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King Tawhiao was born in 1822 then 38 years later he became the second Maori king his dad being King Potatau. -
The Treaty of Waitangi was a treaty first signed on 6 February 1840 by representatives of the British Crown and Maori chiefs from the North Island. -
The British confiscated about 1.2 million acres of Waikato land. Of this 225,000 acres became native reserves and 50,000 acres were returned to the tribes. -
King Potatau was taken over by his son Tawhiao who was made king king on 5 July 1860 at Ngāruawāhia. -
Cambridge was established when the 3rd Regiment of the Waikato Militia were settled there in 1864 following invasion of the Waikato. -
King Tawhiao died on the 26th of August 1894 of old age it was a very sad time for all of the maori people. -
They built the Victoria Bridge so that people could cross the river safely and many years later Cambridge and Leamington combined as one whole town but Leamington is still called Leamington. -
The sister cities link between the Cambridge and Le Quesnoy. They became sister cities after troops from Cambridge went and took back Le Quesnoy from the Germans. -
Leamington combined with Cambridge in 1958 but in 1907 Leamington got named after James Keeleys home town named Royal Leamington Spa, England -
This event was held at Lake Karapiro 2010 from the 31st of October to the 7th of November New Zealand won 10 medals (3 of them were gold). Overall New Zealand came third Great Britain came 2nd and Germany came 1st