Whare Taonga - Te Tiriti o Waitangi

These are the things our grandchildren should be aware of. In order to retain these buildings and monument, we must never forget the treasures of remembrance. They are very important.

– Emma Gibbs-Smith on Te Tii Marae and the monument at Waitangi, at the end of this episode

That's the nature of this marae. It's relevant to us all as a place of significance for Te Tiriti o Waitangi and the 1835 Declaration of Independence. This is the right place to discuss it. It was previously referred to as the Māori Parliament.

– Kingi Taurua on the importance of marae Te Whare Rūnanga

As local iwi we get nothing from that place. All we can do is look wistfully at that treasure of ours.

– Kingi Taurua explains the confiscation of land from local iwi after the burning down of James Busby's house, near the end of this episode

The footprints of our ancestors are imprinted here.

– Kingi Taurua on Waitangi

Those carvings represent the chiefs who lived here and deliberated over the 1835 covenant and the Treaty of Waitangi. Therefore, it's a sacred place where chiefs had spent time deliberating whether the Treaty of Waitangi was just or not.

– Kingi Taurua discusses the carvings surrounding Te Tii Marae and the monument, early in this documentary

The land that was returned in 1839 was just a small portion of what was stolen, which has remained a contentious issue for Māori.

– Narrator Piripi Taylor on small pieces of land being returned to iwi by missionaries