Some rangatira signed quickly, others took a while to be convinced, and a number refused to sign. Rangi Topeora, who signed the Treaty at Kapiti in May , was one of around twelve women to sign. The British missionaries circulating the Treaty accepted some senior women's signatures, including Ereonora at Kaitaia and Ana Hamu at the Bay of Islands. Some were not prepared to compromise their independence, while others could see no benefit in the Treaty.
While the Treaty was still making the rounds of the country, the newly arrived English settlers at Port Nicholson — today Wellington — started setting up their own, unauthorised government.
William Hobson, the only person with the right to set up a British colony in New Zealand, was alarmed. As Lieutenant Governor, he quickly proclaimed British sovereignty over the whole country in May. That month, he sent Police Magistrate Willoughby Shortland to the Port Nicholson settlement to read the proclamation, and demand allegiance to the Crown. Richard Taylor, A view of the feast given by the Governor to the natives at the Huarake Hokianga Capt Macdonalds station Horeke , , pencil and ink.
Alexander Turnbull Library EQ Bill of 1 July James Fedarb requested payment from Hobson for this bill. It shows the gifts he gave to chiefs who agreed to sign a Treaty copy he took down the Bay of Plenty coast. Edward Marsh Williams, H. Open search form. Enter search query Clear Text.
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The hereditary chiefs and heads of tribes agree to meet in Congress at Waitangi in the autumn of each year, for the purpose of framing laws for the dispensation of justice, the preservation of peace and good order, and the regulation of trade; and they cordially invite the Southern tribes to lay aside their private animosities and to consult the safety and welfare of our common country, by joining the Confederation of the United Tribes. They also agree to send a copy of this Declaration to his Majesty the King of England, to thank him for his acknowledgment of their flag; and in return for the friendship and protection they have shown, and are prepared to show, to such of his subjects as have settled in their country, or resorted to its shores for the purposes of trade, they entreat that he will continue to be the parent of their infant State, and that he will become its Protector from all attempts upon its independence.
Agreed to unanimously on this 28th day of October, , in the presence of His Britannic Majesty's Resident. Here follows the signatures or marks of thirty-five Hereditary chiefs or Heads of tribes, which form a fair representation of the tribes of New Zealand from the North Cape to the latitude of the River Thames.
English witnesses signed Henry Williams, Missionary, C. Clendon, Merchant; Gilbert Mair, Merchant. I certify that the above is correct copy of the Declaration of the Chiefs, according to the translation of Missionaries who have resided ten years and upwards in the country; and it is transmitted to his Most Gracious Majesty the King of England, at the unanimous request of the chiefs.
Ko te Kingitanga ko te mana i te wenua o te wakaminenga o Nu Tireni ka meatia nei kei nga Tino Rangatira anake i to matou huihuinga, a ka mea hoki e kore e tukua e matou te wakarite ture ki te tahi hunga ke atu, me te tahi Kawantanga hoki kia meatia i te wenua o te wakaminenga o Nu Tireni, ko nga tangata anake e meatia nei e matou e wakarite ana ki te ritenga o o matou ture e meatia nei matou i to matou huihuinga.
Ko matou ko nga tino Rangitira ka mea nei kia huihui ki te runanga ki Waitangi a te Ngahuru i tenei tau i tenei tau ki te wakarite ture kia tika ai te wakawakanga, kia mau pu te rongo kia mutu te he kia tika te hokohoko, a ka mea hoki ki nga tauiwi o runga, kia wakarerea te wawai, kia mahara ai ki te wakaoranga o to matou wenua, a kia uru ratou ki te wakaminenga o Nu Tireni.
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