The Crown is Māori too - citizenship, sovereignty and the Treaty of Waitangi
- Written by Dominic O'Sullivan, Associate Professor of Political Science, Charles Sturt University
The Treaty of Waitangi promised Māori British subjecthood.from www.shutterstock.com, CC BY-ND
This week, New Zealand marked Waitangi Day, which commemorates the 1840 signing of the Treaty of Waitangi.
The treaty allowed Britain to establish government over its settlers (Article One), guaranteed ongoing Māori authority over their own...
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