Lost in Translation 8 - The Waikato-Manukau and Printed Sheets (episode eight)
- Te Reo
- Documentary
- NZ History
- Māori
In this episode, Mike King follows not one but two of the nine treaty sheets — the copies of the Treaty of Waitangi signed by Māori chiefs in the 1840s. King explores the history of the two linked sheets — one in English, one in te reo. He heads to the lands of Waikato Tainui, and Manukau in South Auckland, and with treaty expert Claudia Orange, probes the mystery of why some Māori signed the English sheet. He also meets ex Waitangi Tribunal chair Joe Williams, learns about the birth of the Kīngitanga, and asks some Ngāti Tahinga people if their ancestors really knew what they were signing, all those years ago.

Photo and info on the Printed sheet, Te Ara website
Photo and info on the Waikato-Manukau sheet, Te Ara website
Read the text of the Treaty of Waitangi, NZ History website
Official website for the Waitangi Tribunal
Section on the Kīngitanga (Māori King movement), Te Ara
More on the nine sheets of the Treaty of Waitangi, NZ History
Section on the Treaty of Waitangi, Te Ara
Section on the Treaty of Waitangi, Archives New Zealand website
Read more about the treaty, NZ History website
Interview with treaty expert Claudia Orange, E-Tangata, February 2021
Extended interview with ex Waitangi Tribunal chair Joe Williams, E-Tangata, May 2021
Profile of Waikato leader Pōtatau Te Wherowhero, Te Ara
Profile of treaty supporter Robert Maunsell, Te Ara
Profile of treaty supporter William Cornwallis Symonds, Dictionary of NZ Biography













