The Treaty of Waitangi; or, how New Zealand became a British Colony. Buick Thomas Lindsay
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Название: The Treaty of Waitangi; or, how New Zealand became a British Colony
Автор: Buick Thomas Lindsay
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(2) All Sovereign powers and authority within the territories of the United tribes of New Zealand is hereby declared to reside entirely and exclusively in the hereditary chiefs and heads of the tribes in their collective capacity, who also declare that they will not permit any legislative authority separate from themselves in their collective capacity to exist, nor any function of Government to be exercised within the said territories unless by persons appointed by them and acting under the authority of laws regularly enacted by them in Congress assembled.
(3) The hereditary chiefs and heads of the tribes agree to meet in Congress at Waitangi, in the autumn of each year, for the purpose of framing laws for the dispensation of justice, the preservation of peace and good order, and the regulation of trade, and they cordially invite the Southern tribes to lay aside their private animosities, and to consult the safety and welfare of our common country by joining the confederation of the United tribes.
(4) They also agree to send a copy of this declaration to His Majesty the King of England, to thank him for his acknowledgment of their flag, and in return for the friendship and protection they have shown and are prepared to show to such of his subjects as have settled in their country, or resorted to its shores for the purpose of trade, they entreat that he will continue to be the parent of their infant State, and that he will become its protector from all attempts upon its independence.
Agreed unanimously on this 28th day of October 1835 in the presence of His Britannic Majesty's Resident.
English Witnesses:
(Translated by the Missionaries and certified to by James Busby, British Resident.)
Awaroa.
Hare Hongi.
Hemi Kepa Tupe.
Ware Poaka.
Waikato.
Titore.
Moka.
Wharerahi.
Kewa.
Wai.
Reweti Atuahaere.
Awa.
Wiremu Te Ti Taunui.
Te Nana.
Pi.
Kaua.
Tareha.
Kawiti.
Pumuka.
Ke Keae.
Te Kamara.
Pomare.
Wiwia.
Te Tao.
Marupo.
Kopiu.
Warau.
Ngere.
Moetara.
Hiamoe.
Pukututu.
Te Peka.
Hone Wiremu Heke.
Paerara.
Erera Pare (te kai-tuhituhi).
Nēne (Tamati Waaka).
Huhu.
Patuone.
Parore, June 25, 1837.
Towa.
Panakareao (Nopera).
Kiwi Kiwi, Jan. 13, 1836.
Tirarau, Feb. 9, 1836.
Hamurea Pita, March 29, 1836.
Tawhai.
Mate.
Kaha, June 25, 1837.
Te Morenga, July 12, 1837.
Mahia.
Taonui, Jan. 16, 1838.
Papahia, Sept. 24, 1838.
Hapuku, Sept. 25, 1838.
Te Wherowhero, July 22, 1839.22
A few days prior to this meeting at Waitangi and the proclamation of their independence by the chiefs, Mr. Busby issued (on October 10, 1835) a stirring appeal to his scattered countrymen, in which he announced that he had received from "a person who styles himself Charles Baron de Thierry, Sovereign chief of New Zealand, and King of Nukuheva, one of the Marquesas Islands, a formal declaration of his intention to establish in his own person an independent sovereignty in this country, which intention he states he has declared to their Majesties the Kings of Great Britain and France, and to the President of the United States, and that he is now waiting at Otaheite the arrival of an armed ship from Panama to enable him to proceed to the Bay of Islands with strength to maintain his assumed authority. His intention is founded on an alleged invitation given to him in England by Shunghee (Hongi) and other chiefs, none of whom as individuals had any right to the sovereignty of the country, and consequently possessed no authority to convey a right of sovereignty to another; also upon an alleged purchase made for him in 1822 by a Mr. Kendall of three districts on the Hokianga River from three chiefs who had only a partial property in these districts, parts of which are now settled by British subjects by virtue of purchase from the rightful proprietors. The British Resident has also seen an elaborate exposition of his views which this person has addressed to the Missionaries of the C.M.S., in which he makes the most ample promises to all persons, whether whites or natives, who will accept his invitation to live under his Government, and in which he offers a stipulated salary to each individual in order to induce him to act as his Magistrate. It is also supposed he may have made similar communications to other persons or classes of His Majesty's subjects, who are hereby invited to make such communications, or any information on this subject they may possess, known to the British Resident or to Lieutenant MacDonnell. The British Resident has too much confidence in the loyalty and good sense of his countrymen to think it necessary to caution them against turning a favourable ear to such insidious promises. He firmly believes that the paternal protection of the British Government which has never failed any of His Majesty's subjects, however remote, will not be withheld from them, should it be necessary to prevent their lives, liberties, or property from being subjected to the caprice of any adventurer who may choose to make this country, in which British subjects have now by the most lawful means acquired so large a stake, the theatre of his ambitious projects; nor in the British Resident's opinion will His Majesty, after acknowledging the sovereignty of the New Zealand chiefs in their collective capacity, by the recognition of their flag, permit his humble and confiding allies СКАЧАТЬ
The chiefs who signed this document were thoroughly representative of the tribes residing between the North Cape and the latitude of the River Thames.