Story: Te Tiriti o Waitangi – the Treaty of Waitangi

Tiriti o Waitangi sheets: Bay of Plenty

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James Fedarb, a trader, carried this treaty sheet around the Bay of Plenty on board the schooner Mercury. During May–June 1840 he visited Ōpōtiki, Tōrere, Te Kaha and Whakatāne, collecting the signatures of 26 rangatira. Lieutenant-Governor William Hobson’s signature on this sheet is forged.

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Claudia Orange, Te Tiriti o Waitangi – the Treaty of Waitangi – Interpretations of te Tiriti o Waitangi – the Treaty of Waitangi, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/zoomify/36346/tiriti-o-waitangi-sheets-bay-of-plenty (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Claudia Orange, published 5 June 2012, reviewed and revised 28 March 2023 with assistance from Claudia Orange. It was translated into te reo Māori by Basil Keane.