Te Tiriti o Waitangi (in English, the Treaty of Waitangi), New Zealand’s founding document, was meant to be a partnership between Māori and the British Crown. Although it was intended to …

Te Tiriti o Waitangi (the Treaty of Waitangi) was a written agreement made in 1840 between the British Crown (the monarch) and more than 500 Māori chiefs. After that, New Zealand became …

Most Māori chiefs signed the Māori-language version of the treaty at Waitangi on 6 February 1840 or later in the north and at Auckland. A recent translation of the articles of the Māori version …

The 1840 Treaty of Waitangi was meant to be a partnership between Māori and the British Crown. Māori were promised possession of their lands, forests and fisheries for as long as they …

In the late 20th century judges, the government and the Waitangi Tribunal began to hammer out the principles of te Tiriti o Waitangi / the Treaty of Waitangi. The treaty is deemed to bind …

Treaty of Waitangi. In 1840 the Treaty of Waitangi was signed by a much larger number of chiefs, including many of those who had signed the 1835 declaration. The Māori text of the first article …

Te Tiriti o Waitangi / the Treaty of Waitangi, signed in 1840 between Māori and the British Crown, is not itself law, but since 1975 many New Zealand laws have referred to the principles of the …

In 1973 Ngā Tamatoa members wore black armbands, to signify mourning for the loss of Māori land, at Waitangi Day celebrations. Common refrains were ‘Honour the treaty’ and ‘The treaty …

The treaty signed at Waitangi on 6 February 1840 was an agreement between the British Crown and Māori chiefs. It paved the way for British immigration to New Zealand and for a national …

In the late 20th century judges, the government and the Waitangi Tribunal began to hammer out the principles of te Tiriti o Waitangi / the Treaty of Waitangi. The treaty is deemed to bind …