This is the original English copy that was then translated to Maori.

Easy to read, so why the problems.

English version of treaty

HER MAJESTY VICTORIA Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland regarding with Her Royal Favor
the Native Chiefs and Tribes of New Zealand and anxious to protect their just Rights and Property and to secure
to them the enjoyment of Peace and Good Order has deemed it necessary in consequence of the great number of Her
Majesty's Subjects who have already settled in New Zealand and the rapid extension of Emigration both from Europe and
Australia which is still in progress to constitute and appoint a functionary properly authorised to treat with the
Aborigines of New Zealand for the recognition of Her Majesty's Sovereign authority over the whole or any part of those islands
Her Majesty therefore being desirous to establish a settled form of Civil Government with a view to avert the evil consequences
which must result from the absence of the necessary Laws and Institutions alike to the native population and to Her subjects has
been graciously pleased to empower and to authorise me William Hobson a Captain in Her Majesty's Royal Navy Consul and
Lieutenant-Governor of such parts of New Zealand as may be or hereafter shall be ceded to her Majesty to invite the confederated
and independent Chiefs of New Zealand to concur in the following Articles and Conditions.

Article the first [Article 1]

The Chiefs of the Confederation of the United Tribes of New Zealand and the separate and independent Chiefs who have not become
members of the Confederation cede to Her Majesty the Queen of England absolutely and without reservation all the rights and powers
of Sovereignty which the said Confederation or Individual Chiefs respectively exercise or possess, or may be supposed to exercise
or to possess over their respective Territories as the sole sovereigns thereof.

Article the second [Article 2]

Her Majesty the Queen of England confirms and guarantees to the Chiefs and Tribes of New Zealand and to the respective families
and individuals thereof the full exclusive and undisturbed possession of their Lands and Estates Forests Fisheries and other
properties which they may collectively or individually possess so long as it is their wish and desire to retain the same in their possession;
but the Chiefs of the United Tribes and the individual Chiefs yield to Her Majesty the exclusive right of Preemption over such lands as the
proprietors thereof may be disposed to alienate at such prices as may be agreed upon between the respective Proprietors and persons appointed
by Her Majesty to treat with them in that behalf.

Article the third [Article 3]

In consideration thereof Her Majesty the Queen of England extends to the Natives of New Zealand Her royal protection and imparts to them
all the Rights and Privileges of British Subjects.
(signed) William Hobson, Lieutenant-Governor.

Now therefore We the Chiefs of the Confederation of the United Tribes of New Zealand being assembled in Congress at Victoria in Waitangi
and We the Separate and Independent Chiefs of New Zealand claiming authority over the Tribes and Territories which are specified after our
respective names, having been made fully to understand the Provisions of the foregoing Treaty, accept and enter into the same in the full
spirit and meaning thereof in witness of which we have attached our signatures or marks at the places and the dates respectively specified.
Done at Waitangi this Sixth day of February in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty.