Legal Standing
The Treaty itself has never been ratified or enacted as statute law in New Zealand, although it does appear in authoritative collections of treaties, and is sometimes referred to in specific pieces of legislation. There are two major points of legal debate concerning the Treaty:
- Whether or not the Treaty was the means by which the British Crown gained sovereignty over New Zealand, and
- Whether or not the Treaty is binding on the Crown.
Read more about this topic: Treaty Of Waitangi
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