January 20, 2015
Shipley to talk on treaty gift
Former prime minister Dame Jenny Shipley and Anglican Bishop Kito Pikaahu will share the floor at Te Herenga Waka Marae in Wellington on Sunday for the 12th annual Waitangi Rua Rautau lectures.
The lectures were started in 2001 by the New Zealand Maori Council as an annual acknowledgement of improvement in ethnic relations and progress on the Treaty of Waitangi, with the aim of setting goals as to what the country should be like in 2040, the 200th anniversary of the treaty.
Past speakers have included Maori Council president Sir Graham Latimer, judges Sir Eddie Durie and Sir Rodney Gallen, academics Dame Joan Metge, Dame Anne Salmond and Whatarangi Winiata, American Ambassador Carol Moseley Braun, entertainer Sir Howard Morrison and politicians Sir Doug Kidd and Luamanuvao Winnie Laban.
Dame Jenny Shipley describes her lecture as reflections, observations and projections by an informed and committed Pakeha New Zealander on the purpose and relevance of Waitangi Day commemorations, the gift the Treaty offers and its future relevance as we continue to develop our identity as New Zealanders.
Bishop Pikaahu will talk on Te Hari a Ngapuhi or the Dance (of Joy) of Ngapuhi, 200 years of the Christian Gospel in Aotearoa New Zealand.
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