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The Waitangi Sheet of the Treaty of Waitangi. The Treaty of Waitangi was first signed on 6 February 1840 by representatives of the British Crown and Māori chiefs from the North Island of New Zealand, with a further 500 signatures added later that year, including some from the South Island. It is one of the founding documents of New Zealand.
In order to apply the Treaty of Waitangi in a way that is relevant to the Crown and Māori in the present day, the Waitangi Tribunal and the courts must consider the broad sentiments, the intentions and the goals of the treaty, and then identify the relevant principles of the treaty on a case-by-case basis. [181]
Eventually those most vocal against the Treaty, Te Kēmara and Rewa, signed. However a short while later, Rewa dissuaded chiefs from signing te Tiriti at a hui at Manukau Harbour. Two chiefs, Marupō and Ruhe, maintained concerted and expressive speeches against te Tiriti, although both in due course signed.
From top left, clockwise: The Mexican–American War ushers in the American expansion in its western frontier, paving way for new territories (and eventually states) such as Texas and California; the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840 guarantees continued Māori sovereignty but also leads to the proclamation of the nominal Colony of New Zealand; The great auk goes extinct, as it falls ...
The document ends with, "Done at Waitangi on the 4th Feb 1840". [4] The text is virtually identical to the English text of the Treaty that James Reddy Clendon, the United States Consul to New Zealand, dispatched to the United States on 20 February 1840, except for the date at the end, which Clendon's copy had as 6 February instead of 4 February ...
A flagstaff stands on the spot where the Treaty was signed. [4] The original flagstaff was erected by the New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy just prior to the Waitangi Day celebrations of 1934. [5] The Waitangi Treaty Monument, built in circa 1880–1881 and also registered as a Category 1 heritage item, is located nearby. [6]
This article categorizes articles related to the Treaty of Waitangi and conflict between Māori and settlers. The main article for this category is Treaty of Waitangi . Subcategories
The Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975 gave the Treaty of Waitangi recognition in New Zealand law for the first time and established the Waitangi Tribunal. The tribunal was empowered to investigate possible breaches of the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi by the New Zealand Government or any state-controlled body, occurring after 1975. [ 1 ]