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Parore Te ĀwhĀ me ngĀ rangatira
tokowhitu o te Tai Tokerau, mŌ "ngĀ tĀngata whenua o Aotearoa”, pItihana ki a Kuini WikitŌria

"[I te tau 1840] i whakatau ngā Rangatira Māori… ko Ingarangi hei kaitiaki mō Aotearoa – ki te tiaki me te manaaki i ngā iwi Māori o Aotearoa. Ko te whakaritenga ko te Tiriti o Waitangi, me te tūranga hou o te Kāwana tuatahi, a Kāpene Te Hopihona.

Nā te kūwaretanga o ētahi iwi Māori… ka poroa te pouhaki [i te tau 1844-45] … mō ngā iwi nā rātou te mahi, ka mahara rātou ko te haki he tohu mō te raupatu whenua…. I te tau 1860, i puta anō tētahi kino ki ngā iwi Māori nā te Kāwana tonu, koia, i roto i ana wānanga take kore, i panaia atu a Wiremu Kingi i ōna whenua ake i Waitara, ā, ko ngā pakanga mō te whenua ka maringi anō ngā toto ki waenganui i ngā Pākehā me ngā Māori. Nā tēnei āhuatanga … ka karangahia e koe a … Kāwana Gore Brown ….

I te tau 1862, nāu … i tono mai a Kāwana Kerei ki te whakaaio i te ua me te hau … [engari] ka tae mai ia i te wā tuarua … i tere tana māwehe atu ki Taranaki ki te hanga rori i runga i ngā whenua Māori, nā reira ka tipu te pakanga me te parekura nui o ngā iwi e rua. I te tau 1863, i haria te pakanga ki roto o Waikato, ā, kāore mātou i mōhio ki te take i tipu ai te pakanga ki reira … i whakarōpū whenua ngā tāngata o Waikato, e ai ki te Tiriti o Waitangi, ki te tiaki i tō rātou mana motuhake o runga i ngā whenua, i whakaturea ai ki roto i te Tiriti.

E te Kuini! Kāore koe e whakaaro ake ki te hē o te pupuri i ō rātou whenua: engari i whakahēngia te pupuri e te Kāwanatanga o Aotearoa, inā i huakina te pakanga ki ngā tāngata o Waikato, whai muri ka raupatutia ō rātou whenua, ahakoa kāore ngā tāngata o Waikato i hiahia ki te whawhai – ko te hiahia i tipu mai i te Kāwana me tōna Kaunihera … Ko te take i pēnei ai ngā whakaaro ki te whakatutuki i tēnei mahi he hiahia nō rātou ki te raupatu i ngā whenua Māori, me te takahi i te Tiriti o Waitangi ki raro i ō rātou waewae… [ko] ngā tāngata auē, i auē, ko ngā tāngata apakura i apakura, ko ngā tāngata mamae i rongo kino i te mamae, ko ngā tāngata pōuri i noho pōuri, i runga i te whakaaro ko te Tiriti o Waitangi te pūtake o ngā kōrero a te iwi Māori ki a koe e te Kuini!

Engari ko ngā tāngata o Aotearoa i kī ko te whawhai me te raupatu i ngā whenua i tipu ai te parekura, ka mahue pani mai ō tamariki Māori, i whakamanaia e koe, e te Kuini. Kāore mātou i whakapono ki ngā whakapuakitanga a ngā Pākehā mō ngā hē i mahia ki a mātou, engari he mea tāpae ki a mātou nā runga i tō mana rangatira… E te Kuini, ko tō aroha ki te iwi Māori te mea e mōhiotia nuitia ana….

I te tau 1881, i whakahoutia he kaupapa e te Kāwanatanga ki te whakaara i te riri…. I tukuna atu he taua ki Parihaka ki te mauhere i ngā tāngata hara kore ka haria ki te whareherehere; ki te muru i ā rātou rawa me ā rātou moni, ki te takahi i ngā kai e tipu ana, ki te wāwāhi i ngā whare ki raro, me ētahi atu mahi whakahāwea i te ture.

