He Wakaputanga o te Rangatiratanga o Nu Tireni

The Declaration of Independence of New Zealand
28 October 1835

 2. Ko te Kingitanga ko te mana i te wenua o te wakaminenga o Nu Tireni ka meatia nei kei nga Tino Rangatira anake i to matou huihuinga. a ka mea hoki e kore e tukua e matou te wakarite ture ki te tahi hunga ke atu, me te tahi Kawanatanga hoki kia meatia i te wenua o te wakaminenga o Nu Tireni. ko nga tangata anake e meatia nei e matou e wakarite ana ki te ritenga o o matou ture e meatia nei e matou i to matou huihuinga. 

 3 Ko matou ko nga Tino Rangatira ke mea nei kia huihui ki te runanga ki Waitangi a te Ngahuru i tenei tau i tenei tau ki te wakarite ture kia tika ai te wakawakanga kia mau pu te rongo kia mutu te he kia tika te hokohoko. a ka mea hoki ki nga Tauiwi o runga kia wakarerea te wawai. kia mahara ai ki te wakaoranga o to matou wenua. a kia uru ratou ki te wakaminenga o Nu Tireni. 

 4 Ka mea matou kia tuhituhia he pukapuka ki te ritenga o tenei o to matou wakaputanga nei ki te Kingi o Ingarani hei kawe atu i to matou aroha. nana hoki i wakaae ki te Kara mo matou. a no te mea ka atawai matou, ka tiaki i nga pakeha e noho nei i uta e rere mai ana ki te hokohoko, koia ka mea ai matou ki te Kingi kia waiho hei matua ki a matou i to matou Tamarikitanga kei wakakahoretia to matou Rangatiratanga. 

Kua wakaetia katoatia e matou i tenei ra i te 28 o opketopa 1835 ki te aroaro o te Reireneti o te Kingi o Ingarani. 

The Codicil Ko matou ko nga Rangatira ahakoa kihai i tae ki te huihuinga nei no te nuinga o te Waipuke no te aha ranei – ka wakaae katoa ki te waka putanga Rangatiratanga o Nu Tirene a ka uru ki roto ki te Wakaminenga.

 His Majesty his/her heirs and successors of New Zealand under the Hauraki estate mandated and ratified in the Waitangi District within the Tokerau Territory on this 28th day of October 1835, to declare the United Kingdom of our Realm hereby chartered and declared by His Majesty a Royal Estate, fixed in perpetuity in the proprietors of the District of the Local Government of New Zealand. 

His Majesty’s Executor or Administrator over the estate of the government of New Zealand is hereby chartered entirely and exclusively by His Majesty in His Congress. His Majesty will not permit any other foreign legislative authority, nor any other Governorship to be chartered upon the estate, of the government of New Zealand. His Majesty his Person or Persons in Trust for Him and them as chartered in equity and law enacted by His Majesty in His congress 

His Majesty agree to hold courts of judicature in the King’s/Queen’s court within the Waitangi District of the Parens Patriae of each year, to frame laws to dispense justice to preserve peace to cease wrongdoing, to regulate trade; and they say to the Slaves from the northern hemisphere to leave behind their wars, and to consult with the peace of His Majesty’s realm, so that they can join the government of New Zealand 

They also agree to sign a charter to endorse their declaration to His Majesty the King of England to convey their thanks, for His acknowledgement of their flag and in return His Majesty will care for and protect the British Subjects who have settled here having migrated for the purposes of trade. They entreat that His Majesty will remain a parent to them in their Infant State/Colony lest access is denied to His Majesty’s United Kingdom.

 Agreed to unanimously on this day the 28th of october 1835 in the presence of His Britannic Majesty’s Resident.