Treaty of Cession between Great Britain and New Zealand, signed at Waitangi, 5/6 February 1840 ; British proclamation relative to the cession, by treaty, to Great Britain, of the sovereignty of the Northern Island of New Zealand, 21st May, 1840 ; British proclamation asserting the right of Great Britain to sovereignty over the islands of New Zealand, 21st May, 1840
Extracted from: British and foreign state papers, vol. 29 (1857).
Text also available in an English and Maori version from the Government printer, and in English from one other source, extract from Hertslet's commercial treaties, vol. VI, 1845, reprinted 1898.