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 here, and Saturday 11 May 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.