A letter to King William 4 by 13 maori chiefs from the Bay of Islands in 1831. The Maori chiefs main aim were to get the kings protection against the french. other concerns they had were inter-tribal conflict, the miscounduct of british subjects and they wanted the kind to defend them against lawless.
1835, He whakaputanga Declared
Following on from the letter, James Busby was appointed a british resident in New Zealand. He arrived in 1833, but he had no army or police force to support him. He had to use a discussion and agreements to achieve anything.
1839, More signatures
In march 1836, at waitangi, northern chiefs selected a flag desgin,which became known has the as the Untited tribes flag.
1844, the Treaty of Waitangi was signed
The maori were concered about lawless in Kororareka, and France's intrest in claiming NZ. So northern rangatira were brought together by busby, and the Whakaputanga was declared.
signatures countuied to be to be added until 1839.It had grown to be 52 signatures, This includes of Te Wherowhere.
In 1844 the treaty of waitangi was signed
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