Tourist Attractions By Thomas and Josh

10 years prior to the treaty, the Maori Chiefs were encouraged to form a government but the chiefs could not agree. So the British thought that they should become under their rule.

 Captain William Hobson was sent to negotiate the Treaty.  In February the 6 th 1840, the Treaty of Waitangi was signed at the Bay of Islands by Hobson and several English residents and approximately 45 Maori rangatira.

 The Maori version was sent all around New Zealand collecting 500 signatures. And only 13 of them are women.  The English version was signed by only 39 Waikato and Manukau heads.