Treaty of Waitangi.

By HarryO9
  • First arrivals
    1200

    First arrivals

    The first Polynesians arrive in NZ.
  • Captain Cook

    Captain Cook

    Captain Cook arrives and travels throughout NZ.
  • Pakeha

    Pakeha

    Pakeha arrives in order to hunt whales and seals.
  • British People

    British People

    Over 2,000 British people are living in NZ.
  • James Busby

    James Busby

    James Busby arrives in the Bay of Islands on board the HMS imogene.
  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence

    James Busby creates the Declaration of Independence.
  • William Hobson

    William Hobson

    William Hobson arrives in the bay of islands he had been sent to secure British rule over NZ.
  • Treaty

    Treaty

    The Treaty of Waitangi is signed.
  • Stroke

    Stroke

    William Hobson dies from a stroke.
  • The British Government

    The British Government

    The British Government instructs that all the Maori landownership was to be registered.
  • Fighting

    Fighting

    Fighting brakes out between Maori and British troops in Taranaki over a disputed land transaction.
  • NZ Wars

    NZ Wars

    Lots of Maori land has been taken off them because of the NZ wars and it had been bought very cheaply or unfairly.
  • National Day

    National Day

    Waitangi day is a National day and 13 years later it became a New Zealand holiday.
  • Waitangi Tribunal

    Waitangi Tribunal

    The Waitangi Tribunal is set up.
  • Jacinda Ardern

    Jacinda Ardern

    Jacinda Ardern goes to Waitangi on Waitangi day.