We researched the Treaty of Waitangi and found out that it was signed by 500 Maori chiefs and the Queen's representative on February 6th, 1840, at Waitangi in the Bay of Islands. It was the beginning of the relationship between the Crown of England and the Maori people - that Maori would be given the same rights and status as the British who lived here, that Maori would keep their tribal authority over lands and resources, that they would sell land only to the Crown, and that the Crown was given the right to govern in New Zealand.
Saturday, 13 February 2016
Waitangi Day
We researched the Treaty of Waitangi and found out that it was signed by 500 Maori chiefs and the Queen's representative on February 6th, 1840, at Waitangi in the Bay of Islands. It was the beginning of the relationship between the Crown of England and the Maori people - that Maori would be given the same rights and status as the British who lived here, that Maori would keep their tribal authority over lands and resources, that they would sell land only to the Crown, and that the Crown was given the right to govern in New Zealand.
