We’re pleased to announce the Party is offering another round of Te Tiriti o Waitangi Training. This will be a basic training covering:

• Historical context
• The Declaration of Independence
• Comparing the texts
• The primacy of te reo Māori text

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 http://www.networkwaitangiwhangarei.org.nz/