Treaties of New Zealand

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Treaties of New Zealand are the formal agreements and accords—most notably those between the British Crown and Māori—that have shaped the country’s legal, political, and indigenous rights framework.


Statements (50)
Predicate Object
instanceOf body of treaties
legal instrument collection
administeredBy New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
country New Zealand
hasPart bilateral treaties
defence treaties
environmental agreements
human rights treaties
indigenous treaties
multilateral treaties
peace treaties
trade agreements
historicalPredecessor Treaty of Waitangi (1840)
includes ANZUS Treaty
CER Agreement
Canberra Pact
English text of the Treaty of Waitangi
Statute of Westminster Adoption Act 1947
Te Tiriti o Waitangi (Māori text)
Trans‑Tasman Travel Arrangement
Treaty of Versailles (1919)
Treaty of Waitangi
Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975
United Nations Charter
influencedBy British imperial treaty practice
influences New Zealand defence policy
New Zealand foreign policy
New Zealand trade policy
jurisdiction New Zealand
keyParties British Crown
Māori hapū
Māori iwi
New Zealand Government
language English
Te Reo Māori
legalStatus binding under New Zealand domestic law (where incorporated)
binding under international law
notableComponent Treaty of Waitangi
primaryIndigenousTreaty Treaty of Waitangi
recordedIn New Zealand Treaty Register
relatedProcess Treaty settlement negotiations
Waitangi Tribunal settlements
shapes Māori–Crown relations
New Zealand constitutional framework
New Zealand legal system
New Zealand political system
indigenous rights framework in New Zealand
land rights in New Zealand
resource management in New Zealand
self‑determination debates in New Zealand

Referenced by (1)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Treaty of Waitangi
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