Treaty Waitangi

Waitangi day is important day in history the reason we celebrate Waitangi day is because it was a day the Maori and the British came together and signed the Treaty of Waitangi. The Treaty of Waitangi was signed on the 6th of February 1840 it was signed in a place called the bay of island up north. The first signature Hōne Heke Pōkai. The day was first officially commemorated in 1934, and it has been a public holiday since 1974. That is why 6 February is a public holiday. over 500 Māori chiefs signed the Treaty and some of them were girls.