Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi: Difference between revisions

The Treaty of Waitangi is not regarded as law because it is a treaty, not a law. Notwithstanding that, "the English and Māori-language versions are"do not have exactly the same meaning", and "it"focuses on the issues relevant at the time it was signed."<ref>{{cite webencyclopedia |last=Hayward |first=Janine |date=16 January 2023 |title=Story: Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi – ngā mātāpono o te Tiriti o Waitangi |url=http https://www.teara.govt.nz/en/principles-of-the-treaty-of-waitangi-nga-matapono-o-te-tiriti-o-waitangi | titleencyclopedia=Story: Principles[[Te ofAra: theThe TreatyEncyclopediaofWaitangi – ngā mātāpono o te tiritiNew Zealand| work=Te Ara |– date=Octoberthe 2014Encyclopedia |of accessdate=16New February 2015Zealand]] | authoraccessdate=Hayward,24 JanineNovember 2023}}</ref> As well as this, New Zealand law affirms the common law doctrine that "any rights purporting to be conferred by a treaty of cession cannot be enforced in the courts, except in so far as they have been incorporated in the municipal law".<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Te Heuheu Tukino v Aotea District Maori Land Board (PC) [1941] NZLR 590|url=http://www.nzlii.org/cgi-bin/sinodisp/nz/cases/NZGazLawRp/1941/44.html?query=title(Te%20Heuheu%20Tukino%20near%20Aotea%20District%20Maori%20Land%20Board)|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=30 August 2020|website=www.nzlii.org}}</ref>

The Treaty of Waitangi principles have been widely incorporated into legislation, thus allowing them to influence New Zealand law.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |first=Mark |last=Hickford, Te|title=Story: AraLaw –of the Encyclopediaforeshore ofand Newseabed Zealand,|url= [httphttps://www.TeArateara.govt.nz/en/law-of-the-foreshore-and-seabed Story|encyclopedia=[[Te Ara: LawThe Encyclopediaof New Zealand|Te Ara – the foreshoreEncyclopedia andof seabedNew Zealand]](accessed 28|date=1 January 2015 |access-date=24 MayNovember 2018)2023}}</ref> The legislation includes: