Treaty of Waitangi

Treaty of Waitangi

The Treaty of Waitangi was singed on 6 February 1840.

The Treaty of Waitangi is an agreement between the British and the

Maori and the precise date of the signing can be found in the Treaty

it self or on websites as well as some books. The Treaty of Waitangi

got it’s name from a place called Waitangi which is in the Bay of Islands

The Bay of Islands is in the northern part of New Zealand. It was signed in the

Bay of Islands  because there were a lot of settlers and

missionaries and Maori tribes. The British came to negotiate

a formal agreement with the Maori called the “Treaty of Waitangi”

There were two versions of the treaty, one in English and one in Maori.

Because there were two versions of the Treaty one in English and one

in Maori it was easy for the British to to write  completely different things

on the treaty. Both the Treaty’s were written by William Hobson because the

Maori couldn’t understand English. Hone Heke said that the Treaty would be

good for the Maori but little did he know that the were being tricked by the British.

The Maori were being tricked by the British because the Treaty was not exact

copies of each other but little did Hone Heke know that the Maori were being

tricked into signing the Treaty and being looted of their land.