The Treaty of Waitangi (Māori: Te Tiriti o Waitangi), sometimes referred to as Te Tiriti, is a document of central importance to the history of New Zealand, its constitution, and its national mythos.

The Treaty of Waitangi is New Zealand’s founding document. It takes its name from the place in the Bay of Islands where it was first signed, on 6 February 1840. The Treaty is an agreement, in Māori and English, that was made between the British Crown and …

The content of the Treaty of Waitangi. The Treaty is an agreement between the British Crown, represented by William Hobson, and iwi and hapū in New Zealand represented by rangatira. But who agreed to what?

Te Tiriti o Waitangi is an agreement between the British Crown and over 500 Māori rangatira. Learn more about the Treaty including how it came to be, who signed it and what each version says.

Te Tiriti o Waitangi, also called the Treaty of Waitangi, is a historic pact signed on February 6, 1840, by representatives of Great Britain and a number of Māori tribes. It purported to protect Māori rights and was the immediate basis of the British annexation of New Zealand.

Te Tiriti o Waitangi (the Treaty of Waitangi) was a written agreement made in 1840 between the British Crown (the monarch) and more than 500 Māori chiefs. After that, New Zealand became a colony of Britain and Māori became British subjects.

New Zealand's founding document, the Treaty of Waitangi, was prepared over just a few days in February 1840. On the day that it was first signed, there were versions in English and Maori. See also a pdf version with explanatory footnotes by Professor Hugh Kawharu.

See information about the Treaty booklets, CD-Rom, posters, and children's story book produced by SSC. The concise story of how New Zealand's founding document was born - and how it lives on. Includes FAQs section. Read the Treaty in English and Māori. Examine and compare versions and find translations in other languages.

TeTiriti o Waitangi — known in English as the Treaty of Waitangi — is a written agreement made between tangata whenua (the first peoples of Aotearoa New Zealand) and the British Crown. Learn more about The Treaty of Waitangi and how it happened

Te Tiriti o Waitangi (in English, the Treaty of Waitangi), New Zealand’s founding document, was meant to be a partnership between Māori and the British Crown. Although it was intended to create unity, different understandings of the treaty, and breaches of it, have caused conflict.