Koinei te kape tūturu o te Tiriti o Waitangi. E 40 ngā rangatira o te Tai Tokerau nā rātou i haina te Tiriti i te 6 o Pēpuere i te tau 1840. (Arā atu ngā rangatira nā rātou i haina tēnei kape o te tiriti i muri mai). E rua ngā putanga o te kupu kāwanatanga i te kupu whakataki o te tiriti, tuatahi, mō 'Sovereign Authority' me 'Civil Government'. Kei te wāhanga tuatahi o te tiriti ko 'kāwanatanga' te whakamāoritanga mō 'all the rights and powers of Sovereignty'.
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Archives New Zealand - Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga
Reference:
IA 9/9
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