Treaty of Waitangi

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bilateral treaty constitutional document founding document

The Treaty of Waitangi is an 1840 agreement between the British Crown and many Māori chiefs that is regarded as New Zealand’s founding document and a central reference point for its law, politics, and race relations.

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Label	Occurrences
Treaty of Waitangi canonical	86
Te Tiriti o Waitangi	7
Te Tiriti o Waitangi (Treaty of Waitangi)	3
1840 Treaty of Waitangi signing	1
Te Tiriti o Waitangi (Māori text)	1
Treaty of Waitangi (1840)	1
Treaty of Waitangi (as founding document of state)	1
Treaty of Waitangi (through Te Arawa chiefs)	1
Treaty of Waitangi (through representatives)	1
Treaty of Waitangi (through some chiefs)	1
Treaty of Waitangi (through various rangatira)	1
Treaty of Waitangi (various signatories affiliated)	1
Treaty of Waitangi English version	1
Treaty of Waitangi principles	1
Waitangi	1
treaty of Waitangi	1

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T92145 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Treaty of Waitangi
Context triple: [New Zealand, foundingDocument, Treaty of Waitangi]

A. Acts of Union 1800
The Acts of Union 1800 were a pair of parliamentary measures that merged the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland into the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, fundamentally reshaping the political structure of the British Isles.
B. Treaty of Vereeniging
The Treaty of Vereeniging was the 1902 peace agreement that ended the Second Boer War by bringing the Boer republics under British control while promising limited self-government and reconstruction aid.
C. Quebec Act
The Quebec Act was a 1774 British law that expanded Quebec’s territory, guaranteed free practice of Catholicism, and altered colonial governance in ways that angered American colonists and helped fuel revolutionary sentiment.
D. Treaty of Utrecht
The Treaty of Utrecht was a series of peace agreements signed in 1713 that ended major hostilities in the War of the Spanish Succession and reshaped the balance of power in Europe and its colonial empires.
E. Magna Carta
Magna Carta is a landmark 1215 English charter that limited royal power and established foundational principles of rule of law and individual rights that shaped later constitutional traditions.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Treaty of Waitangi
Target entity description: The Treaty of Waitangi is an 1840 agreement between the British Crown and many Māori chiefs that is regarded as New Zealand’s founding document and a central reference point for its law, politics, and race relations.

A. Acts of Union 1800
The Acts of Union 1800 were a pair of parliamentary measures that merged the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland into the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, fundamentally reshaping the political structure of the British Isles.
B. Treaty of Vereeniging
The Treaty of Vereeniging was the 1902 peace agreement that ended the Second Boer War by bringing the Boer republics under British control while promising limited self-government and reconstruction aid.
C. Quebec Act
The Quebec Act was a 1774 British law that expanded Quebec’s territory, guaranteed free practice of Catholicism, and altered colonial governance in ways that angered American colonists and helped fuel revolutionary sentiment.
D. Treaty of Utrecht
The Treaty of Utrecht was a series of peace agreements signed in 1713 that ended major hostilities in the War of the Spanish Succession and reshaped the balance of power in Europe and its colonial empires.
E. Magna Carta
Magna Carta is a landmark 1215 English charter that limited royal power and established foundational principles of rule of law and individual rights that shaped later constitutional traditions.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (57)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bilateral treaty ⓘ constitutional document ⓘ founding document ⓘ
article	Article 1 ⓘ Article 2 ⓘ Article 3 ⓘ
articleCount	3 ⓘ
commemorationDate	February 6 ⓘ
commemorationType	New Zealand national public holiday ⓘ
containsPrinciple	participation ⓘ partnership ⓘ protection ⓘ
country	New Zealand ⓘ
drafter	Edward Williams ⓘ Henry Williams ⓘ linked to: James Busby James Busby ⓘ
grantsRight	British governance over New Zealand (Article 1, English text) ⓘ Māori chiefs cede kawanatanga to the Crown (Article 1, Māori text) ⓘ
guaranteesRight	Crown pre-emption over land sales (Article 2) ⓘ Māori full, exclusive, and undisturbed possession of their lands, forests, fisheries, and other properties (Article 2) ⓘ Māori the rights and privileges of British subjects (Article 3) ⓘ
hasCategory	1840 in New Zealand ⓘ Māori history ⓘ New Zealand constitutional history ⓘ Treaties of New Zealand ⓘ Treaties of the United Kingdom ⓘ
hasIssue	differences between English and Māori texts ⓘ historical breaches by the Crown ⓘ
hasLegalStatus	foundational document of New Zealand public law ⓘ not fully entrenched as a written constitution ⓘ
hasVersion	English text of the Treaty of Waitangi ⓘ Māori text of the Treaty of Waitangi ⓘ
influences	Māori–Crown relations ⓘ New Zealand constitutional law ⓘ New Zealand public policy ⓘ New Zealand race relations ⓘ
interpretedBy	New Zealand courts ⓘ Waitangi Tribunal ⓘ
isCommemoratedOn	Waitangi Day ⓘ
language	English ⓘ Māori ⓘ
locationSigned	Waitangi, Bay of Islands ⓘ
primaryAuthor	William Hobson ⓘ
purpose	to establish British sovereignty over New Zealand ⓘ to protect Māori land and property rights ⓘ to regulate land sales to the Crown ⓘ to secure Māori consent to British governance ⓘ
redressMechanism	Waitangi Tribunal ⓘ
redressMechanismEstablished	1975 ⓘ
relatedLegislation	Resource Management Act 1991 ⓘ State-Owned Enterprises Act 1986 ⓘ Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 ⓘ Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975 ⓘ
signatory	British Crown ⓘ Māori chiefs ⓘ
signingDate	1840-02-06 ⓘ
yearSigned	1840 ⓘ

