Treaty Arrived In Akaroa – 28th May 1840
On 28th May 1840, the HMS Herald arrived at Akaroa with the Treaty of Waitangi on board. Commissioner Major Thomas Bunbury and interpreter Edward Marsh Williams were there to collect more signatures. This was known as the ‘Herald-Bunbury copy’. As the men travelled around the South Island, they were faced with wide spread disagreement of …
