Many Māori national leaders signed a treaty with the British, the Treaty of Waitangi (1840), seen in some circles as forming the modern geo-political entity that is New Zealand.
Imuzaran ajjotnen n Māori ichechwalan alkad id Britania, alkad wan Waiangi ( daɣ awatay wan 1840) , s daɣ ihandagan iyyad eqqal akal n folitik wan New Zealand