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Kōrero: Empire and Commonwealth

Plaque, Waitangi

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Plaque, Waitangi

This plaque at the base of the flagpole at Waitangi commemorates the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi between Māori and the British Crown. The treaty allowed European settlement and set out the basis on which two very different peoples would live in one country – but the plaque highlights New Zealand joining the British Empire.

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Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

by Jock Phillips

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W. David McIntyre, Empire and Commonwealth – Expansion of the British Empire, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/33215/plaque-waitangi (accessed 25 June 2026).

He kōrero nā W. David McIntyre, i tāngia i te 16 April 2012.