Chief Justice declares treaty 'worthless' and a 'simple nullity'

17/10/19
Today is New Zealand history Chief justice Sir James prendergast's was attorney-general from 1865 to 1875 and then chief justice of the supreme court until 1899 the case involved a block of land which had been given to the anglican church thinking that a school was going to be built though no school was built they were issued a crown grant to the land. Prendergast ruled that the courts lacked the ability to consider claims. the treaty of waitangi was worthless savages ho were not capable of signing a treaty. Though prendergast's ruling was based on either courts of appeal decisions, it would be used to justify the alienation of more than maori land.





https://nzhistory.govt.nz/the-chief-justice-declares-that-the-treaty-of-waitangi-is-worthless-and-a-simple-nullity