Now Richard Matthews (Sun 5/4/2013), let's deal with your little machinations. Bruce Moon is absolutely right in his summation on the treaty – there is only one legal Treaty and that is the Maori version which translates back to English word for word to Hobson's final draft (the Littlewood draft) currently languishing in NZ Archives.
The Treaty was a simple document with a simple message and refers to ‘all' the peoples of New Zealand, not just maori. I think you are getting carried away with the definition of ‘taonga' confusing it with modern day misinterpretations. As Humpty Dumpty in Alice in Wonderland said, 'the words can mean whatever you want them to mean”. Whatever relevance the Treaty had, it is way past its use by date as is the biased Waitangi Tribunal.
Here is a little bit of real history for you to ponder on – Professor James Rutherford confirmed in his 1949 essay titled ‘the Treaty of Waitangi and the acquisition of British sovereignty. NZ was acquired by an acts of state and falls into the category of colonies acquired by occupation. The definitive acts of state being Hobsons proclamations of 21 May 1840 and HM Governments approval of 2 October 1840 .NZ was actually taken by proclamation of soveignity, for the North, South and Stewart Islands.
People in the know will be unable to follow your fuzzy logic so they will ignore it and simply stick with the facts, a far safer bet and the correct option.

R Paterson, Matapihi.