Handshake between Tāmati Wāka Nene and William Hobson
Designer
Percy Metcalfe
The Waitangi crown is a commemorative crown coin struck in 1935 by the British Royal Mint for the Dominion of New Zealand to commemorate the 1840 signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, often seen as New Zealand's founding constitutional document. It was the first five-shilling piece minted of the New Zealand pound and the nation's first coin minted primarily for collectors. Following the rejection of designs by James Berry and George Kruger Gray, Royal Mint designer Percy Metcalfe (who had also designed the bust of George V on the coin's obverse) was commissioned to design the reverse. Design disagreements plagued the production of the crown, and only an extremely small mintage of 1,128 (including 468 proofs) was struck and distributed to collectors. Released to muted media coverage and a general lack of interest in coin collecting during the economic aftermath of the Great Depression, the coin has become heavily sought by collectors of New Zealand coinage. Regularly selling for thousands of dollars, one pattern issue of the coin auctioned at over $70,000 USD, becoming the most expensive New Zealand coin ever sold.
The Waitangicrown is a commemorative crown coin struck in 1935 by the British Royal Mint for the Dominion of New Zealand to commemorate the 1840 signing...
The Treaty of Waitangi (Māori: Te Tiriti o Waitangi), sometimes referred to as Te Tiriti, is a document of central importance to the history of New Zealand...
Waitangi (Māori: Te Tiriti o Waitangi) have been a significant feature of New Zealand politics since the Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975 and the Waitangi...
actions or omissions of the Crown, in the period largely since 1840, that breach the promises made in the Treaty of Waitangi. The Tribunal is not a court...
1840—of the Treaty of Waitangi. The Treaty of Waitangi was an agreement towards British sovereignty by representatives of the Crown and indigenous Māori...
the five-shilling piece or crown, was produced solely through three commemorative issues. The first issue, the Waitangicrown, was produced in extremely...
6(1) which provides for the Waitangi Tribunal to inquire into claims by Maori that they are prejudicially affected by Crown acts (or omissions) that are...
Three commemorative crowns were minted: the Waitangicrown in 1935, a crown to commemorate a proposed royal visit in 1940, and a crown to commemorate the...
The Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975 gave the Treaty of Waitangi recognition in New Zealand law for the first time and established the Waitangi Tribunal. The...
television comedy. Waitangi Day, New Zealand's national holiday, commemorates the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi between the British Crown and representatives...
claims and settlements related to the Treaty of Waitangi, professor of history Alan Ward defines the Crown as "the people of New Zealand—including Māori...
for the British Crown with the consent of Māori chiefs. The resultant Treaty of Waitangi was signed on 6 February 1840, at Waitangi in the Bay of Islands...
entering circulation. With the Waitangicrown's release largely regarded as a failure, the 1940 Centennial half-crown was produced in far larger quantities...
treaties between the Crown and Canada's First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples, who, like the Māori and the Treaty of Waitangi in New Zealand, generally...
The Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations, otherwise known as the Treaty Negotiations Minister or the Minister of Treaty Negotiations, is a minister...
bodies. In June 1986, the Waitangi Tribunal received the Wai 26 claim that the Treaty of Waitangi was breached by the Crown proceeding to introduce legislation...
the Treaty of Waitangi: In the English text of Article 1 of the treaty, the Māori signatories cede their sovereignty to the British Crown. For the Māori...
biography, specialising in Māori history, the Treaty of Waitangi and the early period of Crown rule. Moon holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in history and...
in this Act shall permit the Crown to act in a manner that is inconsistent with the Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi". The government had proposed...
sovereign independence of New Zealand prior to the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840. On 28 October 1835, with James Busby, the British Resident in...
position represented at Waitangi Tribunal hearings; and Advise on the acquisition, management, transfer and disposal of Crown-owned property for Treaty...
association" and to submit to the representatives of the Crown. As of October 2010, the Waitangi Tribunal began investigating the claim by Ngāpuhi that...
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