Tiriti

Question 1

Article one

Answer 1

Article 1 discusses concepts of governance/kāwanatanga, and sovereignty/mana motuhake.

In the Māori text of article 1, Māori gave the British “kāwanatanga”, the right of governance, whereas in the English text, Māori ceded “sovereignty”.

Question 2

Article two

Answer 2

Article 2 addresses property and ownership rights.

The Māori version uses the term “tino rangatiratanga” in promising the tribes full authority over their lands and taonga, resources like fisheries, cultural practices like haka and the language – te reo Māori.

Question 3

Article three

Answer 3

Article 3 deals with rights and equality, granting both partners, Tangata Whenua (Māori) and Tangata Tiriti (Pākehā and all others to make New Zealand home) equal rights in Aotearoa/New Zealand.

Question 4

Article four

Answer 4

This article ensures that Māori and Pākehā alike have the freedom and protection to practise their religion, faith and cultural customs.

Question 5

Declaration 1

Answer 5

In the first article the chiefs declared New Zealand a ‘w[h]enua rangatira’ (independent state).

Question 6

Declaration 2

Answer 6

The second stated that the ‘kingitanga’ (sovereign power) was held collectively by the chiefs.

Question 7

Declaration 3

Answer 7

The third article said a huihuinga (congress) would meet in autumn each year to make laws and decisions.

Question 8

Declaration 4

Answer 8

The fourth article said a copy of this declaration would be sent to the king of England and asked him to be a parent of the infant state.