Blowing the dust off NZ’s ‘founding documents’ reveals the hold they still have on today’s Treaty debate
- Written by Paul Moon, Professor of History, Auckland University of Technology
Getty ImagesThere is power in paper. Anyone who denies the potency of history’s dusty documents needs only look at the current incendiary debates over proposed legislation tackling the “principles” of the Treaty of Waitangi.
Documents may be static and mute, but they are able to sculpt opinions and provoke actions. And there are...





