The Treaty of Waitangi

The Treaty of Waitangi is to bring peace between the Maori people and Queen Victoria. The Maori people started war with the British, because the British people wanted land but Maori chiefs did not agree to anything. It’s good that they signed the treaty because it was all chaos back then.

The problems then were the British that wanted land, musket wars between the Maori tribes. There were no laws in New Zealand back in 1840. There were many fights between Maori tribes and other people.

The treaty of waitangi was signed on the 6th of Feb 1840. The treaty was signed right here in New Zealand. The treaty was meant to bring peace but not much happened after then.

But at the end when the treaty was signed everything went back to how they all wanted it. So obviously both the Maori chiefs and the British and also the never forgotten the queen Victoria.