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He Whakaputanga was signed by 34 northern chiefs on October 28, 1835, and formally acknowledged by the Crown in 1836. By 1839 there were 52 names on the declaration, including that of Waikato Tainui ariki Te Wherowhero.

The declaration states all sovereign power and authority in the land (“Ko te Kingitanga ko te mana i te w[h]enua”) resided with the chiefs “in their collective capacity”, expressed as the United Tribes of New Zealand.

It also states that, in return for the “friendship and protection” Maori were to give British subjects in New Zealand, the chiefs invited King William IV “to continue to be the parent (matua) of their infant state and its protector from all attempts upon its independence”.

Te Tiriti o Waitangi in the Maori language was the only version of the treaty signed by the chiefs and Governor William Hobson on February 6, 1840.

And it was the only version Governor Hobson authorised to be signed later by other chiefs.

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1835 Declaration of Independance NZ

ENGLISH VERSION

(Here follows the signatures or marks of thirty-five Hereditary chiefs or Heads of tribes, which form a fair representation of the tribes of New Zealand from the North Cape to the latitude of the River Thames.)
English witnesses:
(Signed) Henry Williams, Missionary, C.M.S. George Clarke, C.M.S. James C. Clendon, Merchant.Gilbert Mair, Merchant.

I certify that the above is a correct copy of the Declaration of the Chiefs, according to the translation of Missionaries who have resided ten years and upwards in the country; and it is transmitted to His Most Gracious Majesty the King of England,
at the unanimous request of the chiefs.

(Signed) JAMES BUSBY, British Resident at New Zealand.