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1. KO MATOU, ko nga Tino Rangatira o nga iwi o Nu Tireni i raro mai o
Hauraki kua oti nei te huihui i Waitangi i Tokerau i te ra 28 o Oketopa
1835, ka wakaputa i te Rangatiratanga o to matou wenua a ka meatia ka
wakaputaia e matou he Wenua Rangatira, kia huaina, Ko te Wakaminenga o
nga Hapu o Nu
Tireni.
2. Ko te Kingitanga
ko te mana i te wenua o te wakaminenga o Nu Tireni ka meatia nei kei nga
Tino Rangatira anake i to matou huihuinga, a ka mea hoki e kore e tukua
e matou te wakarite ture ki te tahi hunga ke atu, me te tahi Kawanatanga
hoki kia meatia i te wenua o te wakawakarite ana ki te ritenga
o o matou ture e meatia nei matou i to matou huihuinga.
3. Ko matou ko nga tino Rangatira ka mea nei kia kia huihui ki
te runanga ki Waitangi a te Ngahuru i tenei tau i tenei tau ki te wakarite
ture kia tika te hokohoko, a ka mea ki nga tauiwi o runga, kia wakarerea
te wawai, kia mahara ai ki te wakaoranga o to matou wenua, a kia uru ratou
ki te wakaminenga o Nu Tireni.
4. Ka mea matou kia
tuhituhia he pukapuka ki te ritenga o tenei o to matou wakaputanga nei
ki te Kingi o Ingarani hei kawe atu i to matou aroha nana hoki i wakaae
ki te Kara mo matou. A no te mea ka atawai matou, ka tiaki i nga pakeha
e noho nei i uta, e rere mai ana i te hokohoko, koia ka mea ai matou ki
te Kingi kia waiho hei matua ki a matou i to matou Tamarikitanga kei wakakahoretia
to matou Rangatiratanga.
KUA WHAKAAETIA katoatia
e matou i tenei ra i te 28 Oketopa, 1835, ki te aroaro o te Reireneti
o te Kingi o Ingarani.
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DECLARATION of the
INDEPENDENCE of NEW ZEALAND
[Translation]
1. We, the hereditary chiefs and heads of the tribes of the
Northern parts of New Zealand, being assembled at Waitangi in the Bay
of Islands on this 28th day of October, 1835, declare the Independence
of our country, which is hereby constituted and declared to be an Independent
State, under the designation of the United Tribes of New Zealand.
2. All sovereign power
and authority within the territories
of the United Tribes of New Zealand is hereby declared to
reside entirely and exclusively in the hereditary chiefs and
heads of tribes in their collective capacity, who also declare that they
will not permit any legislative authority separate from themselves in
their collective capacity to exist, nor any function of government to
be exercised within the said territories, unless by persons appointed
by them, and acting under the authority of laws regularly enacted by
them in Congress assembled.
3. The hereditary
chiefs and heads of tribes agree to meet in Congress at Waitangi in the
autumn of each year, for the
purpose of framing laws for the dispensation of justice, the
preservation of peace and good order, and the regulation of trade; and
they cordially invite the Southern tribes to lay
aside their private animosities and to consult the safety and
welfare of our common country, by joining the confederation of the United
Tribes.
4. They also agree
to send a copy of this Declaration to His Majesty the King of England,
to thank him for his
acknowledgement of their flag; and in return for the
friendship and protection they have shown, and are prepared to
show, to such of his subjects as have settled in their country, or resorted
to its shores for the purposes of trade, they entreat that he will continue
to be the parent of their infant State, and that he will become its Protector
from all attempts upon its independence.
Agreed to unanimously
on this 28th day of October, 1835, in the presence of His Brittanic Majesty's
Resident.
{Signatures or signs
of 35 chiefs, from North Cape to the
Hauraki Gulf}
Witnessed by:
(Signed) Henry Williams, Missionary, C.M.S.
George Clarke, C.M.S.
James C. Clendon, Merchant
Gilbert Mair, Merchant
I certify that the
above is a correct copy of the Declaration
of the Chiefs, according to the translation of Missionaries who have resided
ten years and upwards in the country; and it is transmitted to His Most
Gracious Majesty the King of England, at the unanimous request
of the chiefs.
(Signed) JAMES BUSBY
British Resident of New Zealand
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