Waitangi Day & the Treaty
Waitangi Day
"Every year on 6 February, New Zealand marks the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840. In that year, representatives of the British Crown and over 500 Māori chiefs signed what is New Zealand's founding document." Read more...
The Treaty of Waitangi comes to Hawke's Bay
A copy of the Treaty was signed in Hawke's Bay on 24 June 1840. Major Bunbury anchored off the Tukituki River mouth in the HMS Herald and sought the signature of Te Hapuku in particular. The Herald-Bunbury Treaty copy includes Te Hapuku, Waikato and Mahikai (Kahungunu) as signatories.
Image: An artist's rendition of the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi.
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