Treaty of Waitangi

The Treaty of Waitangi, , was a treaty that was signed on 6 February 1840 at Waitangi, New Zealand. It was signed by European settlers and by Māori chiefs. It is widely considered to be a founding document of New Zealand.The Democracy Sourcebook, eds. Robert Alan Dahl; Ian Shapiro; José Antônio Cheibub, (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2003), p. 242, n. 70 The Treaty of Waitangi marked the start of the official domination of New Zealand by Great Britain.A. H. Angelo, Constitutional Law in New Zealand (Alphen aan den Rijn, The Netherlands: Kluwer Law International; Frederick, MD: Aspen Publishers, 2011.), p. 16 The legal status and modern relevance of the treaty has been at a disagreement for a long time.  The day on which the Treaty of Waitangi was signed, 6 February, is the National Day of New Zealand.

 Contents/Terms 
The Treaty of Waitangi was created to establish some form of peace between the Maori people of New Zealand and the Pakeha peoples of various European empires. Many terms in the treaty grant the Maori people rights to land, both in matters of guardianship and of yield.

 Effects 
After the Treaty of Waitangi was officially enacted, many disputes over peacekeeping between different ethnicities and cultures of New Zealand persisted; yet both the Maori people and the Pakeha peoples remained negatively affected by some issues. In recent times, some portions of the Treaty of Waitangi have been reviewed, possibly taking away some rights from both of the main ethnic groups of New Zealand.

 Related pages 
Treaty
National Day

 References 

 Other websites 
Full Text of the Treaty of Waitangi in English and in Maori 

Waitangi
Category:History of New Zealand
Category:1840
Category:19th century in Oceania