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He W[h]akaputanga (the 1835 NZ Declaration of Independence) explained :

He Wakaputanga states New Zealand to be an Independent Sovereign State, under the designation of The United Tribes of New Zealand.
Kingitanga/Sovereignty is stated and established by the document.

The official transcript sits in the National Library in Wellington. It gives historical context for the Maori and English translations. https://www.archives.govt.nz/discover-our-stories/the-declaration-of-independence-of-new-zealand

It is also held by UNESCO https://unescomow.nz/inscription/he-whakaputanga-o-te-rangatiratanga-o-nu-tireni

In a letter to James Busby, the King’s British Resident in Waitangi from Lord Glenelg, the Secretary of State for War and Colonies for the Crown at the time: “... His Majesty will continue to be the parent of their infant State, and its Protector from all attempts on its independence.”

He Wakaputanga was and is for all people living in Nu Tireni/NZ if they settle here and make New Zealand their home.

The Maori Chiefs and Henry Williams established Nu Tireni as a Federation of and for all people of all races. 

It was not exclusive to a tribe or race. 

The Congress of He Wakaputanga is a collective of leaders [ Maori and Pakeha in modern times ] who are appointed by local minenga throughout Nu Tireni.

The Congress, as stated in article 2, grants permission for governance and has done so with Te Wakaminenga Maori Government [WMG]. 

WMG has the responsibility of offering support and protection for all people who choose to live here by the principles of Te Ture Tikanga, Tika [ Correctness ], Pono [ Honour ] Me Te Aroha [ and Compassion ].
 

Te Tiriti [ the Treaty ] o Waitangi 1840

On June 15th 1839 Queen Victoria’s Royal Prerogative Powers were activated to authorize New Zealand to be acquired by the British Empire on the basis of occupation.

In this devious way, the South Pacific archipelago became a dependent colony of New South Wales by the first of the series of colonial law devices, the Letters Patent of Boundary Extension. By this imperial chess move, the Letters Patent of Boundary Extension, expanded the jurisdictional boundary of New South Wales to include all of New Zealand.

When the Treaty was signed in February 1840, Reverend Henry Williams inserted the phrase Tino Rangitiratanga [self determination] in the local language version of the treaty with only Kawanatanga [governance] of the then British subjects in New Zealand [ not their descendants ] granted to Queen Victoria [ not her heirs and successors ].

Kingitanga/Sovereignty was not granted to Queen Victoria or any British subjects.
Because local language takes precedence in treaty and contract, only the Te Reo version has international and local legal standing.

There is no record of The Treaty of Waitangi in British Parliamentary records which go back 200 years https://hansard.parliament.uk/ 

More devious action :

In 1986 the radically reformative Labour Party of Lange, Palmer, Moore and Douglas decided to declare independence from Great Britain, and turn the New Zealand parliament into the “Crown“. The took over the power and authority that Westminster had previously unlawfully claimed and enthroned a “Queen of New Zealand”.

They did this with agreement from the British Crown through the Constitution Act of 1986 and the Imperial Laws Application Act of 1988.

There was only one problem with this cunning plan: it was, and remains to this day, unlawful and unconstitutional. There was no consultation with the Congress of He Wakaputanga or the New Zealand pubic. Much of the population are still unaware of this.

What they in fact did was, establish an unlawful corporation which operates under the guise of a so called government as detailed here : 

https://www.registerlei.nz/leicert/549300237GPHG2AI7C34/

Time now to end the deception :

On the 14th October 2014, The Waitangi Tribunal concluded that He Whakaputanga was an unambiguous declaration of Māori sovereignty and independence : 

“ The rangatira who signed it declared that rangatiratanga, kingitanga, and mana in relation to their territories rested only with them on behalf of their hapu and that no one else but them could make law within their territories, nor exercise any function of government except under their authority. The rangatira also asked for British protection against threats to their authority ”.

Report on Stage 1 of the Te Paparahi o Te Raki Inquiry Released | Waitangi Tribunal

The Congress of He Wakaputanga in our time :

Maori had their own government before Te Tiriti o Waitangi was signed. The first collective form of Māori Government was Te Wakaminenga at Te Ngaere in 1805, Muriwhenua – Northland. 

The quest for rangatiratanga was both complex and continuous with various movements arising. The Kotahitanga movement was an autonomous Māori parliament convened annually in New Zealand from 1892 until 1902.

Tribes then engaged with 1900's new institutions, Henare Kaihau had taken up a Maori Land Council seat, and from 1903 King Mahuta had accepted positions on the Executive and Legislative Councils. They quickly reverted to pursuing autonomous rangatiratanga governance, united in the belief that the future lay in their own hands rather than with the Crown's bureaucracy.

Te Wakaminenga continued to meet regularly at Waitangi.Due to the large Maori death toll in WWII, Wakaminega went into recess.

Wakaminenga National Congress or Parliament was again put into force as the true sovereign governing body of Nu Tireni, in accordance with New Zealand's first constitutional law of He Wakaputanga.

This was achieved in 1983 at Waitangi.  

In 2017, there was an awakening and activating ceremony in Te Hapua.  

At both occasions the Wakaminenga Maori Government was appointed and endorsed to support and administrate for the Wakaminenga National Congress to get them reinstated as the de jure true sovereign governance body of Nu Tireni NZ.

Part of that is supporting hapu and minenga in choosing their leaders to sit on the National Wakaminenga Congress, with this including Pakeha, as they are protected by the sovereign law of He Wakaputanga, Article 4.

This is the legacy left by the Chiefs in 1835 to truly unite our country and to realign it to it’s true constitutional position of Government of the People,  by the People, for the People.