The Waitangi Treaty Grounds played host to the drafting and initial signing of the Treaty of Waitangi and the Declaration of New Zealand Independence. If only the Maori and English-language copies matched, things might have turned out a bit different in New Zealand.
The Maori treaty house.
Only big chiefs can sit here.
A HUGE canoe that was used once or twice for ceremonial purposes.
A smaller canoe chilling out next to the larger one.
