Tino rangatiratanga
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Tino rangatiratanga is a Māori language term that translates literally to 'highest chieftainship' or 'unqualified chieftainship', but is also translated as "absolute sovereignty" or "self-determinatio
The Declaration of Independence of the United Tribes of New Zealand, made to the British Resident in New Zealand on 28 October 1835. The phrase tino rangatiratanga can be seen in the first line of section one.
Tino rangatiratanga is important to Māori and New Zealand culture and politics. Here the phrase is highlighted as it appears in the printed copies of the Treaty of Waitangi, as part of article two (ko te tuarua).
Rangatira
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In Māori culture, rangatira are tribal chiefs, the leaders of a hapū. Ideally, rangatira were people of great practical wisdom who held authority on behalf of the tribe and maintained boundaries betwe
Tino rangatiratanga
…different translations have drastically different implications for the relationship between the 1840 signatories: the British Crown and the Māori chiefs (rangatira). It has become one of the most contentious phrases in retrospective analyses of the treaty amid debate surrounding the obligations that were agreed…
Īhāia Te Kirikūmara (died 1873), a 19th-century rangatira
A sign explaining the tangata whenua history of The Bricks, Christchurch