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New Zealand's Waitangi Treaty
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Article 3
Gives Māori people full rights and protections as British subjects.
Hobson's Proclamation
Issued by Lieutenant-Governor Hobson on February 1, 1840, declaring British sovereignty over the North Island by treaty and the South Island by discovery.
Treaty Signing Date
The Treaty was first signed on February 6, 1840.
He Whakaputanga
Declaration of Independence of New Zealand (1835) by the United Tribes, recognized by the British Crown, is considered a precursor to the Treaty of Waitangi.
Preamble
Explains the reasons for the Treaty: to establish a government to maintain peace and order, to recognize Māori ownership of their lands, and to set up a framework for British settlement.
Principles of the Treaty
Not detailed in the Treaty text itself, but later defined by the Waitangi Tribunal to include partnership, protection, and participation.
Article 1
The Chiefs of the Confederation and all the Chiefs who have not joined that Confederation give absolutely to the Queen of England forever the complete government over their land.
Article 2
Confirms and guarantees to the Chiefs full exclusive and undisturbed possession of their Lands and Estates Forests Fisheries and other properties. The Crown also gives the Chiefs the right to sell their land to the Crown at a price agreed upon by the two parties.
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