02-04-2022, 03:36 PM
Quote:wainuithey didnt have to understand anything.
Maori had little understanding of such terms and their land was what they could defend and cultivate.  They didn't consider ownership in the same way.
the law regarding property rights was entrenched in the magna carta by king john in 1215? (thereabouts)
the english crown and its subjects were bound by that document.
when the british arrived, maori held full, complete and sovereign title to these lands.
So if you disappear out of view You know I will never say goodbye