This is the second FTA that New Zealand has negotiated that includes a specific chapter on Māori interests. In a strong signal of the importance of Māori interests to New Zealand, the agreement contains the broadest set of outcomes for Māori that New Zealand has negotiated in an FTA, recognising the importance that Māori place on this agreement. This includes prioritisation of early tariff elimination on a range of goods of interest to Māori, the inclusion of Māori perspectives and concepts in the environment chapter, and a Māori trade and economic cooperation chapter that will create a platform for cooperation on a range of issues important to Māori. Importantly, the preamble to the FTA recognises the unique relationship between Māori and British Crown as an original signatory to Te Tiriti o Waitangi—the Treaty of Waitangi. 