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Kōrero: Nation and government

Te Tiriti o Waitangi

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The Treaty of Waitangi

I hainahia te Tiriti o Waitangi i te ono o ngā rā o Pepuere 1840. He whakataunga tēnei i tū ki waenganui i te Karauna o Ingarangi me ngā rangatira Māori. Nā tēnei i para te huarahi mō ngā Pākehā ki te whakanuku mai i ōna kaiheke ki Aotearoa me te whakatū kāwanatanga. Ko tētahi o ngā whakataunga o te tiriti he tiaki i ngā tikanga me ngā mana Māori. Nā te tiriti i takea mai ai te tikanga rua o tēnei motu, ā, nā te tiriti anō i tuku i te mana ā-ture i āhei ai te whakatūnga o te pūnaha kāwanatanga.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Archives New Zealand - Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga

Reference: IA 9/9

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

John Wilson, Nation and government – The origins of nationhood, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/document/2450/te-tiriti-o-waitangi (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā John Wilson, i tāngia i te 3 March 2009, updated 1 September 2016.