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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]
Te Tiriti o Waitangi - The Treaty of Waitangi is not a single large sheet of paper but a group of nine documents: seven on paper and two on parchment. Together they represent an agreement drawn up between representatives of the British Crown on the one hand and representatives of Māori iwi and hapū on the other.
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.
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.
A Waitangi Tribunal report warned that if the bill was passed, it would represent the worst breach of the treaty in modern times, potentially leading to the end of the treaty itself.
6 February — Hōne Heke is the first to sign the Treaty of Waitangi at the Bay of Islands. [11] 19 February — French settlers under the command of Captain C. Lavaud, unaware of the Treaty of Waitangi, depart France in the L’Aube on their way to Akaroa. [12] (see 1838) 1 March — Governor Hobson suffers a stroke.
The Treaty of Waitangi Amendment Act 1985 enabled the Waitangi Tribunal to investigate claims of breaches of the Treaty of Waitangi going back to 1840, and to settle grievances. [198] The Fourth Labour Government revolutionised New Zealand's foreign policy, making the country a nuclear-free zone and effectively withdrawing from the ANZUS ...