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
[change | change source]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
[change | change source]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]
Related pages
[change | change source]References
[change | change source]- ↑ The Democracy Sourcebook, eds. Robert Alan Dahl; Ian Shapiro; José Antônio Cheibub, (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2003), p. 242, n. 70
- 1 2 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". Ministry for Culture and Heritage. 5 August 2014. 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.
Other websites
[change | change source]- Full Text of the Treaty of Waitangi in English and in Maori Archived 2013-11-01 at the Wayback Machine
