145 views Photo Uploaded: Oct 22 2011 09:55:56 GMT Taken: 2011:04:11 11:42:59 Manufacturer: NIKON CORPORATION Camera: NIKON D60Aperture: F10 Shutter: 10/4000 sec Focal Length: 48mm ISO: 200 Flash: No On the 6th February 1840, at Waitangi in the Bay of Islands, New Zealand's founding document was signed by over 500 Maori and the representatives of Queen Victoria .
This was not a constitution , but a statement of principles and promises to form a nation and to build a government.
This naval flagstaff marks where the Treaty of Waitangi was signed. | |