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Though Britain went into the Treaty negotiation intending to acquire sovereignty, and therefore the power to make and enforce law over both Maori and Pakeha, it did not explain this to the rangatira, the tribunal said. At the time, Britains representative William Hobson and his agents explained the Treaty as granting Britain the power to control British subjects and thereby protect Maori, while rangatira were told they would retain their tino rangatiratanga, or independence and full chiefly authority.
Posted on: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 00:55:51 +0000

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