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Kōrero: Kāwanatanga – Māori engagement with the state

Ko Te Whakaputanga o te Rangatiratanga, i te tau 1835

Topa mai kia pānui i ngā kōrero o He Whakaputanga o te Rangatiratanga i tāia e James Busby. E 35 ngā rangatira i haina i tēnei whakaaetanga ki Waitangi i te tau 1835. Kīhai i whakamōhiotia ngā rangatira haina he aha ngā tino kupu o te whakaputanga. E rua ngā take matua o te whakaputanga, arā: he whenua motuhake a Aotearoa nō te Māori i raro anō i te maru o te kīngi o Ingarangi. Tuarua, e mea ana te wāhanga tuarua o te whakaputanga, kāore ngā rangatira i te whakaae ki tētahi kāwanatanga atu, arā ’function of government’, hāunga anō ērā ka whakaaetia e ngā rangatira. I roto i te wāhanga reo Māori ko te kāwanatanga anō te kupu i whakamahia mō te 'function of government'.

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Archives New Zealand - Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga

Reference: IA9 1

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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/zoomify/37432/ko-te-whakaputanga-o-te-rangatiratanga-i-te-tau-1835 (accessed 27 June 2026).

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