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Tiriti o Waitangi

1. (loan) (noun) Treaty of Waitangi.

He mea āta whakaaro rawa e ia tana whakatairanga i te whai manatanga o te Māori i raro i te Tiriti o Waitangi, arā hoki tāna i tino kōkiri ai ko te whakaherenga o te Ture Penehīni o 1937 (TTR 1998:109). / He was also keen to promote Māori rights under the Treaty of Waitangi, this was especially so during talks on the Petroleum Act 1937.

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