what are the principles of this treaty?
One of the principles deals with  the exchange of sovereignty by the Māori people for the protection of the Crown.
Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi
 the exchange of sovereignty by the Māori people for the protection of the Crown.
who wrote the english version of the treaty of waitangi William Hobson, with the help of his secretary James Freeman and the British Resident James Busby. when was this treaty first signed? 6 February 1840. and by whom? Representatives of the British Crown and Māori chiefs from the North Island of New Zealand. what is its importance? It established a British Governor of New Zealand and gave the Māori the rights of British subjects.
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Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi [SEP] Fourth Labour Government's principles
In 1989, the Fourth Labour Government adopted the ""Principles for Crown Action on the Treaty of Waitangi"". Therese Crocker has argued that Labour's publication of the principles "comprised one of a number of Crown responses to what is generally known as the 'Maori Renaissance'." Prime Minister David Lange, in an introduction to the document said of the principles that: The principles in the 1989 publication are as follow: This principle describes the balance between articles 1 and 2: the exchange of sovereignty by the Māori people for the protection of the Crown. It was emphasised in the context of this principle that "the Government has the right to govern and make laws".