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 …

…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.