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Referenced by (109)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

New Zealand → foundingDocument → Treaty of Waitangi ⓘ

New Zealander → associatedWith → Treaty of Waitangi (as founding document of state) ⓘ

linked to: Treaty of Waitangi

Māori → legalDocumentRelatedToRights → Treaty of Waitangi ⓘ

Waitangi, Bay of Islands → treatySignedHere → Treaty of Waitangi ⓘ

Treaties of New Zealand → includes → Treaty of Waitangi ⓘ

Treaties of New Zealand → includes → Te Tiriti o Waitangi (Māori text) ⓘ

linked to: Treaty of Waitangi

Treaties of New Zealand → notableComponent → Treaty of Waitangi ⓘ

Treaties of New Zealand → primaryIndigenousTreaty → Treaty of Waitangi ⓘ

Treaties of New Zealand → historicalPredecessor → Treaty of Waitangi (1840) ⓘ

linked to: Treaty of Waitangi

James Busby → notableWork → Treaty of Waitangi ⓘ

Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975 → relatedTo → Treaty of Waitangi ⓘ

Māori sovereignty movement → hasMainSubject → Treaty of Waitangi ⓘ

William Hobson → notableWork → Treaty of Waitangi ⓘ

William Hobson → signed → Treaty of Waitangi ⓘ

William Hobson → treatySignedAt → Waitangi ⓘ

linked to: Treaty of Waitangi

Waitangi Day → namedAfter → Treaty of Waitangi ⓘ

Waitangi Day → treatySigned → Treaty of Waitangi ⓘ

Waitangi Tribunal → appliesTo → Treaty of Waitangi ⓘ

Waitangi Tribunal → namedAfter → Treaty of Waitangi ⓘ

State-Owned Enterprises Act 1986 → relatedTo → Treaty of Waitangi ⓘ

Resource Management Act 1991 → recognises → Treaty of Waitangi principles ⓘ

linked to: Treaty of Waitangi

New Zealand government → foundationalTreaty → Treaty of Waitangi ⓘ

Edward Williams → notableWork → Treaty of Waitangi ⓘ

New Zealand → hasIndependenceRelatedEvent → Treaty of Waitangi ⓘ

subject linked to: New Zealand (until creation of VC for New Zealand and then in its own form)

New Zealand law → hasHistoricalInfluence → Treaty of Waitangi ⓘ

Ngāi Tahu → treaty → Treaty of Waitangi ⓘ

subject linked to: Ngāi Tahu iwi

British colonisation of New Zealand → keyEvent → Treaty of Waitangi ⓘ

British colonisation of New Zealand → legalBasis → Treaty of Waitangi ⓘ

Te Tii Waitangi Marae → hasCulturalSignificance → Treaty of Waitangi ⓘ

Treaty House → associatedWithDocument → Treaty of Waitangi ⓘ

Busby House → associatedWith → Treaty of Waitangi ⓘ

Waitangi flagstaff → symbolizes → Treaty of Waitangi ⓘ

Waitangi flagstaff → commemorates → 1840 Treaty of Waitangi signing ⓘ

linked to: Treaty of Waitangi

Te Whare Rūnanga → dedicatedTo → Treaty of Waitangi ⓘ

Te Whare Rūnanga → associatedWithDocument → Te Tiriti o Waitangi ⓘ

linked to: Treaty of Waitangi

Māori–Crown relations → hasLegalBasis → Treaty of Waitangi ⓘ

Ngāti Kawa → hasConnectionTo → Te Tiriti o Waitangi ⓘ

linked to: Treaty of Waitangi

Museum of Waitangi → focusesOn → Treaty of Waitangi ⓘ

New Zealand politics → keyConstitutionalDocument → Treaty of Waitangi ⓘ

New Zealand politics → foundationalTreaty → Treaty of Waitangi ⓘ

Declaration of the Independence of New Zealand → precedes → Treaty of Waitangi ⓘ

Declaration of the Independence of New Zealand → relatedDocument → Treaty of Waitangi ⓘ

Catherine Busby → spouseNotableFor → Treaty of Waitangi ⓘ

Treaty of Waitangi Amendment Act 1988 → subject → Treaty of Waitangi ⓘ

Treaty of Waitangi Amendment Act 1988 → hasTitleElement → Treaty of Waitangi ⓘ

New Zealand multicultural society → hasLegalInstrument → Treaty of Waitangi ⓘ

Treaty of Waitangi Amendment Act 2006 → relatesTo → Treaty of Waitangi ⓘ

Ngāti Toa Rangatira → signed → Treaty of Waitangi ⓘ

Te Arawhiti → focusArea → Treaty of Waitangi ⓘ

subject linked to: Te Arawhiti (Office for Māori–Crown Relations)

New Zealand Curriculum → hasPrinciple → treaty of Waitangi ⓘ

linked to: Treaty of Waitangi

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