Judge Declares Treaty Worthless

On the 17th of October 1997, Chief Justice Sir James Prendergast’s declared the treaty of Waitangi worthless and nullity when deciding the case of Wi Parata a block of land which was meant to have a school built on it but when no school appeared the crown took the land and claimed it as there own. Prendergast said that the treaty of Waitangi was worthless because it had been signed between a civilised nation and group of savages who were not capable of signing a treaty. 


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