With the exception of only 39 Waikato chiefs. all signed the Maori version of this treaty. Mr. Speaker. for the Maori people the treaty recognized that in exchange for settlement rights their natural rights as Tangata Whenua. meaning the original occupants. would be respected and upheld. For the European settlers. the treaty allowed them to emigrate peacefully to New Zealand under the British flag. and I share a comment by one of the chiefs. or the early chief justice at the time. Mr. Eddie Durie. and he stated that what we must not forget is that the treaty is not just a bill or rights for Maori.
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