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- The relationship between Maori and British began in 1769, when Captain James Cook arrived in the ports of NZ. There first interactions weren't good but there relationship developed, through trade marriage and so on.
- James Cook claimed the island of New Zealand on behalf of Britain when he visited the country in 1770. In this time the relationship between Maori and grew and interactions became more frequent.
- From the 1790s, more Pekaha started coming to Aotearoa, which they called New Zealand. By 1830, several hundred Pakaha(most of them British) were living among the many thousands of Maori in Aotearoa.
- In 1831, thirteen chiefs wrote to the king of England, asking for his protection. As they ere threatened by the french colonizing their country. So they asked the British to protect the Moari from other countries that were a threat in return of food protection land and so on.
- James Busby the first effort to try to control this situation took place in 1833. He had little legal power and no soldiers to support him. He build a house at Waitangi near to the place where the treaty was to be signed. He encouraged many of the Maori chiefs to sign it.
- Up to 500 Maori had gathered in the tent that had been set up on the lawn outside Busby's house. For a time the chiefs hesitated to come forward and sign the treaty, but in the end most if not all signed they treaty and or followed the agreement.
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