Claudia Orange is the Practice Leader Research at the Museum of New
Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, having previously headed the museum's
History and Pacific Cultures section.
She was General Editor of the multi-volume, award-winning
Dictionary of New Zealand Biography from 1990 to 2003. She was also
Acting Chief Historian from 1997 to 2000 in the History Group of
the Department of Internal Affairs, and then 2002-2003 was Senior
Historian in Te Ara, the online Encyclopedia of New Zealand in the
Ministry for Culture and Heritage.
She has produced several works on the Treaty of Waitangi - from the
award-winning Treaty of Waitangi (1987) to An Illustrated History
of the Treaty of Waitangi (2004). She has written widely on early
New Zealand history and on twentieth century race relations, and
was foundation chair of the National Oral History Association of
New Zealand (NOHANZ).
Dr Claudia Orange was appointed the OBE in 1993, received the
University of Auckland's Distinguished Alumni Award in 1997, and
was awarded the honour of Distinguished Companion of the Order of
New Zealand in 2009.
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