Editing Taonga (section)

==Treaty of Waitangi and te Tiriti o Waitangi==
The definition of ''taonga'' has potential constitutional significance in [[New Zealand]] because of the use of the word in the second article of the [[Treaty of Waitangi]] ({{langx  |mi| te Tiriti o Waitangi}}). The English-language version of the treaty guaranteed the Māori signatories "full exclusive and undisturbed possession of their Lands and Estates Forests Fisheries and ''other properties''". The [[Māori-language]] version of the treaty, which the  vast majority of the signing parties endorsed (461 of 500 signatures<ref>{{cite web |title= Signing the Treaty |url= https://nzhistory.govt.nz/politics/treaty/making-the-treaty/signing-the-treaty |website= NZ History.Gov |publisher= Ministry of Culture and Heritage |accessdate= 24 September 2019}}</ref>), used the word ''taonga'' to translate the English phrase "other properties".<ref>[https://archives.govt.nz/discover-our-stories/the-treaty-of-waitangi Te Tiriti o Waitangi] - ''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''.</ref>

Section 6(e) of the Resource Management Act 1991 mandates decision-makers to "recognise and provide for the relationship of Māori and their culture and traditions with their ancestral lands, water, sites, wāhi tapu [sacred sites], and other taonga" as a matter of national importance.<ref>
[https://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1991/0069/latest/DLM231907.html?search=sw_096be8ed81ab112c_wahi+tapu+and+other+taonga_25_se&p=1&sr=5 Resource Management Act 1991 at www.legislation.govt.nz]
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