Pau katoa ō mātou kaha ki te wherawhera i te Tiriti o Waitangi ki te whakamātau i te pūtake o ngā ture kino i whakahaerehia e te Kāwanatanga nei, engari kāore i kitea e mātou … Nō reira ka inoi [mātou] ki a koe kia whakatūria he Roera Kōmihana o Ingarangi ki te whakanoa i ngā ture e tūkino ana i te iwi Māori, ā, ki te whakaatu Pāremata Māori, hei here i ngā mana Pākehā e whakataha ana i te Tiriti o Waitangi… ā, ki te ārai i ngā kino tonu o te whenua kei te takahi i te iwi Māori ia rā, ia tau, ā, ki te whakahoki ki ngā Māori i ngā whenua i raupatutia hētia i raro i ngā wāhanga o te Tiriti o Waitangi; ā, ki te turaki i ngā ture kore mana o te pāremata o Aotearoa e huna ana i te tiriti, kia tū anō tōna mauri.”

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1883, A-6, p. 2.

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NgĀ kŌrero a Te KĀwanatanga o Aotearoa mŌ te pItihana a ngĀ Rangatira o NgĀ Puhi ki te Kuini 1882

"E hoa mā, i runga i te take o tō pitihana… i tukuna ki te Kuini o Ingarangi, e amuamu ana mō ngā hē o te Kāwanatanga o Aotearoa i raro i te Tiriti o Waitangi, me te inoi mō tētahi Komihana Roera….

E mea ana a Rore Derby mō te pitihana nei, i kōrerohia e te Kāwanatanga o ngā Koroni, i whakatakotohia ki mua i te aroaro o te Kuini, ā, he pai tana nanao mai… [engari] kāore i homai he whakamārama me ahu pēhea…"

New Zealand Parliamentary Debates, vol. 41, 1882, pp. 118-9.

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Thomas Bracken,
Mema PĀremata, e tautohe ana i te Pire ki te mauhere i a Te Whiti o Rongomai rĀua ko Tohu KĀkĀhi i runga i te kore whakawĀ

"Ki ōku whakaaro, he mea hūneinei tēnei. E noho ana tātou i roto i te koroni mākohakoha, i raro rānei i tētahi tangata rorirori? E whakaae ana ngā tāngata o Aotearoa ki te tuku i tētahi tangata, ahakoa kei a ia te tūranga Minita Māori, ki te wāwāhi i te kaupapa ture? E whakaae ana mā tētahi tangata, ahakoa he Minita nō te Karauna, ki te whakatārewa i te hunga whakawā mēnā e pai ana ki a ia?… [Nā te Upoko 3 o te Tiriti o Waitangi i whakarato ki ngā Māori] ko ngā tikanga me ngā painga o ngā pononga o Ingarangi, e āhei ana rātou ki ngā tikanga a te hunga whakawā … e tū ana ahau ki te whakahē, ahakoa ko au anake pea te mea i roto i tēnei whare, ki te tohe ki tēnei mahi Ingarihi-kore a te Tari…. E kī ana ahau e tuki ana tēnei ki ngā pūtake katoa o te tika, ā, i takahi ki te wairua tika o Peretānia e whakahīhī nei tātou ki ōna painga."

New Zealand Parliamentary Debates, vol. 41, 1882, pp. 118-9.

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KĪngi TĀwhiao Te Wherowhero,
NgĀti Mahuta, me ngĀ tĀngata tokowhĀ o Waikato, I tĀ rĀtou pItihana ki te Kuini

“Ko mātou, ngā Rangatira o Aotearoa, i haere mai ki tēnei whenua i tawhiti ki tō aroaro, i runga i te kōrero o te parekura nui kua rokohanga ki tō iwi Māori e arohaina ana e te Kuini me ngā tāngata o Ingarangi. Ā, kua kauhoe mātou i Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa, e wehe nei i a tāua, ā, i tae pai mai mātou ki Ingarangi, te mātāpuna o te mana, ki te wāhi e noho ai te Kuini, kia whakatikahia ngā māuiui o te iwi Māori nā te Kāwanatanga o Aotearoa i uta ki runga i a rātou, kāore i aro ake ki te whakatika i ngā hē i mahia e rātou atu i tēnei wā, me ngā hē kei te mahia tonu; ehara noa iho i te mea kei te mahi kino ngā Māori, ā, kei te tipu te raruraru i waenga i ngā iwi e rua; nō reira, he kore nō te Kāwanatanga e āta whiriwhiri i te kaupapa nei, e tipu ai te pīra ki te mana nui. Ā, nō te mea i kitea te ngākau aroha o te Kuini ki tōna iwi Māori, i whakaatuhia ki roto i te Tiriti o Waitangi, e tika ana kia heria mai ngā kirimana me ngā māuiui ki mua i tō aroaro hei whakaaro māu.”

