Claudia Orange

Dame

Claudia Orange

DNZM OBE CRSNZ
Dame; Claudia Orange; DNZM OBE CRSNZ
	Orange in 2017
Born	Claudia Josepha Bell; 17 April 1938; Auckland, New Zealand
Alma mater	University of Auckland
Spouse	Rod Orange
Children	Three
	Scientific career
Fields	New Zealand history
Theses	A kind of equality: Labour and the Maori people 1935–1949 (1977); The Treaty of Waitangi: a study of its making, interpretation and role in New Zealand history (1984);
Doctoral advisor	Keith Sinclair

Dame Claudia Josepha Orange DNZM OBE CRSNZ (née Bell, born 17 April 1938) is a New Zealand historian best known for her 1987 book The Treaty of Waitangi, which won 'Book of the Year' at the Goodman Fielder Wattie Book Award in 1988.

Since 2013 she has been the head of research at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa in Wellington, where she was previously the director of collections and research. In 2018 she was made a Companion of the Royal Society Te Apārangi in recognition of her service to the humanities.

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