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Kōrero: Kāwanatanga – Māori engagement with the state

Ko Te Tiriti o Waitangi, i te tau 1840

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Te Tiriti o Waitangi, 1840

Koinei te kape tūturu o te Tiriti o Waitangi. E 40 ngā rangatira o te Tai Tokerau nā rātou i haina te Tiriti i te 6 o Pēpuere i te tau 1840. (Arā atu ngā rangatira nā rātou i haina tēnei kape o te tiriti i muri mai). E rua ngā putanga o te kupu kāwanatanga i te kupu whakataki o te tiriti, tuatahi, mō 'Sovereign Authority' me 'Civil Government'. Kei te wāhanga tuatahi o te tiriti ko 'kāwanatanga' te whakamāoritanga mō 'all the rights and powers of Sovereignty'.

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

Paul Meredith rāua ko Rawinia Higgins, Kāwanatanga – Māori engagement with the state – Defining kāwanatanga, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/37433/ko-te-tiriti-o-waitangi-i-te-tau-1840 (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Paul Meredith rāua ko Rawinia Higgins, i tāngia i te 12 June 2012, updated 1 August 2016.