The opposing view is that Te Tiriti o Waitangi was a formal treaty between two sovereign powers, the British Crown and the confederation of iwi ("United Tribes") that had declared the independence of "Nui Terene" in 1835. That since sovereignty wasn't ceded in the Te Reo Māori version - and some iwi like Ngai Tūhoe never signed Te Tiriti - the enforcement of NZ government sovereignty over iwi is an illegal occupation under international law.
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