The Treaties

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Title

The Treaties

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Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Collection

Te Papa Collections Online

Description

Here, Emily Karaka uses the concept of sacrifice to explore three key agreements in New Zealand’s history. Three panels each feature a crucified figure and one of the three deeds: the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi (New Zealand’s founding agreement between the Crown and Māori); the 1952 Anzus defence pact between Australia, New Zealand, and the US; and the 1977 Gleneagles Agreement opposing sporting contacts with apartheid-era South Africa. These three documents – ‘meant to protect’, as Emily Karaka...

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Image

Date created

1984

Creator

Emily Karaka

URL

https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/39931

Related subjects

paintings / Auckland

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