A petition from Tawhiao, Wiremu Te Wheoro, Patara Te Tuhi, Topia Turoa and Hori Ropihana, translated by Frederick Spencer, July 1884, during the visit of the delegation to see Queen Victoria (they did not see her but did see Lord Derby). The text is printed in Appendices to the Journals of The Legislative Council, 1886, no. 11 p. 1 (English) and no. 11A (in Māori).

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KĪngi TĀwhiao Te Wherowhero,
NgĀti Mahuta, ki a KĀwana Jervois

"Ā, kō tētahi atu, e pā ana ki te pānui mai i 1865 i whakakorehia ngā whakararu o ngā whakahaeretanga ki Aotearoa, ka waiho mā te kāwanatanga o Aotearoa e whakahaere, koia anō rā. Engari kāore ngā iwi Māori i mōhio ki ngā take i whāia e ngā hoa Pākehā ki te whakahaere motuhake i ngā kaupapa e pā ana ki Aotearoa; ā, ko te Kāwanatanga a te Kuini i whakaaro kore ki ngā iwi Māori, ki te pātai i ō rātou ake whakaaro. Inā rā, ko te tikanga ki te kāwana me te nohoanga o te moutere e ngā Pākehā, mai te tīmatanga o Tiriti o Waitangi; he mea waiho ake ki ngā rangatira, me ngā hapū o ngā tāngata whenua, me te Kuini ki te whai ake i ngā wāhanga o te Tiriti o Waitangi, ka meinga hei kawenata ki runga i ngā uri.

Ā, kō tētahi atu, i runga i te kōrerotanga o te pānui a ō Minita e mea ana "Kāore he takahitanga i te Tiriti o Waitangi", e pātai ana mātou ko tēhea wāhanga o te Tiriti o Waitangi, ko ēhea hapū, ko ēhea rangatira i uta i ō rātou mana ki runga i ngā whenua Māori i raro i te kōti whenua Māori, i hoatu rānei i te mana ake ki te Pākehā ki te whakahaere i ngā whenua Māori i roto i taua kōti, e pānuihia ana i roto i te whiti e whai tikanga ana ki te kōti whenua Māori o taua pitihana."

Appendices to the Journals of The Legislative Council, 1886, no. 11 p. 7.

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John Balance,
Mema o te Whare PĀremata, Minita MĀori tawhito, e tautohe ana mŌ te Pire Whenua MĀori

"Mehemea ka taea e tātou te pito o tēnei tirohanga, arā, te whakakoroni i ngā whenua Māori – kāore au e whakawāwā mēnā e taea ana te huarahi whakatutuki te parahau. Ko te hua e tūmanakohia ana e tātou ko te whakakoroni i ngā whenua Māori; ā, ko tētahi hua ake, e mea ana, ki te whakatutuki i ngā tūmanako o te tika ki roto i ngā hinengaro Māori mō te wānanga i ngā take o ngā whenua.

Koinei ngā mea hei whakaaro ake mā tātou. Kāore tātou i wehe noa mai i te āhei ki te kī atu me whakakoroni ngā whenua Māori, aha atu rānei. I roto i te Tiriti o Waitangi, koia te tūāpapa o te ngā tikanga Māori, i a mātou te tino tikanga ki te hoko me te taunaha i ngā whenua Māori…. [Kei] ngā hui Māori katoa, i tautokohia e te nuinga o ngā rangatira te hāpainga o te Tiriti o Waitangi, engari ka kōrero [ki te Minita Māori] ko te mātāpono taketake [te hokonga o ngā whenua Māori e te Karauna] i roto i te Tiriti o Waitangi, he mea homai hei utu i te tukunga o te mana whenua, me whakakore. Mēnā koinā, kaua e tukuna kia kōrerohia te Tiriti e ngā Māori mō ake tonu…. Ko te pātai hei whakaaro ake mēnā ka taea te whakapiri i ngā kaupapa o te tiriti ki tēnei rā me ēnei āhuatanga."

