Te Tiriti o Waitangi has rarely been far from headlines this year. The Treaty Principles Bill prompted 300,000 written submissions and November’s hīkoi was one of the largest protests Parliament has seen.

For the past decade, leading international lawyer Philippe Sands (The Last Colony) has been involved in the landmark case that secured the recognition of Mauritian sovereignty over the Chagos archipelago, thus ending Britain’s colonial rule in Africa.

Aroha Harris (Te Rarawa, Ngāpuhi) is a leading Māori scholar, editor of Maranga! Maranga! Maranga! and a former Waitangi Tribunal member.

Claire Charters (Ngāti Whakaue, Tuwharetoa, Ngāpuhi, Tainui) speaks around the globe on international and constitutional law and Indigenous peoples.

They discuss the living history of colonial rule, and the realities and complexities of the legal side of decolonisation efforts with Max Harris.