Mark Adams - Te Marua, Onauku, Horahorakakahu
05 Jul 2012
The Treaty of Waitangi was signed at six sites in Te Wai Pounamu, The South Island, in 1840.
Written by
Paul Mcnamara
Jul 5, 2012
The Treaty of Waitangi was signed at six sites in Te Wai Pounamu, The South Island, in 1840.
Major Thomas Bunbury on the HMS Herald, under Captain Joseph Nias, was instructed by Captain William Hobson, Lieutenant Governor to 'assemble the chiefs whenever an opportunity presents itself, and expound to them the principles on which Her Majesty proposes to extend to this country the advantages of a settled form of civil government, and obtain the signatures of such as may not have already given their adherence.'
“These images, produced in 1997, embody ideas I still cannot get out of my head. After thirty five years they are still crawling around and disturbing me awake or asleep’.
Mark Adams 5.6.12