New Zealand Parliamentary Debates, vol. 61, 1888, p. 676.

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Hoani Taipua Te Puna i Rangiriri,
NgĀti Raukawa, Mema PĀremata MĀori mŌ te Tai HauĀuru

"He nui ngā pitihana a ngā kaitono ki ahau, e mea ana rātou kia mutu te hokona o ngā whenua Māori ki ngā Pākehā me te Karauna kia whakatūria ngā kāinga noho mō ngā Māori…. E tika ana i whakaturetia anō i roto i te Tiriti o Waitangi [te hoko i ngā whenua ki te Karauna anake]; engari nā wai i wāwāhi te tiriti?… Ko te whiti tuarua o te tiriti e whakatūturu ana ki ngā Māori te tino rangatiratanga o ō rātou whenua, ngā wāhi hī ika, ngā takutai moana, me ētahi atu. He aha ngā hua i puta? Ko ngā wāhi hī ika, aha atu, he mea tango atu i a mātou. Mēnā ka haere ngā Māori ki ngā wāhi hī ika, ki ngā wāhi mahinga kai, ka katia mai, e kore e taea te hari i taua kaupapa ki mua i te aroaro o te Kōti. Ka kōrerohia ki a ia i taua wā tonu kua riro atu ngā mea katoa ki raro i te maru o te Kuini."

New Zealand Parliamentary Debates, vol. 72, 1891, p. 47.

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Timi Kara, NgĀti Kahungunu,
Mema PĀremata MĀori mo te Tai RĀwhiti , me Waiapu hoki, i roto i tana tuhi mŌ te Ripoata a te komihana Ā-Ture Whenua MĀori, ko ia tĒtahi o ngĀ mema.

"[Ko] ngā tāngata Whenua … kāore i tuku i ā rātou whakahaerenga whenua ake ki ngā Kāwanatanga maha … o Aotearoa. Ko te mea kē, inā te roa o te wā e pupuritia ana e te Kāwanatanga te tikanga hoko ki a ia anake mō ō rātou whenua Māori, e hia kē te roa e tūkinohia ana te Māori. I maumahara rātou ki ngā kupu kōrero a Kāpene Te Hopihona ki a rātou i te wā i hainatia te Tiriti o Waitangi – e kotahi ana ngā iwi e rua ki raro i te maru o te ariki tapairu; engari, ko te mahi i tino taupatupatu ki tēnei, e hia miriona eka kē ngā whenua i tangohia mai i a rātou e te Kāwanatanga mō te utu tino iti, engari ko te tikanga kē mō ngā tāngata mariu a te Kuini o Ingarangi. Tino hē nei, arā, ko ngā hokona a te Kāwanatanga i whakawāhia ki roto i te Whare Pāremata e ngā tāngata tūranga teitei, ā e taea ai e rātou ki te whakaaro whakaritenga tōkeke….

Inā kua whakakorea e te Kāwanatanga o Aotearoa te hokonga o ngā whenua Māori ki te Karauna anake [i roto i te Ture Whenua Māori 1862], tē aro i a  au me pēhea e taea ai e rātou te whakatū anō i taua tikanga me te kore e kimi i te whakaaetanga o te iwi Māori. Ki te mahi pērā te Rōpū Hanga Ture, ka nunui atu te hotohoto a ngā iwi Māori ki ngā Kāwanatanga Koroni.

