Treaty Of Waitangi Facts

1.The Treaty Of Waitangi was signed in 1840

February 6th.
2.The People Who were involved were British
Crown,Mori chiefs,British sovereignty.
3.The purpose of the Treaty was to let the British
settlers and the Mori people to live
together in New Zealand under a common set of
laws or agreements.
4. The Treaty of Waitangi was signed in the Bay of
Islands.
5.The meaning of the English version was not
exactly the same as the meaning of the Mori
translation.
6.The 3 Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi are
Partnership,Participation,Protection.
7. The day the Treaty of Waitangi got signed is
now made a public holiday.
8.There are nine copies of the Treaty, including
the Treaty in Mori signed on 6 February 1840. All
but one of these copies is written in longhand,
and only one is in English.
9.Shortly after the Treaty was signed, Lieutenant-
Governor William Hobson proclaimed British
sovereignty over the whole of New Zealand. His
proclamations were ratified by the British
government in October 1840. Under British law,
 New Zealand became technically a part of the
colony of New South Wales.
10.The Treaty of Waitangi is the founding
document of New Zealand. It is an agreement
entered into by representatives of the Crown and
of Mori iwi (tribes) and hap (subtribes).