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13 Maori chiefs came together and signed a petition to be sent to King William IV
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James Busby was appointed British resident in NZ in 1833
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The Treaty is Signed in Waitangi in the Bay of Islands By William Hobson on behalf of the crown
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Hone Heke cuts down the flagpole at Kororāreka
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On 5 November 5 1881 a force of almost 1,600 Armed Constabulary and volunteers, led by Native Minister John Bryce, invaded Parihaka. The Māori inhabitants, numbering about 2,000, put up no resistance. Instead they greeted Bryce and his men with bread and song. They were dispersed and Te Whiti and Tohu were arrested. The soldiers then systematically wrecked the settlement, and Māori tradition speaks of brutality and rape.
