Treaty of Waitangi
The Treaty of Waitangi, Māori: te Tiriti o Waitangi, was a treaty that was signed on 6 February 1840 at Waitangi, New Zealand. It was signed by European settlers and by Māori chiefs. It is widely considered to be a founding document of New Zealand.[1] The Treaty of Waitangi marked the start of the official domination of New Zealand by Great Britain.[2] The legal status and modern relevance of the treaty has been at a disagreement for a long time. [2] The day on which the Treaty of Waitangi was signed, 6 February, is the National Day of New Zealand.[3]
Contents/Terms
The Treaty of Waitangi was created to establish some form of peace between the Maori people of New Zealand and the Pakeha peoples of various European empires. Many terms in the treaty grant the Maori people rights to land, both in matters of guardianship and of yield.
Effects
After the Treaty of Waitangi was officially enacted, many disputes over peacekeeping between different ethnicities and cultures of New Zealand persisted; yet both the Maori people and the Pakeha peoples remained negatively affected by some issues. In recent times, some portions of the Treaty of Waitangi have been reviewed, possibly taking away some rights from both of the main ethnic groups of New Zealand.[4]
Treaty Of Waitangi Media
Captain William Hobson
Rev Henry Williams, who translated the treaty into Māori with the help of his son Edward Marsh Williams.
A later reconstruction in a painting by Marcus King, depicting Tāmati Wāka Nene in the act of signing. Hobson is incorrectly shown in full uniform (he was actually wearing civilian clothing).[5]
The location of Waitangi within New Zealand
Lord and Lady Bledisloe announce the gift of land and Treaty House at Waitangi to the nation in 1932
Winston Peters (founder of the New Zealand First Party), who has campaigned for the removal of references to the Treaty of Waitangi from New Zealand Law
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References
- ↑ The Democracy Sourcebook, eds. Robert Alan Dahl; Ian Shapiro; José Antônio Cheibub, (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2003), p. 242, n. 70
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 A. H. Angelo, Constitutional Law in New Zealand (Alphen aan den Rijn, The Netherlands: Kluwer Law International; Frederick, MD: Aspen Publishers, 2011.), p. 16
- ↑ Waitangi Day (5 August 2014)Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
- ↑ Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill 94-1 (2024), Government Bill Contents – New Zealand Legislation. www.legislation.govt.nz. Retrieved 2025-11-08.
- ↑ King 2003, p. 163.
Other websites
- Full Text of the Treaty of Waitangi in English and in Maori Archived 2013-11-01 at the Wayback Machine
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