One New Zealand Foundation Inc.

THE LITTLEWOOD TREATY – FINAL DRAFT

By Ross Baker, Researcher, One New Zealand Foundation Inc.

“HE IWI TAHI TATOU – WE ARE NOW ONE PEOPLE”. Published 1992. ISBN 0 473 02600-7.

“From Treaty to Conspiracy – (Theory)”.         Published, 1998. ISBN 0 473 05066-8.

NOTE

Since writing this in 1992, further researched has found the following,

1. The final draft was written by James Busby under Lt. Governor Hobsons in structions.
2. While the Final Draft stated the tangata Maori must give up their “sovereignty”, the Tiriti o Waitangi and all back translations, stated they must give up their “kawanatanga/governments”. See, kawantanga in the Declaration of Independence
3. The Treaty of Waitangi was not our Founding Document, our true Founding document and first Constution was Queen Victoria’s Royal Charter/ Letters Patent dated 16 November 1840.
4. The Treaty was drafted and signed while New Zealand was under the jurisdiction of New South Wales and only referred to tangata Maori, so could not be New Zealand’s Founding Document.
5. The people that signed the Treaty of Waitangi were called “tangata Maori” not, “tangata whenua”.

Note.

On the night of 5 February 1840, Rev Richard Taylor re-wrote the Tiriti o Waitangi Governor Hobson had read and discussed with the chiefs at Waitangi onto dog skin. This original copy of the Tiriti o Waitangi that was written by James Busby and read to the Chief on 5 February 1840 by Governor Hobson, has never been found.

NOTE

A member of the One New Zealand Foundation Inc. knew John Littlewood and obtained a copy of Lt. Governor Hobson’s Final Draft, which I used in my 2 books 1992 and 1998 and Martin Doutre used in his book in 2005 and article in 2021.

This is the letter John Littlewood received from Michael Holder, Assistant Director of National Archives on the 24 September 1992 asking John Littlewood if they could release a copy of the final draft to me.  John reply is written on the bottom of the letter agreeing they could release it to anyone and could be used for display purposes.  I never received a copy of the final draft from National Archives, but a member of the One New New Zealand Foundation Inc. knew John Littlewood and obtained a copy, which I used in my 2 books 1992 and 1998 and Martin Doutre used in his  book in 2005.

All my research I did in 1989-92 into the Final Draft was given to Martin Doutre to write his book, The Littlewood Treaty – The True English Treaty of Waitangi Found”. Published 2005.