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Story: Te Tiriti o Waitangi – the Treaty of Waitangi

Kotahitanga parliament, 1897

Kotahitanga parliament, 1897

This crowd of supporters are gathered at a meeting of the Kotahitanga, a Māori parliament, at Papawai in Wairarapa in 1897. The Kotahitanga resolved that all remaining Māori land should be reserved for Māori. It also pressed for a degree of self-government on the basis of Article Two of Te Tiriti o Waitangi (the Treaty of Waitangi).

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Claudia Orange, Te Tiriti o Waitangi – the Treaty of Waitangi – Māori responses to te tiriti – 1880 to 1900, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/36369/kotahitanga-parliament-1897 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Claudia Orange, published 5 June 2012, reviewed and revised 28 March 2023 with assistance from Claudia Orange. It was translated into te reo Māori by Basil Keane.