Ka kitea tonutia atu te whakaaro o te Kāwanatanga ki te whakarahi atu i ngā painga ki a tauiwi i te mimitinga o ngā mana whenua o ngā pononga Māori a te Kuini. Ki ngā whakaaro Māori … ko tēnei whakahaerenga ki ngā Māori o nāianei he take raupatu. Ka rongo tonu rātou i ngā mahi whakatōmuri e pēhi nei i ngā nekenga whakamua, e kati ai te huarahi ki ngā painga e whakapano ana rātou ka taea e rātou.

E kitea ana i ngā taunakitanga, i ngā wāhi i mana ai te tikanga hoko a te Karauna… kāore i taea e te Māori te hoko atu i ana whenua mō te utu e tika ana. Ko ngā tāpaenga a te Kāwanatanga e toru hereni mō te eka [i te rohe o te Kīngitanga]: i taua wā tonu i te hiahia ngā kaihoko tūmatataiti… ki te hoko mai mō te kotahi pāuna mō te eka…. Ko te hua i puta… e mea ana, ki te kore e taea e ngā Māori te hoko i ō rātou whenua ki te kaihoko ahakoa he nui ake te utu tēnā i te Kāwanatanga, kāore rātou e hoko noa;… ā, e kore e taea e te Tiriti o Waitangi ake, me ngā ture kua whakamanahia e te Whare Pāremata, te whakahaere i ngā Māori kia hoko i ō rātou whenua."

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1891, Session II, G-1, p. xxxxviii.

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NgĀ MĀngai o Te Arawa,
I tĀ rĀtou pitihana ki a Kuini WikitŌria

"Mēnā ka whakaae koe e te Kuini ki te tuku me te whakamana anō i tētahi kaunihera māngai, ā, mā ngā Māori anō e tohu, hei pae whiriwhiri i ngā mahi katoa e pāpā ana ki te iwi Māori…

Ehara tēnei hei whakapōraru i ō mahara, nā te mea kāore i te whakaaro me whakahāwea tō mana ki te wehe i ngā iwi e rua, engari ko te mea kē he whakakotahi i te iwi Māori ki raro i a koe e te Kuini; i te mea kua oti i a koe e tō mātou Kuini te whakakotahi i te hono i raro i te Tiriti o Waitangi, ahakoa kāore anō i āta tutuki ōna whakaritenga i ngā Kāwanatanga maha o Aotearoa. Kua mahara ake ngā whakaaro o ō Māori kei kore e tutuki ngā wawata o te tiriti. Nā runga i tērā kaupapa e kimi nei ō tāngata Māori i te oranga i a koe nā…

Ki te āwangawanga ō whakaaro e te Kuini e rongo nei i ngā mamae o te iwi Māori e ngau kino nei i a rātou, mēnā ka pai ki a koe e te Kuini … ki te tuku mai i tētahi o ō tāngata mātāmua kāore ōna herenga ki te Kāwanatanga o Aotearoa, ki te tirotiro i ngā take whakamamae…"

The petition was covered with an advice from the Governor that the New Zealand Government disagreed with the idea of such a council since it “would not be productive of benefit to the Maoris”. Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1892, A-l, p. 9.

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HĀmuera MangakĀhia,
Moehau, i te hui Kotahitanga i Waitangi

Nā taua Tiriti, nā ngā rangatira o te iwi Māori i hoatu ki te Kuini me ōna tāngata te mana kia āhei rātou ki te noho i Aotearoa me Te Waipounamu, arā, i whakaaehia mā te mana o te Kāwanatanga a te Kuini e toro ki ngā wāhi katoa o Aotearoa. Nō reira, i whakaaehia ko ngā tāngata kāore ō rātou hea, ka riro atu he hea mō rātou i tēnei motu, mā te mana o te tangata nōna te whenua, ā, ka hokona mō te utu i whakatauhia i waenganui i te tangata nōna te whenua me te kaihoko.

Nā taua Tiriti rā i tau ai ngā kōrero a ngā iwi e rua nō ngā tāngata Māori anake te mana o ō rātou whenua. E mōhio ana koutou ki te tikanga o tēnei kupu i roto i tō tātou reo nā te mea ko tēnei kupu te mana, he mea ahurei. E ai ki ā mātou tikanga kāore e taea e tētahi rangatira te hanga tikanga mō te whenua o tētahi atu rangatira.

