...individuals thereof, the full, exclusive, and undisturbed possession of their lands and estates, forests, and fisheries, and other properties which they may collectively...and desire to retain the same in their possession." It would have been difficult to maintain in a Court of Justice that the forcible extinction of the...

...instructed most honourably and scrupulously to fulfil the conditions of the treaty of Waitangi, by which the full, exclusive, and undisturbed possession of...estates, forests, fisheries, and other properties which the chiefs and tribes of New Zealand and the respective families and individuals thereof, may collectively...

...which they may collectively or indi" vidually possess " were guaranteed to them " so long as " it was their wish and desire " to retain the same in their " possession.". The first statute passed by the first New Zealand Legislature was the Lands Claims Ordinance No. 1, in...

...sole Sovereigns thereof. ARTICLE THE SECOND. Her Majesty the Queen of England confirms and guarantees to the Chiefs and Tribes of New Zealand, and to the...the full, exclusive, and undisturbed possession of the Lands and Estates, Forests, Fisheries, and other properties whicl, they may collectively or individually...

...however, let me remind the House that by the Treaty of Waitangi " the Queen confirms and guarantees to the chiefs and tribes of New Zealand, and to the...possess, so long as it is their wish and desire to retain tho same in their possession." It follows that whatever rights, especially territorial,- the Natives...

...sovereigns thereof. Article the Second. — Her Majesty the Queen of England confirms and guarantees to the chiefs and tribes of New Zealand, and to the...families and individuals thereof, the full, exclusive and * Parliamentary Papers, 1840 [560]. By order of the New Zealand Government a fac-simile of the original...

...Clause 2" — and Mr. Heke repeated it: " ' Her Majesty the Queen of England confirms and guarantees to the chiefs and tribes of New Zealand, and to the...and desire to retain the same in their possession, but the chiefs of the united tribes and the individual chiefs yield to Her Majesty the Queen the exclusive...

...of being rnatlo subject to the British Crown, they ceded their sovereignty and powers. Nevertheless, the treaty confirmed and guarantied to the "chiefs...to retain the same in their possession." The only qualification of this confirmation and guaranty of title is the cession to Her Majesty of a right of...

...Crown, they ceded their sovereignty and powers. Nevertheless, the treaty confirmed and guarantied^ the "chiefs and tribes of New Zealand, and to the...or individually possess so long as it is their wish ai|d desire to retain the same in their possession." The only qualification of this confirmation and...

...Waitangi, of the year 1840, it says,— " Her Majesty the Queen of England confirms and guarantees to the chiefs and tribes of New Zealand, and to the...exclusive, and undisturbed possession of their lands, estates, fisheries, and other properties which they may collectively or individually possess, so long...