Editing Treaty of Waitangi (section)

===Māori text===
{{quote box|align=center|width=80%|'''(Preamble):'''

KO WIKITORIA te Kuini o Ingarani i tana mahara atawai ki nga Rangatira me nga Hapu o Nu Tirani i tana hiahia hoki kia tohungia ki a ratou o ratou rangatiratanga me to ratou wenua, a kia mau tonu hoki te Rongo ki a ratou me te Atanoho hoki kua wakaaro ia he mea tika kia tukua mai tetahi Rangatira – hei kai wakarite ki nga Tangata maori o Nu Tirani – kia wakaaetia e nga Rangatira Maori te Kawanatanga o te Kuini ki nga wahikatoa o te wenua nei me nga motu – na te mea hoki he tokomaha ke nga tangata o tona Iwi Kua noho ki tenei wenua, a e haere mai nei.

Na ko te Kuini e hiahia ana kia wakaritea te Kawanatanga kia kaua ai nga kino e puta mai ki te tangata Maori ki te Pakeha e noho ture kore ana.

Na kua pai te Kuini kia tukua a hau a Wiremu Hopihona he Kapitana i te Roiara Nawi hei Kawana mo nga wahi katoa o Nu Tirani e tukua aianei amua atu ki te Kuini, e mea atu ana ia ki nga Rangatira o te wakaminenga o nga hapu o Nu Tirani me era Rangatira atu enei ture ka korerotia nei.

'''Ko te tuatahi (Article 1):'''

Ko nga Rangatira o te wakaminenga me nga Rangatira katoa hoki ki hai i uru ki taua wakaminenga ka tuku rawa atu ki te Kuini o Ingarani ake tonu atu – te Kawanatanga katoa o o ratou wenua.

'''Ko te tuarua (Article 2):'''

Ko te Kuini o Ingarani ka wakarite ka wakaae ki nga Rangitira ki nga hapu – ki nga tangata katoa o Nu Tirani te tino rangatiratanga o o ratou wenua o ratou kainga me o ratou taonga katoa. Otiia ko nga Rangatira o te wakaminenga me nga Rangatira katoa atu ka tuku ki te Kuini te hokonga o era wahi wenua e pai ai te tangata nona te Wenua – ki te ritenga o te utu e wakaritea ai e ratou ko te kai hoko e meatia nei e te Kuini hei kai hoko mona.

'''Ko te tuatoru (Article 3):'''

Hei wakaritenga mai hoki tenei mo te wakaaetanga ki te Kawanatanga o te Kuini – Ka tiakina e te Kuini o Ingarani nga tangata maori katoa o Nu Tirani ka tukua ki a ratou nga tikanga katoa rite tahi ki ana mea ki nga tangata o Ingarani.

(signed) William Hobson, Consul and Lieutenant-Governor.

Na ko matou ko nga Rangatira o te Wakaminenga o nga hapu o Nu Tirani ka huihui nei ki Waitangi ko matou hoki ko nga Rangatira o Nu Tirani ka kite nei i te ritenga o enei kupu, ka tangohia ka wakaaetia katoatia e matou, koia ka tohungia ai o matou ingoa o matou tohu.

Ka meatia tenei ki Waitangi i te ono o nga ra o Pepueri i te tau kotahi mano, e waru rau e wa te kau o to tatou Ariki.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://nzhistory.govt.nz/politics/treaty/read-the-treaty/maori-text |title=Māori text – Read the Treaty |website=nzhistory.govt.nz |access-date=2018-01-17 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180117191014/https://nzhistory.govt.nz/politics/treaty/read-the-treaty/maori-text |archive-date=17 January 2018}}</ref>}}

The Māori text has the same overall structure, with a preamble and three articles. The first article indicates that the Māori chiefs "give absolutely to the Queen of England for ever the complete government over their land" (according to a modern translation by [[Hugh Kāwharu]]).<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.waitangitribunal.govt.nz/en/about/the-treaty/maori-and-english-versions |title=Contemporary translation of the te reo Māori text |website=www.waitangitribunal.govt.nz |access-date=4 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241203230225/https://www.waitangitribunal.govt.nz/en/about/the-treaty/maori-and-english-versions |archive-date=3 December 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sLqyAAAACAAJ |title=Waitangi Revisited: Perspectives on the Treaty of Waitangi |last1=Belgrave |first1=Michael |last2=Kawharu |first2=Merata |last3=Williams |first3=David Vernon |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2005 |isbn=9780195584004 |pages=390–393 |access-date=3 October 2020 |archive-date=3 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240103051444/https://books.google.com/books?id=sLqyAAAACAAJ |url-status=live }}</ref> With no adequate word available to substitute for 'sovereignty', as it was not a concept in Māori society at the time, the translators instead used {{lang|mi|[[kawanatanga]]}} (governorship or government).{{Citation needed|date=January 2024}} The second article guarantees all Māori "chieftainship over their lands, villages and all their treasures" (translated), with 'treasures' here translating from {{lang|mi|[[taonga]]}} to mean more than just physical possessions (as in the English text), but also other elements of cultural heritage. The second article also says: "Chiefs will sell land to the Queen at a price agreed to by the person owning it and by the person buying it (the latter being) appointed by the Queen as her purchase agent" (translated), which does not accurately convey the [[Preemption (land)|pre-emption]] clause of the English text. The third article gives Māori the "same rights and duties of citizenship as the people of England" (translated); roughly the same as the English text.{{citation needed|date=April 2023}}