Treaty of Waitangi

 

Monday 6th February is a holiday to celebrate the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi.  We had a scavenger hunt to find out information about this historic event. The Treaty of Waitangi is a document for the agreement of partnership between the Maori and Pakeha people. James Busby and William Hobson, wrote the treaty. It was translated into Maori by Henry Williams, a missionary. A lot of debate went on about what was in the treaty. The treaty was signed initially at Waitangi in the Bay of Islands on the 6th February 1840. Hone Heke was the first to sign. It was also signed at Otakou on June 13th and many other places around New Zealand. After the treaty was signed their was a lot of conflict around the translation of the treaty from English to Maori.