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Treaty of Waitangi: Call for input from 'variety of voices' for revamped exhibition at Te Papa (www.rnz.co.nz)

submitted 6 months ago by AWOL_muppet@lemmy.nz to c/politics@lemmy.nz

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Now is time to change Te Papa's Treaty of Waitangi display, the museum's co-leaders say.

It comes after the museum left a defaced version of the Treaty of Waitangi on display over summer to enable "valuable conversations" about te Tiriti o Waitangi

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Te Papa said it would consult with te Tiriti experts, iwi and communities for the permanent exhibition

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The removed panel will be stored by the museum, and while no decision has been made about its future, Johnston said it was part of the exhibition's history and the story of te Tiriti o Waitangi.

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[–] liv@lemmy.nz 3 points 6 months ago

I'm wondering what solution you'd like to see?

Looks like Paul Goldsmith told Te Papa to take it down.

The display was obviously misleading/ahistorical and it was a known problem, so paying to just put a new copy of a flawed display up again would be a problematic use of taxpayer funding.

People had been writing letters of complaint, petitions, trying to liaise with Te Papa for literally years about this problem with no action taken. There were also peaceful protests about it outside, pretty sure some of them got arrested in 2021 for gluing themselves to steps.

The whole thing could have been avoided.