From the record of the 14 April 1892 meeting to formalise the 1st Maori parliament. Nga Korero o to Hui o to Whakakotahitanga i Tu ki to Tiriti o Waitangi, Aperira 14 1892, Auckland, 1892, translation by Jane McRae. As cited in Belonging Here/ Toi Taketake: The 150 Year Debate, New Zealand 1990 Commission, Wellington, 1990.

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Henare Tomoana,
NgĀti Hori, NgĀti Kahungunu, i te Whare PĀremata MĀori, Waipatu, Heretaunga

"E tono ana ngā Māori kia whakahokia atu te mana o ō rātou whenua me ngā rawa ki a rātou anō, ā, kia riro atu te mana ki tētahi rōpū e mōhiotia ana ko te ‘Whakakotahi i ngā iwi Maori’ [kotahitanga]. E pīrangi ana rātou kia rua ngā rōpū, ko tētahi e tohua ana e ngā rangatira, ko tētahi atu he mea tohu e ngā hapū me ngā iwi, ko ngā rōpū nei ki te wehewehe i ngā whenua kua tau ngā taitara i runga i te tika me te pono."

Hawke’s Bay Herald, 1 June 1893. Cited in Belonging Here/ Toi Taketake: The 150 Year Debate, New Zealand 1990 Commission, Wellington, 1990.

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Hone Heke,
NgĀti RĀhiri, NgĀ Puhi, Mema PĀremata MĀori mŌ te Tai Tokerau, e tautohe ana i runga i te Pire Tikanga Tangata Whenua

"I homai e te Wāhanga 2 o te Tiriti ki ngā Māori te tino rangatiratanga ki ngā oneone o Aotearoa, ā, ka mea [a Heke] kia kore rātou e whakararutia e ngā ture ka pāhitia e te Whare mō ō rātou whenua. E ai ki ngā Māori, e kore rawa ō rātou whenua e rawekehia ahakoa he aha… Engari he aha koa ngā ture e pā ana ki ngā take Maori? Ka kī ia ko te raupatu i ō rātou whenua, ā, ka kī anō ia he parekura nui ngā ture take Māori o mua ki te iwi Māori. E hia kē ngā take i whakaarahia ake e te iwi Māori mō te Tiriti o Waitangi, ka tono ake kia puritia ngā wāhanga o te Tiriti e ngā Kāwanatanga o Aotearoa, engari kāore i whakarongo. I whakamāramahia ki ngā Māori e ngā Pākehā maha o waho atu i te Whare, me ngā mema o te Kāwanatanga, he kore noa iho te Tiriti. He aha ngā hua?... E hia ngā pitihana i hainatia e ngā rangatira nunui o te iwi Māori, ka tukuna atu ki Ingarangi, e pātai ana mēnā kua oti anō te whakahou te Tiriti o Waitangi. Ko te whakautu ki ngā pitihana e kī ana kei te mau tonu te hā o te Tiriti, i hainatia i 1840, i tēnei wā.

New Zealand Parliamentary Debates, vol. 85, 1894, p. 553.

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Timi Kara,
Mema PĀremata MĀorI mo te Tai RĀwhiti, me WaiapU hoki, e tautohe ana mŌ te Pire KŌti Whenua MĀori.

"I te raki o Ākarana, e tika ana, arā e kī rā te Pirimia, e ngākaunui ana rātou i te kaha o te kotahi o te whakaaro ā-iwi. Ka whakahōnore rātou i te Tiriti o Waitangi, engari kāore e taea e rātou te tautuhi ōna hua i roto i ngā mahi o ia rā. Ka kī ake rātou, 'Homai koa te "mana whakahaere whenua" he mea whakahirahira te Tiriti, he mea hanga te Tiriti i runga i ō mātou whenua; i whakamanahia e ō mātou kaumātua, ā, ko rātou i whiwhi i ngā hua o Ingarangi'; me ētahi atu mea. Ka kī rātou, 'E whakapono ana mātou ki taua Tiriti, ā, ka hiahia tonu mātōu ki te mana whakahaere whenua. Mā mātou anō e hanga he ture, ki te whakahaere i ā mātou kaupapa ake.’ Kāore aku kōrero ake mō tēnā. Ka harikoa ki tō rātou wairua whakakotahi, engari i tēnei ao hurihuri, kāore mātou e tūpou ki ngā kōingotanga o te ngākau. Me wānanga e tātou te hua ka puta: ngā painga ki ngā Māori me ngā Pākehā, me te take whakakoroni, whakanohonoho whenua.

