Outline the various views of contemporaries of the Treaty when it was signed in 1840? (New Zealand History)

Prior to 1840, New Zealand was an unlawful state: the population consisted people both Maori and European, who were bound to no law. This led the British Government to present a treaty with to Maori. This was a form of legal documentation, which the British needed to secure the rights of Maori, by making the Crown in New Zealand the sovereign. The British saw it as a way to protect Maori interests, while several Maori viewed …showed first 75 words of 1564 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1564 total…as, Maori ceding sovereignty over to the Crown with out knowing so; due to the misleading of the translation of the treaty in Maori. BIBLIOGRAPHY: SECONDARY SOURCES Walker, Ranginui, Ka Whawhai Tonu Matou=Struggle Without End (Auckland, N.Z., Penguin, 2004) Orange, Claudia, The Treaty Of Waitangi (Wellington, N.Z., Allen & Unwin New Zealand Limited, 1987) Normanby, Hist 128 Course Reader (University Of Canterbury, 2006) www.treatyofwaitangi, information gathered on 21.03.2006 It lacks detail,because it was rushed.