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Te Tiriti o Waitangi (Treaty of Waitangi), was signed on 6 February 1840 (this day is now a public holiday in New Zealand). The agreement, written in Māori and English, was made between the
Before declaring the annexation of New Zealand, Hobson went through a process of discussion with the northern chiefs from which emerged the Treaty of Waitangi (February 1840). Under the treaty the Māori ceded kāwanatanga (translated as “sovereignty” but its meaning is much debated) to the ...
Waitangi Day: New Zealand. This commemorates the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840 between the indigenous Maoris of New Zealand and the European colonists, providing for British sovereignty in exchange for guaranteed possession by the Maoris of their lands. ...
Dame Claudia Orange rose to prominence when she published The Treaty of Waitangi in 1987, which quickly became a best seller. The book has now gone through several editions, including illustrated versions. I had the privilege and pleasure of speaking with her about her story and the history of...
Podcasts are now easily reachable from the “circled-I” menu on the left-hand side of the toolbar. Optional readings are now provided for Waitangi Day in New Zealand. Universalis v3.138(Old Version) ► Updated: December 12, 2024
Law, Sovereignty and History in a Divided Culture: The Case of New Zealand and the Treaty of Waitangi This article examines the politics in New Zealand arising from the revivification of the Treaty of Waitangi. It considers the legal and historiographical conse-quences that follow the redefinitio...
4. The best known internationally of all Maori traditions is thehaka, a dance often performed to terrify the enemy and to prepare warriors for battle. 5. The Treaty of Waitangi was an instrument designed to bring law and order to the trading settlements and to protect Maori rights in dealing...
The Waitangi Tribunal itself has accepted the principle that communal memory holds knowledge that can be found in no other way. In its landmark Muriwhenua report in 1997, the tribunal wrote that its “greater concern” was not so much “with the vagaries of oral tradition, but with the powe...
[3] Only partial compensation for these reserves have been included in the historic claims to Māori in recent decades, being settled through the Treaty of Waitangi Land Claims. Waikokopu Harbour, 1931. NZ Free Lance Alexander Turnbull Library, Ref. PAC-5469-053 The small community settled the...