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1.

How do we know that Maori ceded sovereignty? - (1 of 10)

The speeches of the chiefs tell us clearly that they understood what sovereignty meant

Reverend Taylor's Speech.

Article in the Herald

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How do we know that Maori ceded sovereignty? - (2 of 10)

New Zealand's greatest Maori Sir Aparana Ngata said they did.

Testimony of Te Rauparaha

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How do we know that Maori ceded sovereignty? - (3 of 10)

Meeting of Chiefs 1845

At the Kohimarama Conference 1860, 129 Chiefs affirmed that sovereignty had been ceded at Waitangi on February 6th 1840

At a meeting of a large gathering Ngapuhi chiefs in 1852, they affirmed that they ceded sovereignty.

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How do we know that Maori ceded sovereignty? - (4 of 10)

Sir Richard Attenborough's book on Maori

The opinions of reputable and proven Treaty Commentators - e.g. Bruce Moon, Mike Butler, Phil Parkinson, Mike Butler, and Dr John Robinson

Herald Article

5.

How do we know that Maori ceded sovereignty? - (5 of 10)

Testimony of Henry Williams.

Testimony of Reverend Taylor

Testimony of Bishop Pompallier

The testimony of Reverend Brown.

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How do we know that Maori ceded sovereignty? - (6 of 10)

The very existence of the Treaty.

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How do we know that Maori ceded sovereignty? - (7 of 10)

Before the Treaty, Maori life was characterised by war, cannibalism, infanticide, and slavery. After the Treaty, historical evidence shows these behaviours dramatically ceased. Why? Chiefs had given up their chieftainship. Their old behaviours were no allowed under British law.

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How do we know that Maori ceded sovereignty? - (8 of 10)

The final English draft uses the word ‘possession’. If Hobson and Busby had meant ‘unqualified exercise of chieftainship’ they would have used those words. Deliberately, they did not use those words. Kawharu is putting words in the mouths of original Treaty writers when he said 'tino rangatiratanga' meant 'unqualified exercise of chieftainship'. This is nonsense.

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How do we know that Maori ceded sovereignty? - (9 of 10)

One of the chiefs who signed, Tamati Waka Nene, was described on his tombstone as a “Chief of Ngapuhi, the first to welcome the Queen’s Sovereignty”. (https://www. donbrash.com/after-politics/what-partnership/)

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How do we know that Maori ceded sovereignty? (10 of 10)

There exists a plaque at Waitangi which says "On this spot on the sixth day of February 1840 was signed the Treaty of Waitangi under which New Zealand became part of the British Empire.

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