11. The Treaty of Waitangi - Drowning in a Sea of Misinformation

Why so much controversy about the Treaty signed at Waitangi? The British Colonial Office instructions given to William Hobson for establishing a Treaty with New Zealand Māori provides all the answers as to why the British wanted a Treaty, how they expected it to be implemented, and how sovereignty was intended to be implemented. It's not complicated! You can download the full text of Normanby's instructions to Hobson at: https://onehera.waikato.ac.nz/nodes/v... and William Colenso's notes on the Māori response to the presentation of Te Tiriti https://waitangi.com/colenso/colhis1.... and Moving Forward from our Past by Chris Gaelic at: https://www.copypress.co.nz/product/m... plus there is a lot more information at https://kaimaibooks.nz/