Treaty research
Treaty material is geographically rich but uses several different kinds of mapped areas: inquiry districts, claimant areas of interest, statutory acknowledgement areas, overlay areas, redress properties, RFR land and official geographic-name changes.
They are not one interchangeable Treaty boundary layer.
Start with the source type
- Find a settlement and its documents
- Read deed attachments and plans
- Statutory acknowledgements and overlay areas
- RFR and commercial redress land
- Treaty settlement geographic names
- Settlement legislation as spatial evidence
- Map Treaty material without collapsing different areas
For Tribunal evidence/research reports see Waitangi Tribunal research.
Last reviewed: 26 August 2026