Dame Joan Metge was born in 1930 and is an anthropologist who's renowned for her work promoting cross-cultural awareness. She has published significant books and articles and, in 2006, won the third Asia-Pacific Mediation Forum Peace Prize.
The Treaty of Waitangi takes its name from the place in the Bay of Islands where it was first signed, on 6 February 1840. The Treaty is an agreement, written in Māori and in English, that was made between the British Crown and about 540 Māori rangatira (chiefs).
