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Ka takahia te huarahi e Mike King ki te kimi kōrero mo te Tiriti o Waitangi, ko wai mā i haina, ko wai mā kaare i haina.
Mike King takes to the road to discover why some people signed the Treaty of Waitangi and others chose not to.
During his road trip he discovers there is more than one version of the Treaty of Waitangi, there are in fact nine surviving copies.
This week Mike King tracks the Bay of Plenty or Fedarb-Māori language copy of the treaty. 26 signatures are collected from Tauranga, Whakatāne, Ōpōtiki, Torere and Te Kaha from May 22-June 19, 1840 by trader James Fedarb.
Don Stafford: Rotorua Historian.
Timi Te Heuheu: Descendant of Mananui Te Heuheu.
Dr Paul Tapsell: Ohinemutu Village-Rotorua.
Roy Fedarb: Relative of James Fedarb.
7 signatures are secured at Ōpōtiki.
Ti Riaki Amoamo: Descendant of Aporotanga and Rangihaerepō.
3 new moko are added at Torere and another 4 from Te Kaha.
Whakatane tupuna add another 12 signatures to the document on June 16, 1840.
Professor Hirini Mead: Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Awa.
Joe Mason: Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Awa.
Tamati Kruger: Tūhoe spokesman.