Today is one of NZ's most important days: Waitangi Day. We commemorate the signing of Te Tiriti o Waitangi between Māori and the British Crown in 1840. It is the founding document of our nation.
First came He Whakaputanga, the Declaration of Independence of the United Tribes of New Zealand in 1835.
Kimberley Rose I didn't realise that the Declaration of Independence of the United Tribes of New Zealand was only 5 years before the treaty. Just in the nick of time....
Miraz Jordan @kimberley_rose All thanks to the lawless Europeans who'd started arriving less than 100 years before.