<P> On 6 February 1840 , Hobson and about forty Māori chiefs signed the Treaty of Waitangi at Waitangi in the Bay of Islands . Copies of the Treaty were subsequently taken around the country to be signed by other chiefs . A significant number refused to sign or were not asked but , in total , more than five hundred Māori eventually signed . </P>
<P> On 6 February 1840 , Hobson and about forty Māori chiefs signed the Treaty of Waitangi at Waitangi in the Bay of Islands . Copies of the Treaty were subsequently taken around the country to be signed by other chiefs . A significant number refused to sign or were not asked but , in total , more than five hundred Māori eventually signed . </P>
when was new zealand founded as a country
when was new zealand founded as a country
6 February 1840
6 February 1840