We are pleased to be holding more Te Tiriti o Waitangi training this year! This year we will have a beginner’s training (Te Tiriti 101), and a secondary, more specialised training (Te Tiriti 102) for people who already have some Te Tiriti training and knowledge under their belt. 

Te Tiriti 101 will be held on Sunday 5 May, 1-5pm, and an alternate session Saturday 11 May, 9am-1pm. These are repeat sessions, and you only need to attend one of them (not both). The training will cover:

• Historical context
• The Declaration of Independence
• Comparing the texts
• The primacy of te reo Maori text
• The Principles and Referendum

Te Tiriti 102 will be held on Saturday 18 May 1-5pm and will cover:

• Processes and effects of colonisation
• The claims settlement process/kaupapa enquiries
• Current context and issues
• Implementing te Tiriti
• Green response to Matike Mai

You can RSVP for Sunday 05 May (Te Tiriti 101 alternate session) here, and Saturday 18 May (Te Tiriti 102) here. 

Moea Armstrong will be facilitating the training. Moea is a fifth generation Pākeha with a passion for celebrating the peaceful promise of the Treaty, and working toward healthy cultural relationships in Aotearoa, through addressing our historical legacy. Moea has been a member of the Green Party since 2000, and was Party Co-Convenor from 2007-2010. She has facilitated Tiriti and anti-racism workshops in Te Tai Tokerau since 1991; worked as a journalist with both mainstream and iwi media; and was a resource management planner for Ngatiwai Trust Board.

She is a member of Network Waitangi Whangarei, co-publishers of Treaty of Waitangi: Questions & Answers, Ngapuhi Speaks, 2012, and State of the Pakeha Nation, collected speeches and essays. All available from nwwhangarei.wordpress.com.

Moea aims to create a safe learning environment to enable full and free discussion of the issues raised. Participants are involved in activity- based learning techniques, and independent resource material is provided.