Tino Rangatiratanga

Title: Tino Rangatiratanga Category: Research & Resources Clicks: 2 Listing added: Sep 17, 2007 PageRank: Not available

This paper discusses tino rangatiratanga which is central to a Maori understanding of the Treaty of Waitangi. It refers to Maori control of all things Maori - Maori sovereignty. Tino rangatiratanga stands in contrast to kawanatanga which Maori have always seen as giving only limited power to the Crown. However history has seen the displacement of tino rangatiratanga by a form of kawanatanga which assumes that the Crown has absolute authority over all people and all matters in this land.

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