"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

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-09-19/new-zealand-unwinding-maori-rights-treaty-of-waitangi/104364638

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.

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