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Discuss the meaning of tino rangatiratanga in Te Tiriti o Waitangi and identify two
contemporary challenges to the expression of tino rangatiratanga in the present day.
Plan
Tino Rangatiratanga- authority and autonomy
Everyone has different interpretation of what it means
In essay you discuss the literal interpretation and explain the different views of how it
has been described and defined
Commentary from cases and Waitangi tribunal
Courts and tribunals have said different things
Explain different views of what it means
Form your own view on what you think Tino rangatiratanga is
And…
Then 2 contemporary challenges
What are the things that make the full expression of authority and autonomy difficult?
You could say iwi Maori exercising full degree of authority over their own affairs is difficult
because of…
- One centralized parliamentary structure
- How to deal with authority and autonomy with the different demographics, Maori
live everywhere, not like the state’s reservations. The institutional set up. Think
about the practical challenges of expressing authority and autonomy.
- How broadly- high Maori incarceration (prison) rate- expression of tino
rangatiratanga- how does it impact on the expression of authority.
- Practicality and people’s views about it, can go into different debates- different
political positions on the legitimacy and status of tino rangatiratanga- political side of
the challenges.
Law Alive 4th edition
The New Zealand Legal System
Grant Morris
Section 4.3 pg 77 Interpreting the Treaty
There has been misinterpretation in the Treaty of Waitangi because the British and
Maori had different versions.
British perspective of the Treaty of Waitangi was to transfer sovereignty from Maori
tot the Crown
The Maori perspective of the Treaty of Waitangi was to keep a degree of chieftain
authority and to “confirm Maori possession of land and taonga.”
1
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Notes for Essay - Very useful for end of year exam
Legal Foundations, Research and Writing (University of Canterbury)
Studocu is not sponsored or endorsed by any college or university
Downloaded by Emma Grant ()
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Laws110
Discuss the meaning of tino rangatiratanga in Te Tiriti o Waitangi and identify two
contemporary challenges to the expression of tino rangatiratanga in the present day.
Plan
Tino Rangatiratanga- authority and autonomy
Everyone has different interpretation of what it means
In essay you discuss the literal interpretation and explain the different views of how it
has been described and defined
Commentary from cases and Waitangi tribunal
Courts and tribunals have said different things
Explain different views of what it means
Form your own view on what you think Tino rangatiratanga is
And…
Then 2 contemporary challenges
What are the things that make the full expression of authority and autonomy difficult?
You could say iwi Maori exercising full degree of authority over their own affairs is difficult
because of…
- One centralized parliamentary structure
- How to deal with authority and autonomy with the different demographics, Maori
live everywhere, not like the state’s reservations. The institutional set up. Think
about the practical challenges of expressing authority and autonomy.
- How broadly- high Maori incarceration (prison) rate- expression of tino
rangatiratanga- how does it impact on the expression of authority.
- Practicality and people’s views about it, can go into different debates- different
political positions on the legitimacy and status of tino rangatiratanga- political side of
the challenges.
Law Alive 4th edition
The New Zealand Legal System
Grant Morris
Section 4.3 pg 77 Interpreting the Treaty
There has been misinterpretation in the Treaty of Waitangi because the British and
Maori had different versions.
British perspective of the Treaty of Waitangi was to transfer sovereignty from Maori
tot the Crown
The Maori perspective of the Treaty of Waitangi was to keep a degree of chieftain
authority and to “confirm Maori possession of land and taonga.”
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