The term “Settlement Agreement”, when used within this website, is our definition to describe “Te Tiriti O Waitangi 1840”. It is the terms and conditions on which His Majesty’s subjects are permitted to settle in Nu Tireni, and the agreed upon conditions in exchange.

As far as The Constitutional Order is concerned, the Settlers Agreement is the second Act of State, deriving any authority it has from the first Act of State, the “He Whakaputanga O Nga Rangatira O Nga Hapu O Nu Tireni 1835” – The Proclamation of Sovereignty.

TE TIRITI O WAITANGI 1840

The term “Proclamation of Sovereignty” is used throughout this website as our definition  to describe the He Whakaputanga O Nga Rangatira O Nga Hapu O Nu Tireni 1835. Where many use the definition “Declaration of Independence”, (including many Native Councils), the designation used within this website is “Proclamation of Sovereignty”, recognising that the He Whakaputanga established, BY PROCLAMATION, the SOVEREIGNTY of Nga Hapu O Nu Tireni and not Independence.

Regardless of the definition one would use, in either case, we are talking about the He Whakaputanga O Nga Rangatira O Nga Hapu O Nu Tireni 1835.

HE WHAKAPUTANGA O NGA RANGATIRA O NU TIRENI 1835

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The Constitutional Order is, our established constitutional documents set into order, for the purpose of giving Hapu a foundation under which we can exercise our kawa and tikanga under a lawful state of application.

The Constitutional Order comprises of:

• • The Proclamation Of Sovereignty 1835
  • The Settlers Agreement 1840
  • The Hapu Constitution (the year the Hapu is established)
  • The Statutory Declaration 2021

The documents have been published here in English for clarity of understanding of our interpretation of the purpose of the documents

Under these documents and articles therein, we acknowledge our Constitutional Order, the statutes under which we agree to operate our constitutionally authorised existence.

The Secretariat is an administration group of secretaries organised to execute Maori Customary Law in the Courts of Law of the land to protect Native Titled lands, Hapu members and Hapu resources with a 100% success rate as of this date.

The Secretariat started with a single issue with resounding success and then realised that their process could be implemented anywhere, for any issue and has now opened its doors to those who require their skills and experience. Read below for how it all started…

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