Te Kotahitanga — the Māori Parliament
Te Kotahitanga o Te Tiriti o Waitangi
- When
- 1892–1902
- Where
- Waipatu, Hawke’s Bay · Waipatu
- Reach
- Several regions
A Māori parliament met annually for a decade, seeking the self-government promised by Te Tiriti and passing its own legislation.
Kotahitanga drew on He Whakaputanga and the Treaty to argue for a Māori legislature with authority over Māori land and people. It met each year from 1892, debated in te reo, and sent repeated petitions to Parliament and to the Crown. Wellington never conceded the principle, but the movement produced a generation of leaders and shaped the later Young Māori Party.
Regions affected
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