The Treaty of Waitangi (Māori: Te Tiriti o Waitangi), sometimes referred to as Te Tiriti, is a document of central importance to the history of New Zealand, its constitution, and its national mythos.

The Treaty of Waitangi is New Zealand’s founding document. It takes its name from the place in the Bay of Islands where it was first signed, on 6 February 1840. The Treaty is an agreement, in Māori and English, that was made between the British Crown and …

Read the original English and te reo Māori texts of Te Tiriti o Waitangi | The Treaty of Waitangi, and a contemporary translation of the te reo Māori.

Te Tiriti o Waitangi (the Treaty of Waitangi) was a written agreement made in 1840 between the British Crown (the monarch) and more than 500 Māori chiefs. After that, New Zealand became a colony of Britain and Māori became British subjects.

New Zealand's founding document, the Treaty of Waitangi, was prepared over just a few days in February 1840. On the day that it was first signed, there were versions in English and Maori. See also a pdf version with explanatory footnotes by Professor Hugh Kawharu.

Te Tiriti o Waitangi — known in English as the Treaty of Waitangi — is a written agreement made between tangata whenua (the first peoples of Aotearoa New Zealand) and the British Crown. The Treaty is not a single large sheet of paper but a group …

Today the Te Tiriti o Waitangi (the Treaty of Waitangi) is widely accepted as a constitutional document that establishes and guides the relationship between the Crown in New Zealand (embodied by our government) and Māori. Around this time, there were 125,000 Māori and about 2000 settlers in New Zealand.

Journey back to 1932 when the Treaty House and grounds were handed to the nation. A chronology of key events in the making of the Treaty and its lasting impact on New Zealand society. Since it was signed in 1840, the Treaty has continued to exert a powerful (if sometimes subtle) influence on the national story.

Meaning of the treaty A treaty of two texts. The treaty has two texts: one in te reo Māori and one in English. Under the Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975, the Waitangi Tribunal is tasked with determining the meaning and effect of the treaty for the purposes of inquiring into Māori claims.

15 hours ago · WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — It’s often a day marked by spirited politics and at times boisterous protest. But Thursday’s anniversary of New Zealand’s founding document, the Treaty of Waitangi, passed in muted fashion with Prime Minister Christopher Luxon absent from the main commemorations, amid rancor over an unpopular proposed law redefining the treaty’s promises.