"The Treaty of Waitangi was signed by representatives of the Crown and more than 500 Māori chiefs when New Zealand became a British colony in 1840."
#EmilyClark, #RebeccaHill, 2024
This summary is more or less correct. But the same same facts can also be stated as;
Te Tiriti o Waitangi was signed in 1840 by more than 500 Māori chiefs, and representatives of the British Crown, allowing them to establish a British colony, New Zealand, in Aotearoa and Te Wai Pounamu.