Treaty of Waitangi Skills focuses on the past, present and future aspects of the treaty but from a Skills perspective. For example: ' Understanding what a treaty is ' Analysing historic paintings ' Describing different perspectives such as clashes between two cultures ' Interpreting official documents ' Explaining what a tribunal does ' Comparing such as some of the Treaty settlements ' Examining resources such as cartoons ' Evaluating the importance of national monuments such as the Treaty House ' Drawing conclusions such as the creation of the Treaty Principles of today ' Allocating relevance such as the Treaty in society today ' Thinking about the future such as the place of the Treaty in NZ society in the future ' Enlarging ideas such as the Treaty on the international stage.