Locations of Treaty Signings

Archives New Zealand, Wellington, holds the treaty sheets which are listed below. In 1877 they were first published in Facsimiles ...of the Treaty of Waitangi. The names attributed to the sheets here are not part of any official record. The list indicates the place of signing, the dates or date of signing, and gives approximate numbers of signatures. Follow links for more information about each sheet and to see lists of signatories.

Map with sheet numbers indicated

Map showing location of treaty signings

Map �Location Date (1840) Signatures
1 Waitangi 240 total
1a Waitangi 6 February 43
1b Waimate 10 February 6
1c Hokianga 12 February 64
1a Waitangi [?] 17 February 1
Paihia [?] 13[?] May 4
Russell 5 August 3
Bay of Islands 6 February-August 34
1d Waitemata 4 March 17
1e Kaitaia 28 April 61
1d Tamaki 9 July �7
�2. Manukau-Kawhia 13 total
2a Manukau 20 March 3
2b Kawhia 28 April 1
21 May 3
25 May 1
15 June 3
27 August 1
3 September 1
3. Waikato-Manukau 39 total
3a Waikato Heads March [April?] 32
3b Manukau 26 April 7
4. Printed sheet 5 total
4 Waikato Heads? no date
5. Tauranga 21 total
5. Tauranga 10 April-23 May
6. Bay of Plenty (Fedarb) 26 total
6a Opotiki 27 & 28 May 7
6b Torere 11 June 2
Torere 14 June 1
6c Te Kaha 14 June 4
6d Whakatane 16 June 12
7. Herald-Bunbury �27 total
�7a Coromandel 4 May 4
7b Mercury Is. 7 May 2
7c Akaroa 30 May 2
7d Ruapuke 10 June 3
7e Otago 13 June 2
7f Cloudy Bay 17 June 9
7g Mana (off- shore) 19 June 2
7h Hawke's Bay 24 June 3
8. Henry Williams 132 total
8a Port Nicholson 29 April 34
8b Queen Charlotte Sound 4 May 14
5 May 13
8c Rangitoto Island 11 May 13
8d Kapiti 14 May 4
8e Waikanae 16 May 20
8f Otaki 19 May 8
Tawhirihoe 21 May 3
8g Manawatu 26 May 7
8h Wanganui 23 May 10
Wanganui 31 May 4
8i Motungarara 4 June 2
9. East Coast �41 total
�9a Turanga (Gisborne) 5 May and later 25
�9b Uawa (Tolaga Bay) 16/17 May 2
9c Waiapu
(Whakawhitira) 25 May 7
(Rangitukia) 1 June 3
9d Tokomaru 9 June �4

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