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The Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975 introduced the phrase principles of the Treaty of Waitangi.It is found twice in the long title of the Act, in the preamble, and also in Section 6(1) which provides for the Waitangi Tribunal to inquire into claims by Maori that they are prejudicially affected by Crown acts (or omissions) that are inconsistent with the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi.
Treaty to establish a British Governor of New Zealand, consider Māori ownership of their lands and other properties, and give Māori the rights of British subjects. Drafted. 4–5 February 1840 by William Hobson with the help of his secretary, James Freeman, and British Resident James Busby. Signed.
The Treaty of Waitangi was written in English and translated into the Māori language (Te Reo). As some words in the English treaty did not translate directly into the written Māori of the time, this text is not an exact translation of the English text, such as in relation to the meaning of having and ceding sovereignty.
The Littlewood Treaty Document, also known as the Littlewood Document, is an English language version of the text of the Treaty of Waitangi that was rediscovered in 1989. It is dated 4 February 1840, which led to speculation that it is the final English draft of the Treaty that Lieutenant Governor William Hobson gave to Henry Williams on the ...
The Waitangi Tribunal (Māori: Te Rōpū Whakamana i te Tiriti o Waitangi) is a New Zealand permanent commission of inquiry established under the Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975. It is charged with investigating and making recommendations on claims brought by Māori relating to actions or omissions of the Crown, in the period largely since 1840 ...
Section 9 read, "9. Treaty of Waitangi — Nothing in this Act shall permit the Crown to act in a manner that is inconsistent with the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi." [3] Section 27 concerned land transferred under the Act which was subject to a Waitangi Tribunal claim prior to the Governor-General's assent of the Act, 18 December 1986. [4]
1996. v. t. e. The Waikato Raupatu Claims Settlement Act 1995 is an act of the New Zealand Parliament passed into law in 1995. It was the first act implementing a major historical Treaty of Waitangi settlement since the Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975 was amended in 1985 to allow the Waitangi Tribunal to investigate historic breaches of the treaty. [1]
In 2010, the Waitangi Tribunal began hearing Ngāpuhi's claim that sovereignty was not ceded in their signing of the Treaty of Waitangi. [14] The Tribunal, in their Te Paparahi o te Raki inquiry (Wai 1040) [15] [16] is in the process of considering the Māori and Crown understandings of the declaration and the treaty. That aspect of the inquiry ...