File:Memorial plaque at St. Paul's Anglican Church, Paihia.jpg
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IN 1831 THIRTEEN MAORI CHIEFS OF THE NORTHERN TRIBES PETITIONED THE KING OF ENGLAND FOR A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE BRITISH CROWN TO BE SENT TO NEW ZEALAND TO ESTABLISH LAW AND ORDER AND GIVE PROTECTION TO THE MAORI PEOPLE. IN RESPONSE KING WILLIAM IV APPOINTED JAMES BUSBY AS FIRST BRITISH RESIDENT WHO ON MAY 17TH 1838 LANDED ON THE BEACH NEARBY FROM H.M.S. IMOGENE. HE WAS ACCORDED A NAVAL SALUTE OF SEVEN GUNS AND GREETED BY SOME SIX HUNDRED MAORIS WITH A CEREMONIAL HAKA. BOTH MAORIS AND EUROPEANS THEN ASSEMBLED IN THESE CHURCH GROUNDS. THE REV. HENRY WILLIAMS FORMALLY ASKED THAT THE GREAT SEAL ON THE ROYAL LETTER BE BROKEN AND THE CONTENTS READ TO THE GATHERING. THE MAORI TRANSLATION WAS GIVEN BY THE REV. WILLIAM WILLIAMS. THE BRITISH RESIDENT WAS CHARGED TO RESIDE AMONG YOU AND TO AFFORD BETTER PROTECTION BOTH TO NEW ZEALANDERS AND BRITISH SUBJECTS. THIS CEREMONY WAS THE PRECURSOR TO THE SIGNING OF THE TREATY OF WAITANGI SEVEN YEARS LATER. |
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| Author | Sheila Thomson | ||
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