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- 1. YEAR EXERCISING SELF-SOVEREIGN AUTONOMOUS TIKANGA MĀORI CONSTITUTIONAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MĀORI TRIBES & SETTLER- COLONIAL INSTITUTION (BRITISH CROWN) 1835 He Whakaputanga o te Rangatiratanga o Nu Tireni (Declaration of Māori Sovereignty & Independence – pan-tribal confederation) 1840 Te Tiriti (Treaty) o Waitangi (Māori-British Crown relationship) 1858 Kīngitanga movement begins (pan-tribal Māori monarchy) 1889 Kīngitanga parliament established (Whakakitenga / Kauhanganui) 1892 Kotahitanga Māori parliament established 1902 Kotahitanga Māori Parliament disbanded and replaced by Māori Council instituted under the British Crown 1948 British Crown signs the UDHR 1975 British Crown Waitangi Tribunal established 2010 British Crown in NZ signs the UNDRIP 2016 Pan-Māori working group publishes Matike Mai report on constitutional transformation 2019 British Crown produces He Puapua report on constitutional transformation with reference to He Whakaputanga, TTOW, Waitangi Tribunal findings, UNDRIP & Matike Mai. 2022 British Crown in NZ High Court: Tikanga Māori exists beyond the province of authority for Crown justice to legislate or intervene. NGĀTI WHĀTUA ORĀKEI TRUST v ATTORNEY-GENERAL NZHC 843 The Kīngitanga and its parliament has endured until the present day. All findings and events since the establishment of the Waitangi Tribunal effectively affirm the sovereign power (mana rangatiratanga) and independent sovereign jurisdiction (mana motuhaketanga / mana tikanga) of Māori tribes, based on the variety of instruments that have been implemented since 1835. A similar comparative sequence can be modelled between NZ and Samoa. YEAR EXERCISING SELF-SOVEREIGN SAMOA AUTONOMY RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SAMOA & COLONIAL ADMINISTRATIVE INSTITUTION (BRITISH CROWN IN NZ / GERMAN EMPIRE) 1900 Germany acquires Western Samoa 1908 Mau a Puleono ma Tumua movement begins (leadership of traditional faʻamatai chiefly governance system) 1914 British Crown in NZ invades and annexes German Samoa (Western Samoa). 1962 Samoa (Western Samoa) declares independence from NZ administration. 1962 Samoa-NZ Treaty of Friendship (Feagaiga o Fa’auō) is established as part of foundation for transnational diplomatic relations between sovereign states.