress up in historical costumes, make your own treaty, or join us to create a huge timeline of events that have shaped Aotearoa (10am and 3pm).

Join our kaiārahi for 30-minute tours of this multi-award-winning exhibition or take a self-guided audio tour around the ground floor of the National Library.

Tour times for Monday 6 February:

• From 10am until 4pm — Tours begin on the hour and half hour
• 11am and 1pm — Bilingual tours
• Audio tours are available in 11 languages including NZ sign language

To arrange a group tour from March 2023 onward, email contact@hetohu.nz or phone 04 470 4541.

Other National Library events include:

- Commemorate Waitangi Day

- Tea and tours: The long waves of our ocean/He Tohu tour

- E oho! The English text of the Treaty of Waitangi

- E oho! Te Tiriti o Waitangi and the church

Entry to the National Library is free. Due to COVID-19, some events can be cancelled or postponed at very short notice. Please check the website for updated information. For more information, please visit He Tohu (natlib.govt.nz)

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