And yes, they did try. There many reasons for the Treaty, one of which was that Victoria's people didn't want the Maori to get the ball-beating that the aborigines got in Oz.
Also, the French were sniffing around, they'd started a settlement in Akaroa, so the Brits had to move to stop them from taking possession.
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Well, yes, happy birthday to all of you. Are you going to enlighten us poor higgorant foreigners and tell us where "Waitangi" comes from?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waitangi_Day
The founding treaty. For once the Brits seem to have at least tried to behave decently, not sure they really did though…
Hey! You beat me to it, Anon. Thanks for that.
And yes, they did try. There many reasons for the Treaty, one of which was that Victoria's people didn't want the Maori to get the ball-beating that the aborigines got in Oz.
Also, the French were sniffing around, they'd started a settlement in Akaroa, so the Brits had to move to stop them from taking possession.
cheers
Brits behaving decently? That's not like us at all - I expect someone wasn't feeling well that day, or something like that...
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