Declaration of the Independence of New Zealand He Whakaputanga o te Rangatiratanga o Nu Tireni | |
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![]() The first page of the Declaration. | |
Created | 28 October 1835 |
Ratified | 1836[1] |
Author(s) | James Busby and 35 northern Māori chiefs (including Tāmati Wāka Nene and Bay of Islands brothers; Te Wharerahi, Rewa, and Moka Te Kainga-mataa) |
Signatories | United Tribes of New Zealand |
Purpose | Proclaimed the sovereign independence of New Zealand |
The Declaration of the Independence of New Zealand (Māori: He Whakaputanga o te Rangatiratanga o Nu Tireni), signed by a number of Māori chiefs in 1835, proclaimed the sovereign independence of New Zealand prior to the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840.
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