Treaty of Waitangi

Waitangi Treaty

The Treaty of Waitangi was signed on the 6th of February 1840.
It was signed so that the British settlers and the Maori people could
live together in New Zealand under a set of rules.

More than 40 chiefs had signed the treaty of Waitangi.
The copies were sent all over New Zealand and to many different chiefs.

After the Treaty of Waitangi was signed a man named William Hobson claimed sovereignty over the whole of New Zealand. Under the british law New Zealand became technically a part of the colony of New South Wales.