What is Treaty of Waitangi?
[[File:Treatyofwaitangi.jpg |thumb|right|200px|{{Center|Treaty of Waitangi}}]] The '''Treaty of Waitangi''', {{lang-mi|te Tiriti o Waitangi}}, was a [[treaty]] that was signed on 6 February 1840 at Waitangi, [[New Zealand]]. It was signed by [[Europe|European]] [[settler]]s and by [[Māori people|Māori]] [[tribal chief|chiefs]]. It is widely considered to be a [[founding document]] of New Zealand.<ref>''The Democracy Sourcebook'', eds. Robert Alan Dahl; Ian Shapiro; José Antônio Cheibub, (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2003), p. 242, n. 70</ref> The Treaty of Waitangi marked the start of the official domination of New Zealand by [[Great Britain]].<ref name=Angelo16>A. H. Angelo, ''Constitutional Law in New Zealand'' (Alphen aan den Rijn, The Netherlands: Kluwer Law International; Frederick, MD: Aspen Publishers, 2011.), p. 16</ref> The legal status and modern relevance of the treaty has been at a disagreement for a long time. <ref name=Angelo16/> The day on which the Treaty of Waitangi was signed, 6 February, is the [[National Day]] of New Zealand.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/politics/treaty/waitangi-day |title=Waitangi Day |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=5 August 2014 |website= |publisher=Ministry for Culture and Heritage |accessdate=17 December 2014}}</ref> == Related pages == *[[Treaty]] *[[National Day]] == References == {{reflist}} == Other websites == *[http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/files/documents/treaty-kawharau-footnotes.pdf Full Text of the Treaty of Waitangi in English and in Maori] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101162255/http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/files/documents/treaty-kawharau-footnotes.pdf |date=2013-11-01 }} {{commons}} [[Category:1840s treaties|Waitangi]] [[Category:History of New Zealand]] [[Category:1840]] [[Category:19th century in Oceania]] {{history-stub}} {{authority control}}