Treaty Resource Centre – He Puna Mātauranga o Te Tiriti

Questions and answers about the Treaty of Waitangi (What contact did Maori and Pakeha have before 1840? ; What foreign powers were interested in New Zealand? ; What was British policy before 1840? ; What was theDeclaration of Independence? ; Who controlled the country? ; Why was a treay necessary? ; What is the Treaty of Waitangi? ; Who wrote the Treaty? ; There are two texts one in Maori and one in English, are they both thesame? ; Which Treaty si the right one? ; Didn't Maori sign away their sovereignty to Queen Victoria? ; So what did Maori cede under the Treaty of Waitangi? ; Why are there differences in the two versions? ; How does theTreaty recognise Maori as tangata whenua (people of the land, the indigenous people of Aotearoa)? ; What about lands that were unoccupied by Maori tribes? ; What is the 'fourth article' of the Treaty? The Treaty is called a covenant. What does that mean? ; Where was the Treaty signed? ; Was any notice taken of the Treaty by the Crown? ; By war or by law? ; How can a document nearly 150 years old ave relevance for today? ; Maori people haven't anything before - they're just jumping on a bandwagon ; Why is there so much trouble about theTreaty now? ; Why can't we throw it out and start again? ; Why can't we just get on with living like one people? ; What about separate or parallel development? Isn't that apartheid? ; What does the Treaty have to do with Pakeha and tauiwi?