New Zealand Parliamentary Debates, vol. 86, 1894, p. 382.

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Richard Seddon,
Pirimia, I te hui I Ruatoki me ngĀ rangatira o TŪhoe

"Ki ngā tāngata kua whiriwhiri me te Kāwanatanga i raro i ngā ture o mua iho, me ngā tāngata kua taka ki raro i te maru o tēnei ture a te Kāwanatanga, e kī ana ahau kāore koutou e whenua kore – e kore e mate i te moni, i te kai, me te kākahu. Ka nui atu ngā painga ki a Tūhoe mai i te wā i Tūhoe ai koutou. Kei te ora tonu ō koutou māngai hei whakapai ake i tō koutou iwi, ā, kua whakatakoto kōrero ahau me pēhea te whakaara ake i tō iwi. I kōrero koutou mō Tāwhiao me ētahi atu Māori – i whai rātou i ō rātou ake huarahi. Kua whai hua anō ngā tāngata i haere ki raro i te maru o Tāwhiao? Kua whai hua anō a ia? Ko wai mā ōna iwi? Kāore ō rātou whenua. Kāore ō rātou hoa. I te wā i tūtaki au i a rātou i Waikato ka tono mai rātou kia whakahokia atu ngā whenua, i homai hei whakatū whare kura te take – inā tō rātou hiahia – ā, ko ngā tāngata ka whakapiri ki tōna taha, kāore ō rātou whenua kāore he moni – ngā tāngata kāore i whai i ngā oati a ō rātou tīpuna me te Kuini ki te tiaki i a rātou – koinā ngā tāngata kore whenua i tēnei rā i Aotearoa. Ko ngā tāngata i totohe ki ngā oati a ō rātou tīpuna, rātou i haina i te Tiriti o Waitangi – ngā tāngata i wehe atu i taua Tiriti – he hīkoi whakamuri ki te whāngaromanga. He whakaheke tēnei ki te pohara, me te taruweku, ā, ko te iwi rangatira, kua toru taima – kāo, tekau taima – te tokomaha ake i roto i tēnei koroni mēnā i whai rātou i ngā tapuwae o ō rātou tīpuna."

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1895, G-1, p. 55.

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Te Heuheu TŪkino TŪreiti,
NgĀti TŪwharetoa, taunakitanga ki te Komiti Take MĀori mŌ TE PIRE Nohoanga, Whakahaere Whenua MĀori

"E kōrero ana ahau koinei tō mātou mārama: ko te wāhanga 2 o te Tiriti o Waitangi e kī ana kei ngā tāngata whenua tō rātou tino rangatiratanga, ngā taitara, me te tiaki i ō rātou ake kaupapa whakahaere… Anā, ko te Pire mō te Poari Tangata Whenua ka whakakore katoa i te tino rangatiratanga i whakaturehia ki ngā Māori i raro i te Tiriti o Waitangi…

Ko ngā wawata o te iwi Māori ki roto o Aotearoa he pēnei: Kei te hiahia rātou ki te tautoko i ngā painga katoa i utaina ki runga i a rātou i raro o te Tiriti o Waitangi me te Ture Kaupapa Taketake 1852. Kei te mōhio tēnei Komiti he rūnanga, he komiti Māori rānei, e tū ana mō ngā tau e whitu. Ko te kotahitanga tāku e kōrero nei, me ngā tāngata toru tekau mā whitu mano kua whakaae ki te tautoko i te Tiriti o Waitangi me ōna wāhanga. Kua tuhia ngā ingoa ki raro, kia tika ai ngā kōrero e kī ana ngā tāngata kua herea rātou katoa ki te hāpai i te Tiriti o Waitangi me ōna wāhanga."

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1898, I-3a, p. 7.