Personal details
Full Name:
- William Colenso
Lifetime:
- 7 Nov 1811–10 Feb 1899
Biography
William Colenso
Colenso arrived at the Bay of Islands as the Church Mission printer in December 1834. His achievements include printing the New Testamont in Māori and the Māori version of the Treaty of Waitangi.
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Treaty signatories and signing locations
The Treaty of Waitangi was signed on nine separate sheets by more than 500 Māori. Find out more about the sheets, the signatories and the signing locations
- Page 4 - Making the Treaty of WaitangiNew Zealand's founding document, the Treaty of Waitangi, was prepared over just a few days in February 1840. Several versions of the treaty were taken around the country for
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Main image: William Colenso in 1868
Seated portait of William Colenso (1811-1899) taken in 1868.