Treaty of Waitangi

I'll explain about Treaty of Waitangi:)

It is a treaty concluded between maori people and British crown on Feb. 8 1840. the contents were things like Maori people give the British queen the right of owning New Zealand, they are admitted to have rights as British people, and so on.

When that happend, it was Henry Williams who translated the contents of the treaty into Maori language. But there were some misunderstandings among Maori people because he translated the treaty easily. In addition, it was because there were some words such as 'sovereignty' to translate into Maori language.

In those ways, Maori people signed the treaty without knowing the details. Then they got cigarette and blankets instead.