treaty of waitangi

The Treaty of Waitangi was signed in the Bay of Islands. It was called the most important document in New Zealand history. The Treaty was made into two different versions. English and Maori. The treaty was signed in 1840 by representatives of the British representing the Crown and the Maori tribal. The problem with the Treaty was that it had to be translated into English overnight by only by two people and they got same things muddled up. So the English thought that the queen had control over Maori and English.but the Maori thought the queen head roll over just the English and had to leave the Maori alone. so that made the land wars start.