Treaty of Waitangi signed in the Bay of Islands in New Zealand. On 6 February 1840, Hobson and about forty Māori chiefs signed
On 6 February 1840, Hobson and about forty Māori chiefs signed the Treaty of Waitangi at Waitangi in the Bay of Islands. Copies of the Treaty were subsequently taken around the country to be signed by other chiefs. A significant number refused to sign or were not asked but, in total, more than five hundred Māori eventually signed.
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