William Hobson to George Gipps on arrival in New Zealand, 1840

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William Hobson to George Gipps on arrival in New Zealand, 1840

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On the morning of 29 January 1840, Captain William Hobson arrived in Kororāreka, Bay of Islands, to negotiate with Māori rangatira (chiefs) the ceding of sovereignty to the British Crown. The Herald anchored off Kororāreka and British Resident, James Busby, came on board soon after. Hobson handed him a letter from the British Government announ...

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Treaty of Waitangi / Tiriti O Waitangi / Bay of Islands / Kororareka / Waitangi / James Busby / William Hobson / HMS Herald / Archives New Zealand / Archives / History / Waitangi 175

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