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Waitangi

1840-present · Aotearoa New Zealand

Māori rangatira and the British Crown signed Te Tiriti o Waitangi, whose Māori and English texts differ significantly and remain central to public life.

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AI-generated evidence-guided visualization related to Waitangi, 1840-present. — AI-generated visualization based on the cited record and period context. It is not documentary evidence or an authenticated reconstruction of a single event. It does not reenact the signing or privilege one treaty text.

How the setting appeared

A bay, waka, Māori kāinga and gathering ground stood beside mission-era timber buildings.

Agent citation CIT-CORE-WAITANGICIT-CORE035-WAITANGI-SIGNING Setting and material context · 2 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

How people lived

Communities negotiated trade, authority, land and new political relationships amid accelerating settlement.

Agent citation CIT-CORE-WAITANGICIT-CORE035-WAITANGI-SIGNING Lifeways and community · 2 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

How people worked

Farming, fishing, shipping, translation, printing and diplomacy shaped the treaty setting.

Agent citation CIT-CORE-WAITANGICIT-CORE035-WAITANGI-SIGNING Work, tools and exchange · 2 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

Belief, ritual and worship

Māori spiritual practice and Christian missions interacted without erasing distinct law, kinship and relationships to land.

Agent citation CIT-CORE-WAITANGICIT-CORE035-WAITANGI-SIGNING Belief, ritual and evidence limits · 2 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

World-atlas stage: Industrial and colonial age
Region: Oceania · Aotearoa New Zealand
Languages and scripts: Te reo Maori (Latin script); English (Latin script)
Important people: William Hobson; James Busby; Henry Williams; Hone Heke
Events and changes: 6 February 1840 CE: William Hobson and more than 40 rangatira signed the Maori-language treaty text at Waitangi.; February-September 1840 CE: treaty copies circulated through New Zealand and more than 500 rangatira signed, most of them signing the Maori text.
Evidence confidence: High for documents and participants; meanings and sovereignty claims must preserve both texts and Māori interpretation.

Agent citation CIT-CORE-WAITANGICIT-CORE035-WAITANGI-SIGNING Dates, place, language, people, events and confidence · 2 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

Historical geography

A dated anchor, not an exact border

The local map uses modern coastlines only for orientation. The marker identifies this record's geographic anchor, not the full reach of a community or polity.

Map geometry loads only when requested. Modern outlines are orientation only; historical geography and identities changed through time.

Agent citation CIT-CORE-WAITANGICIT-CORE035-WAITANGI-SIGNING Historical-geography anchor and stated limits · 2 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

Evidence register

Guides used for this record

Each registered source ID is paired with its institutional URL for independent checking. Source count is transparent, and duplicate URLs count only once.

CIT-CORE-WAITANGI

Waitangi: record evidence guide

https://nzhistory.govt.nz/page/differences-between-texts

nzhistory.govt.nz

CIT-CORE035-WAITANGI-SIGNING

Signing the Treaty

https://nzhistory.govt.nz/politics/treaty/making-the-treaty/signing-the-treaty

Manatu Taonga, New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage

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