What is the name of the 1840 agreement signed between the British Crown and over 500 Māori chiefs, considered the founding document of the nation?

• A Treaty of Versailles
• B Treaty of Tordesillas
• C Treaty of Utrecht
• D Treaty of Waitangi ✓

The Treaty of Waitangi / Te Tiriti o Waitangi was first signed on 6 February 1840 at Waitangi in the Bay of Islands, with versions in both English and Māori — differences between the two texts remain a source of legal and political debate.