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Kōrero: He Whakaputanga – Declaration of Independence

Te haina i te Tiriti o Waitangi

Signing the Treaty of Waitangi

I te tau 1840 ka hainatia te Tiriti o Waitangi ki Waitangi. He nui tonu ngā rangatira nāna i haina i te whakaputanga, ka haina anō i te tiriti, ahakoa nō te tau i mua atu kua haina i te whakaputanga. Ka whakahua hoki te tiriti i ngā rangatira o te Whakaminenga o ngā hapu o Niu Tīreni.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: C-033-007

by Marcus King

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Basil Keane, He Whakaputanga – Declaration of Independence – The aftermath of the declaration, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/artwork/35126/te-haina-i-te-tiriti-o-waitangi (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Basil Keane, i tāngia i te 28 May 2012.