Hone Heke was the first chief to sign the treaty.
Approximately 500 Maori chiefs signed the English version of the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840.
Hone heke was one of the first Maori chiefs to sign the British Government's Waitangi Treaty
Jack Andrew William RobertsonThe Treaty of Waitangi is a treaty first signed on 6 February 1840 by representatives of the British Crown and various Māori chiefs from the North Island of New Zealand.
The Treaty of Waitangi was signed on 6 February 1840 by over 500 M?ori chiefs of New Zealand and the British Governor William Hobson, representing the British Government
February 6, 1840. Known as Waitangi Day, the Maoris still commemorate it as the start of subjugation by the English. The cry of "Tino Rangatiratanga!" is a rally for a return to Maori sovereignty.
500 Maori signed the treaty of which 13 women were included. There were 100,000 Maori at the time. It was signed in 1840.
The Treaty of Waitangi (Maori: Te Tiriti o Waitangi) was signed on 6 February 1840, when Queen Victoria was on the throne of the UK.
the waitangi was signed by the maori cheifs and the representatives of the British Crown
If it's for New Zealand's Treaty of Waitangi it was between the Maori Chiefs and the English.
treaty of waitangi
The Maori name for the Treaty of Waitangi is "Te Tiriti o Waitangi."
Maori wanted to be chiefs in their own land, and the Tauiwi wanted landownership