Here we have William Hobson arriving at the bay of islands, New Zealand. He arrived there on the 29th of January 1840.
Busby and Hobson wrote up the treaty. The treaty was written a few days before the treaty was signed. Later Henry Williams and his son Edward translated it into Maori.
This is on the 5th of February when a large group of people met on the lawn of James busby's. the people included in the meeting were pakeha settlers and people who lived in the bay of islands
in this scene we have hone Heke being the first to sign the treaty on the 6th of February. on this day many other Maori chiefs signed the treaty
In this picture we have the British officials and missionaries traveling around the country to gather signatures
this is on September the 3rd 1840 when they got all the last signatures