newzealand1840.com A Founding Accord A Waitangi threshold — where Māori rangatira and the British Crown entered an agreement that would shape Aotearoa New Zealand. The pulse of kāwanatanga and tino rangatiratanga, carried through two texts and understood differently. A timestamp of promise, difference, and enduring responsibility. New Zealand — Te Tiriti o Waitangi / Treaty of Waitangi (1840) This vault honours the agreement first signed at Waitangi on 6 February 1840. Within its history lie mana Māori, Crown authority, contested meanings, and a relationship that continues to shape law, identity, and nationhood. A sanctuary of memory, dialogue, and constitutional significance.