In New Zealand political and social history, the Declaration of the Independence of New Zealand (Māori: He Wakaputanga o te Rangatiratanga), was signed by a number of Māori chiefs in 1835, proclaimed the sovereign independence of New Zealand prior to the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840.
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