Waitangi, Northland
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Waitangi is a locality on the north side of the Waitangi River in the Bay of Islands, 60 kilometres north of Whangārei, on the North Island of New Zealand. Here, two documents pivotal to New Zealand h
Te Whare Rūnanga, the carved meeting house on the Waitangi Treaty Grounds
Elizabeth II in Waitangi, December 1953
James Busby's house at Waitangi
Treaty of Waitangi
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The Treaty of Waitangi, sometimes referred to as Te Tiriti, is a document of importance to the history of New Zealand, and its national identity. The cornerstone legislative recognition of the Treaty
Waitangi, Northland
…Zealand. Here, two documents pivotal to New Zealand history were signed: the Declaration of Independence of New Zealand, on 28 October 1835, and the Treaty of Waitangi, on 6 February 1840. Waitangi is close to the town of Paihia, to which it is connected by a bridge near the mouth of the Waitangi River estuary. While…
The Waitangi Sheet of the Treaty of Waitangi
Manuscript copy of the Treaty of Waitangi (in Māori) in the hand of Henry Tacy Kemp
Rev Henry Williams, who translated the treaty into Māori with the help of his son Edward Marsh Williams.
A later reconstruction in a painting by Marcus King, depicting Tāmati Wāka Nene in the act of signing. Hobson is incorrectly shown in full uniform (he was actually wearing civilian clothing).