02/05/2026
Trick or Treaty, 'War, Land, Honour, Peace? The Treaty of Waitangi as a myth of reversal. The 1861 Proclamation of War, an aberration or the shape of things to come?' and other essays.
by Peter Cleave
ISBN number
978-0-9941398-9-4
Campus Press
37a Tiller Close
Palmerston North
Contents
Introduction
The Treaty of Waitangi and the attention given to it in the 2020s and the mid 1860s is the topic of the first essay in this collection.
Different lines of study are found in other papers.
‘Whenua maa wai…’ is about the environment and ‘Kei Hea Te Reo? Where is the Language’ concerns endangered and other languages.
‘Said, Heard, Written, Read’ is about ways of knowing.
‘The Algorithmic State: History’ and Theory’, and ‘Crystals of Data…’ are discussions, about what is known as ‘tech’,
‘Keys’ is a study of relationships,
Peter Cleave
Kelvin Grove
October, 2025
Chapters
1 'War, Land, Honour, Peace?...The Treaty of Waitangi as a myth of reversal. The 1861 Proclamation of War, an aberration or the shape of things to come?'
2024
2 Whenua maa wai; he kootiti i eetahi koorero Land by water; a walk through some conversations
2011
3 Kei Hea Te Reo? Where is the Language?
2018
4 Said, Heard, Written, Read
2010
5 The Algorithmic State: History and Theory
2021
6 Crystals of data
2025
7 Keys
2025