Treaty Of Waitangi.

New Zealand was ravaged with conflict, the Maori and Pakeha were having a lot of disagreements. The conflict had to end or it might turn out into a all out war, and that wouldn't be good for both the Maori and the British. William Hobson had set up a agreement called the Treaty of Waitangi.

The Treaty was a document that had some things that the British wanted to do in New Zealand. William Hobson had to get the Maori chiefs to sign their signatures, so the British crown can govern over New Zealand. The night before the 6th of February, Henry Williams,James Busby and William Hobson were discussing what should be in the treaty. We did a re-enactment of this for our class movie.

Then it was the 6th of February. Some of the Maori chiefs came to sign the treaty. Hone Heke was one of the Maori chiefs that came to the Waitangi. He was one of the first chiefs to sign the treaty. His wife was the daughter of a famous chief called Hone Hika.

The main principal was the three P’s, Participation,Protection and Partnership.       Participation means that everyone does some thing good to New Zealand. Protection is that they protect each other from bad things. Partnership means Pakeha and Maori work together as one.