Reading reflection

Reading

This week my group and I worked on the timeline of the Treaty of Waitangi. This activity was about telling us what happen to the treaty not about the singing of it. The treaty is a document which has been through tough events in its past. It was saved in a fire by George Eliot, it has also been eaten by rats. At the moment the document is held at the New Zealand National Archives. This document is very important agreement between the British Crown and the Maori. The purpose of the treaty was live together in New Zealand underneath common set of laws and agreements.

This is some other reading work we did, we chose the 6 important timelines about the treaty of Waitangi

Treaty of Waitangi

1840 The Original document was signed on the 6th of February 1840 by Maori chiefs and by British Government.  

1841: The treaty of waitangi was saved by George Eliot in a fire at the GO in Auckland.

1908: The treaty of waitangi was found by Dr Hocken down

the basement in the governor's house.

1913: The original Treaty of Waitangi was glued on a canvas to preserve it.

1940: In 1940 the Treaty was displayed in public for the first time in Waitangi as part of the centennial commemorations.

1978: The original Treaty of Waitangi was removed from public and send to the National Archives in Wellington.