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The Treaty of Waitangi (Māori: Te Tiriti o Waitangi), ... [150] [157] Simultaneously, Māori rights over fisheries (guaranteed in article 2 of the treaty) ...
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.
The bill would redefine the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi. The bill was introduced in November 2024 by the right-wing coalition government as a key policy goal of David Seymour (leader of the libertarian ACT party). Seymour rejected the idea that the Treaty of Waitangi was a partnership between the New Zealand Crown and Māori iwi. He ...
The Treaty of Waitangi established a nation state and covered issues such as land and cultural rights, as well as Maori relations with authorities. Though not a legal document, some principles of ...
The Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975 introduced the phrase "principles of the Treaty of Waitangi". It is found twice in the long title, in the preamble, and in Section 6(1), which provides for the Waitangi Tribunal to inquire into claims by Māori that they are prejudicially affected by Crown acts (or omissions) that are inconsistent with the principles of the treaty. [2]
Here the phrase is highlighted as it appears in the printed copies of the Treaty of Waitangi, as part of article two (ko te tuarua). Tino rangatiratanga is a Māori language term that translates literally to 'highest chieftainship' or 'unqualified chieftainship', but is also translated as "absolute sovereignty" or "self-determination," is ...
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 ]
The "Littlewood Treaty": An Appraisal of Texts and Interpretations (PDF). Treaty of Waitangi Research Unit, Stout Research Centre for New Zealand Studies, Victoria University of Wellington. Parkinson, Phil (2006). "Preserved in the Archives of the Colony": The English Drafts of the Treaty of Waitangi (PDF). New Zealand Association for ...