Te Whiringa-a-Nuku
contains one of the most auspicious and important dates for sovereign whānau
and hapū, in both Maramataka
and Gregorian
calendar terms.
In 1835, 28 October was a Tamatea-kai-Ariki
day that coincided with Te Wakaminenga
o Ngā Rangatira o Ngā Hapū, a longstanding hui at Waitangi of Rangatira
from throughout Te Taitokerau.
In 1835, it was also the day that 34 of
those Rangatira signed He
Hakaputanga o te Rangatiratanga o Nu Tireni.
This
Declaration says in full.
1. KO MATOU, ko nga Tino
Rangatira o nga iwi o Nu Tireni i raro mai o Hauraki kua oti nei te huihui i
Waitangi i Tokerau i te ra 28 o Oketopa 1835, ka wakaputa i te Rangatiratanga
o to matou wenua a ka meatia ka wakaputaia e matou he Wenua Rangatira, kia
huaina, Ko te Wakaminenga o nga Hapu o Nu Tireni.
2. Ko te Kingitanga ko te mana i te wenua o te
wakaminenga o Nu Tireni ka meatia nei kei nga Tino Rangatira anake i to matou
huihuinga, a ka mea hoki e kore e tukua e matou te wakarite ture ki te tahi
hunga ke atu, me te tahi Kawanatanga hoki kia meatia i te wenua o te
wakaminenga o Nu Tireni, ko nga tangata anake e meatia nei e matou e wakarite
ana ki te ritenga o o matou ture e meatia nei matou i to matou huihuinga.
3. Ko matou ko nga tino Rangatira ka mea nei kia
huihui ki te runanga ki Waitangi a te Ngahuru i tenei tau i tenei tau ki te
wakarite ture kia tika ai te wakawakanga, kia mau pu te rongo kia mutu te he
kia tika te hokohoko, a ka mea hoki ki nga tauiwi o runga, kia wakarerea te
wawai, kia mahara ai ki te wakaoranga o to matou wenua, a kia uru ratou ki te
wakaminenga o Nu Tireni.
4. Ka mea matou kia tuhituhia he pukapuka ki te
ritenga o tenei o to matou wakaputanga nei ki te Kingi o Ingarani hei kawe
atu i to matou aroha nana hoki i wakaae ki te Kara mo matou. A no te mea ka
atawai matou, ka tiaki i nga pakeha e noho nei i uta, e rere mai ana ki te
hokohoko, koia ka mea ai matou ki te Kingi kia waiho hei matua ki a matou i
to matou Tamarikitanga kei wakakahoretia to matou Rangatiratanga.
KUA WAKAAETIA katoatia e matou i tenei ra i te 28
Oketopa, 1835, ki te aroaro o te Reireneti o te Kingi o Ingarani.
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By
1839 a total of 52 Rangatira had signed in behalf of their Hapū, and many more
have since joined.
For
some, He Hakaputanga is the only Constitution they will ever embrace. For others, it is the foundation for a future
Constitution which all may embrace.
Either way, 28 October 2014 is an Ōue
day, and the annual hui
of Te Wakaminenga at Waitangi is on again for all sovereign whānau and hapū. 
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