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Kōrero: Citizenship

Signing the Treaty of Waitangi

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Signing the Treaty of Waitangi

The Treaty of Waitangi was signed in 1840; this somewhat romanticised reconstruction of the event was painted by Marcus King nearly 100 years later. Māori leader Tāmati Wāka Nene is shown signing the treaty in front of British officials and witnesses. Other Māori signatories are assembled on the left.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: G-821-2

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

David Green, Citizenship – 1840–1948: British subjects, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/artwork/3678/signing-the-treaty-of-waitangi (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā David Green, i tāngia i te 4 March 2009.

Comments

andrew
05 February 2014
this gave me a lot of info thanks for putting it online I got a prize for having the most stuff thx